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CB650 chop for charity
« on: June 19, 2014, 08:40:02 AM »
So, a buddy of mine was challenged to a bike build off for charity last month. There were only 3 rules:

- 3 man team
- $1,000 budget
- Done in 30 days.

At the end, both bike get auctioned off and all proceeds go to the Wilderness Walk for Warriors, a group here in Maine that is building a monument to fallen soldiers on the peak of the tallest mountain in the state.

We started with most of a 1981 Honda CB650 and started tearing into it:



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Re: CB650 chop for charity
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2014, 08:40:30 AM »
Then we started the chop:


And the stretch:






Pictures got a bit sparse as the time flew by but we ended up with a roller:
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Re: CB650 chop for charity
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2014, 09:00:21 AM »
I'm not a huge chopper fan, but the frame fab looks good.
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Re: CB650 chop for charity
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2014, 05:18:25 AM »
Yeah, choppers aren't really my thing either but I was asked to help out and I jumped at the chance to do something different.
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Re: CB650 chop for charity
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2014, 05:19:42 AM »
Next order of business was delacing and powdering the wheels:




Then the tank and fenders got powdered:
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Re: CB650 chop for charity
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2014, 05:23:30 AM »
Getting short on time, we put the camera down and got to work on the electrics, making fender struts, brake arms, chain tensioner, fitting the controls and powdering the engine covers. Eventually, we ended up with this:




And a shot from the guys from the charity:

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