Howdy everyone,
Couple years ago I found a 1971 CB500K rolling frame for sale on Ebay for 71 dollars that was pulled out of a barn in Michigan and hadn't been on the road since 1984. All of this sounded great and decided that it was at that point I wanted to rebuild a motorcycle from the ground up. Various plans came and went, like "what if I put a cb600R engine in this frame" or "maybe you could build something electric" because finding a cb550 engine was proving more difficult than I originally anticipated. Fast forward a year, and I find a shop in Austin with a spare untitled frame and engine for sale for $500. Everything turned freely and it was a bargain in my mind. Shortly afterwards I decide that if I am going to commit to this, I need to go all in and replace the front end too and ended up buying a 2001 Yamaha R6 front end. I have slowly been piecing things together, but still have some major milestones to hit including redoing all of the wiring since I didn't have any to begin with, wrapping up the front end (have some triples being made currently), powder/paint (have to find a gas tank first) and first firing after being dormant for who knows how long. Unfortunately, it looks like I may need to move here soon, so I hope to finish it before then or I might have to part it out.
