Author Topic: My Growing Collection Of Projects (Read 4514 times)

bill440cars · « **on:** September 26, 2007, 07:08:49 PM »

Okay, not in order of size, number of cylinders or brands but here is my collection of "Projects" I'll be adding to these as I can get pictures and get them posted. You'll notice that many don't have seats. $:-\$

my 73' CB350F

my 75' CB400F

bill440cars · « **Reply #1 on:** September 26, 2007, 07:45:38 PM »

my 73' CB500K

my 77' Cb550K (before being stripped to the frame & I put that gas tank on the 78' for the time being since it didn't have one and I needed a place to put the gas tank anyway. I can post a picture of the mostly stripped 77' as it is now.

Here is what the 77' looks like for now.

siter81 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 26, 2007, 09:41:34 PM »

73 RD350 HU. MY FIRST STREET BIKE.

DarkRider · « **Reply #3 on:** September 27, 2007, 05:48:08 AM »

That 550 a K or an F there bill? Just trying to picture what my 550 should look like..

my78k · « **Reply #4 on:** September 27, 2007, 06:32:41 AM »

I love the sidecovers on the 500! Lose the huge high bars and swap out a seat and that would be one cool little bike! Well I guess it could benefit from an exhaust too if you wanna get picky but I gotta admit something grabs me about that lil' bike.

Nice work Bill! Please keep the pics coming so we can see the rest of your projects (and daily riders that are projects in disguise!)

Dennis

bill440cars · « **Reply #5 on:** September 27, 2007, 07:23:44 AM »

Quote from: OutlawZ24 on September 27, 2007, 05:48:08 AM

That 550 a K or an F there bill? Just trying to picture what my 550 should look like..

The 550 is a K model. Only Fs I have are the 350 & 400. I've got a picture of the forks from an 83' VT750C, that I hope to put on the 550 (after I swap the tripletree stems). As you will be able to see (when I get the picture posted) the forks have a factory brace, dual disc setup, air assist and 39mm fork tubes. And I got the forks from Terry (CB650), & the Comstar that's going on the front. I'm short one disc though. I'll get that picture up in a bit.

Later on, Bill

SteveD CB500F · « **Reply #6 on:** September 27, 2007, 07:35:58 AM »

Bill, I've started a new thread about my new 500/4. It has sidepanels that are either really sexy, or horrible, depending upon how look at them. (I think they are great - and just the sort of thing we all dreamed about doing to our bikes in the 70's!)

bill440cars · « **Reply #7 on:** September 27, 2007, 08:34:23 AM »

Dennis, the right side cover was missing when I got the bike I saw and picked that one up on ebay a while back and that is the only one they had. I do plan on getting rid of those handlebars (handlesbar, handlebar, whatever

) ASAP. That one side cover is kinda catchy. Thought I had some exhaust pipes off ebay last year but they weren't what the seller though they were and I just kept them instead of trying to get him to take them back. I'll get something going in that area though, in time.

Steve, I'll have to check in on that 500/4 thread of yours. I have kinda though about trying to duplicate the look of the right one and do it on the left one to match.

In the meantime, here's a picture of my 78' CB550K (Keep in mind that, with the 77' disassembled, I put the orange gas tank over on the 78', okay?):

bill440cars · « **Reply #8 on:** September 27, 2007, 09:17:16 AM »

Now here is one shot of the 83' VT750C forks w/ a Comstar wheel to go with that 77' CB550K frame (which also has a Comstar on the rear).

For this frame:

DarkRider · « **Reply #9 on:** September 27, 2007, 01:14:35 PM »

Now that i seen that 78 i have a very good idea as to how my bike should look like..even though thats a rough example lol..but then again mine is in the same shape as your 77 right now bill lol

bill440cars · « **Reply #10 on:** September 27, 2007, 04:27:46 PM »

Quote from: OutlawZ24 on September 27, 2007, 01:14:35 PM

Now that i seen that 78 i have a very good idea as to how my bike should look like..even though thats a rough example lol..but then again mine is in the same shape as your 77 right now bill lol

Hey, how can you say that my poor old "Rode Hard And Put Away Wet" 550 looks "Rough?"

Just kidding Chris

Los Of Luck with yours too!

Later on, Bill

bill440cars · « **Reply #11 on:** October 03, 2007, 04:52:24 AM »

Just to let you all know that That isn't all there is. I'll be putting some more on in a bit.

Later on, Bill

DarkRider · « **Reply #12 on:** October 03, 2007, 06:08:31 AM »

Thanx bill..hopefully i will have a better idea as to when im picking up the bike...lets just say..theres something else waiting in the wings...in the form of an old muscle car...

bill440cars · « **Reply #13 on:** October 03, 2007, 07:05:08 PM »

Well, here's one of my two 74' CB450s. This one is pretty much all there. I've gotten the correct side covers with the correct emblems also. I still need the left muffler, fork boots among a dew other things. And then, I need to just go thorough it and fix it up.

I'll be back!

bill440cars · « **Reply #14 on:** October 04, 2007, 11:37:01 AM »

My 74' CL450K6, in progress. I have the motor torn down for now. to do some work on it.

Dougy Dougy Dune Buggy · « **Reply #15 on:** October 04, 2007, 11:44:22 AM »

Hey Bill, My garage looked like that at one time!
you got lots of projects man!! nice
DWYJ

bill440cars · « **Reply #16 on:** October 04, 2007, 12:59:02 PM »

Quote from: DWYJ on October 04, 2007, 11:44:22 AM

Hey Bill, My garage looked like that at one time!
you got lots of projects man!! nice
DWYJ

Thanks guy, only thing is, I've got more that I haven't posted yet. Got 2 and a 1/2 more 450s (another 74' CB450, part of a 69' and one that I'm not sure of the year. Has features of a 69' yet serial # indicates 70') and more that I don't want to just list them. Anyone could put a very long list down and say they have them. I just want to show that I do have a large number of "Projects" (not to be bragging either, Kinda sad actually cause I don't have the bucks to really do them up right.) and let you all see that they aren't "Primo Stuff" either. I'm having to scan the pictures (of the ones I have), load them up on Flickr so that I can post them, and that takes time cause my pc is so slow.

Later on, Bill

bill440cars · « **Reply #17 on:** October 04, 2007, 04:36:04 PM »

Here's my 80' CB650C that you might say is incomplete.

But, I would say that it is down to the stage where it can be built upon.

bill440cars · « **Reply #18 on:** October 04, 2007, 05:38:22 PM »

Then, here's my other 74' CB450K7. I just picked up a seat and gas tank and put on it to make it look better. The seat is the same one that I had sitting on the first shot of the 77' CB550K and I didn't even realize that it was a 750 "duck tail" seat until dgfischer told me. Seat pan's good, cover is bad and foam is fair.

bill440cars · « **Reply #19 on:** October 04, 2007, 06:09:29 PM »

This one has me a bit confused. The serial number says it's a 70' CB450 K3. But, the fenders, front drum brake, mufflers and maybe other things, says that it should be a 69' K2. One source told me that it could have been made for another country and then brought here to the States.

DarkRider · « **Reply #20 on:** October 07, 2007, 04:15:52 PM »

Seems you like to get ahold of the oddites bill..

6pkrunner · « **Reply #21 on:** October 07, 2007, 04:27:47 PM »

Dang Bill - yo go a on of projects on the go too. Check into the pedigree of the 69/70 450 in the last photos. So many of these bikes gained new-to-them front ends and pipes. I had a '70 for a few months post my first CB750 and someday would like to get another. Those of your bring back some fond memories of the old girl.

bill440cars · « **Reply #22 on:** October 07, 2007, 04:52:42 PM »

Quote from: OutlawZ24 on October 07, 2007, 04:15:52 PM

Seems you like to get ahold of the oddites bill..

Yeah, you're probably right about that!

The 450 thing started for 2 reasons. One, a couple of buddies I met while stationed in Japan, each had one ( a Black Bomber And a CB450K1) and my Dad had given me a 74' CL450K6 (that had the motor torn down). So I started looking for some parts and came across this small bike shop/salvage. They didn't have much 450 stuff, they did have a partial one that would have helped but were kinda out of my range on the price. Then they sold the business to another guy and the new guy, who was running the place for the boss, and I hit it right off. Now, I may have paid more for what I got, than I should have but I was getting some stuff and the price wasn't TOO bad. Things were going pretty good for a while and, after a couple of years (a new guy was hired as a mechanic and he put a bug in the bosses ear that prices were TOO LOW) and things haven't been the same since. But, there was an up side to all this. After a while, the boss decided that the inventory of "Parts Bikes" needed to be thinned out a bit. I manage to make out when this happens because I've managed to pick up some of those "Parts Bikes" for nothing (previously I had tried to buy a couple of them and he wouldn't sell. At the time, I was putout about it and, after a while I got them for nothing. Go figure!
There I go again, getting carried away.

Later on, Bill

Hey 6pk, good to hear from you.

I've been asking around on the 450 forums and have had comments about parts swapping and all and THEN I had one guy say that it's possible that it might be one that was built for another country and was brought to the states by that owner (or another one). Serial number starts out:CB450K1401XXXX and that serial number would usually indicate that it is a 70' CB450K3. Now the K3 had a disc front brake, mine doesn't. It would have fenders typical of the rest of the 450s from there on, mine doesn't. It would also have mufflers typical of the rest of the 450 production, mine doesn't. I don't remember (or have the info handy right now) when they made the seat to open by raising from one side but, mine would raise from the front. Any ideas?

BTW, I'm glad I brought back some good memories too!

Later on, Bill

6pkrunner · « **Reply #23 on:** October 07, 2007, 05:02:20 PM »

Check into it Bill. Not a whole lot of fun to put a bike back to North American specs only to find it some other country's lost inhabitant and the "corrections" are taking it further away from its roots. I love seeing the variations of model year, depending on location on the globe.

DarkRider · « **Reply #24 on:** October 07, 2007, 06:13:58 PM »

Just a thought bill...if you decide to throw a disc brake front end on that 450..why not see about using that drum brake front end on one of your SL350s?

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