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Shortround's New Project
« on: October 28, 2008, 04:14:54 PM »
here it is. it needs a little work, but it will great for one unexpecting neighbor. we call her fi, named after the chick in Burn Notice. Small, sassy, and could kick your ass if she wanted to.
 

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Re: Shortround's New Project
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2008, 04:16:51 PM »
 Motor on the stand and the ever important structural integrity test.

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« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2008, 04:59:30 PM »
Humanity at its best.  What you are doing for your neighbor is fantastic.  I have some old cl350 pipes and mufflers I was going to sell on eBay if you want them for this project.  They aren't perfect underneath the wrap but they could be sanded and cleaned up or just re-wrapped.
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« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2008, 06:58:21 PM »
Here is a link to my 72 CL350 winter build a while back.

 It will either help you,or make you laugh ;D

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=4489.0

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Re: Shortround's New Project
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2008, 09:48:49 AM »
Burn Notice is one of the FEW shows I make it a point to watch...Sam rocks the Casba, and Fiona is SMOKIN' hot!

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« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2008, 07:05:16 AM »
Humanity at its best.  What you are doing for your neighbor is fantastic.  I have some old cl350 pipes and mufflers I was going to sell on eBay if you want them for this project.  They aren't perfect underneath the wrap but they could be sanded and cleaned up or just re-wrapped.


Thanks dollarbill. the pipes are actually in good shape and are still usable, but i do appriciate the offer. i'm painting the motor today and hope to have it all back together next weekend. 10diamond is on frame duty. he likes using the grinder way to much. the goal is to be done by Christmas. its gonna be close. whats holding me up is the spokes. thy're so expensive. i can get them off ebay but they're $85 shipped. guess thats not to bad for fronts and rears, but my rear spokes for my CB750 were only $23 shipped. oh well i'm just gonna have to suck it up and order them. my wife picked out the frame color, no i'm not telling, you'll have wait and see. if anyone has a spare set of coils lying around they want to donate drop me a pm. they don't need to be pretty. the wires can be junked i'm going to replace them anyway. i also need a rear sproket. doesn't have to be new, the one that i have is definatly done. it looks more like a saw blade than a sproket. anyway back to cleaning this motor

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Re: Shortround's New Project
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2008, 09:55:11 AM »
So you are donating this project to your neighbor when it is finished!?!  If so, that's pretty dang amazing!  Looking forward to your build up of this bike!

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« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2008, 04:58:01 PM »
So you are donating this project to your neighbor when it is finished!?!  If so, that's pretty dang amazing!  Looking forward to your build up of this bike!

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i'm donating it to my neighbor/friend. he's my neighbor but over the last two years we've grown to be good friends. i love building motorcycles. actually i prefer bringing them back from the dead. i've never built a cafe out of a running bike. Hell, trixie arrived in boxes (see the post i'm finished). i could build them to sell but them i'd be one of those chopper building pussies. i only build them for friends. no one else can truely appriciate them if they don't see the process. anybody can write a #$%*ing check. real people should have real motorcycles. not the wannabe #$%*nuts thet ride their harleys from home to hooters then home again. so to all my cafe breathern show those cookie-cutter harley riders what a real motorcycle lookes like. 

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Re: Shortround's New Project
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2008, 05:18:30 PM »
So you are donating this project to your neighbor when it is finished!?!  If so, that's pretty dang amazing!  Looking forward to your build up of this bike!

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i'm donating it to my neighbor/friend. he's my neighbor but over the last two years we've grown to be good friends. i love building motorcycles. actually i prefer bringing them back from the dead. i've never built a cafe out of a running bike. Hell, trixie arrived in boxes (see the post i'm finished). i could build them to sell but them i'd be one of those chopper building pussies. i only build them for friends. no one else can truely appriciate them if they don't see the process. anybody can write a #$%*ing check. real people should have real motorcycles. not the wannabe #$%*nuts thet ride their harleys from home to hooters then home again. so to all my cafe breathern show those cookie-cutter harley riders what a real motorcycle lookes like. 

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Re: Shortround's New Project
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2008, 06:26:16 AM »
i'm donating it to my neighbor/friend. he's my neighbor but over the last two years we've grown to be good friends. i love building motorcycles. actually i prefer bringing them back from the dead. i've never built a cafe out of a running bike. Hell, trixie arrived in boxes (see the post i'm finished). i could build them to sell but them i'd be one of those chopper building pussies. i only build them for friends. no one else can truely appriciate them if they don't see the process. anybody can write a #$%*ing check. real people should have real motorcycles. not the wannabe #$%*nuts thet ride their harleys from home to hooters then home again. so to all my cafe breathern show those cookie-cutter harley riders what a real motorcycle lookes like. 

I...uh... I ride a harley...

J/K! I've never been a big fan of the ol' HD line up.  I also read through your thread on Trixie and it's amazing.  That's why I'm excited to see what this bike will be like.

Keep it up Shorty!

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Re: Shortround's New Project
« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2008, 05:57:29 AM »
some progress pics of the motor and frame. i'm not using the seat that's in the pic, i made it for a 360t, i'm just using it for mock up. mark/10diamond welded and ground down all the tabs while i was on motor duty.

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« Reply #11 on: November 16, 2008, 06:05:05 PM »
Frame looks great, how did you do the round off on the back? Also is that same motor? It looks brand new! Lots a work, huh explain how you cleaned that motor up!

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« Reply #12 on: November 17, 2008, 12:35:22 PM »
Frame looks great, how did you do the round off on the back? Also is that same motor? It looks brand new! Lots a work, huh explain how you cleaned that motor up!

the rear hoop is a piece of round tube welded/filled and ground smooth. that was all 10diamond. the motor is the same one as before. there's nothing a little simple green and a scotch bright pad can't handle.....except this motor so i threw a half gallon of simple green at it. painted the cases and jugs, then polished up the shinny bits on the buffer. my craftsman buffer has definatly earned its keep. i threw in some new rings and honed the cylinders.

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« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2008, 09:41:29 AM »
Frame looks great, how did you do the round off on the back? Also is that same motor? It looks brand new! Lots a work, huh explain how you cleaned that motor up!

the rear hoop is a piece of round tube welded/filled and ground smooth. that was all 10diamond. the motor is the same one as before. there's nothing a little simple green and a scotch bright pad can't handle.....except this motor so i threw a half gallon of simple green at it. painted the cases and jugs, then polished up the shinny bits on the buffer. my craftsman buffer has definatly earned its keep. i threw in some new rings and honed the cylinders.

Ver nice! Let me know if any houses next to yours go up for sale. ;)

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Re: Shortround's New Project
« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2009, 06:35:32 PM »
well here's an update on the 350. i just couldn't paint the frame black.

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Re: Shortround's New Project
« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2009, 06:36:38 PM »
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Re: Shortround's New Project
« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2009, 12:27:16 PM »
Wow that's a bright blue!  I'm glad to see a color other then black for the frame!  I think Black accents would rock next to that blue though.  What's the plan for the tins and motor?

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Re: Shortround's New Project
« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2009, 01:52:52 PM »
Nice call on that blue!

I hope you take this in the spirit in which it's meant; it looks like French blue (bleu?) on my monitor... I like French blue. Also looks like a blue available on the BMW M3 I think called Sebring Blue. Anyway, good call.
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Re: Shortround's New Project
« Reply #18 on: February 25, 2009, 11:16:28 AM »
its not quite as blue in person, the flash really brightens it up. now that i think of it it may be that blue, i haven't put it in the sun yet. i really like it. i'm mixed on the hoops. the last 2 cafe's i built had black ones. i just wanted to try something different. the gas tank is almost finished. i just have to trim it and seal the inside. but i'll be at daytona with trixie this weekend so it will have to wait.
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Re: Shortround's New Project
« Reply #19 on: February 25, 2009, 02:36:37 PM »
Nice call on that blue!

I hope you take this in the spirit in which it's meant; it looks like French blue (bleu?) on my monitor... I like French blue. Also looks like a blue available on the BMW M3 I think called Sebring Blue. Anyway, good call.

Actually it's called Laguna Seca Blue, but in the M3 world most call it Smurf Blue.
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Re: Shortround's New Project
« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2009, 04:25:28 PM »
Nice call on that blue!

I hope you take this in the spirit in which it's meant; it looks like French blue (bleu?) on my monitor... I like French blue. Also looks like a blue available on the BMW M3 I think called Sebring Blue. Anyway, good call.

Actually it's called Laguna Seca Blue, but in the M3 world most call it Smurf Blue.

Thanks, no wonder my web search ended in frustration. When my buddy had his M3 I went with him once to get it serviced; there was an Laguna Seca Blue M3 in the show room. I loved it and my buddy hated it. But then I liked the vomit yellow too.

Back on topic; I think (again seeing my monitor) blue rims will work... but as always it comes to personal taste. Did I miss tins color choice? 
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Re: Shortround's New Project
« Reply #21 on: February 26, 2009, 06:51:24 AM »
the tank and tail are gonna be silver. i was thinking of putting a blue strip down it, but i'm thinking black now. i just found out that my front spoke ste is to short. i'm really bummed out about it. i recieved 2 sets of rears. there beutiful just to dam short, so i got nothing accomplished last night. anyone need a set of rear spokes for a cb/cl 350? oh well plenty more to do while i try to track some down. i'm thinking of lacing an 18 inch rear to the front hub. i think it would look bad ass with fat tires front and rear.

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Re: Shortround's New Project
« Reply #22 on: March 02, 2009, 06:02:51 PM »
well the blue hoops are to much. so i unlaced them and they're getting painted black.

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Re: Shortround's New Project
« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2009, 04:50:11 PM »

Ok, that's just plain cool!  Did you do the FG your self? or did you purchase the tank/seat from some where?  If you did the FG yourself, what kind did you use since you'll be putting Gas in it.  Will you line the Tank?

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« Reply #24 on: March 03, 2009, 05:18:35 PM »
i did all the fiberglassing myself. i'll definatly have to line it with a tank sealer.