Author Topic: 1972 CB500 redo (Read 2744 times)

aagab · « **on:** April 17, 2009, 06:23:45 AM »

This is what I am starting with. I am going to try and do a restore/customize rebuild. I love cafe bikes but this bike is so nice in its original form. So I am going to build it with the ability to go between the two.

aagab · « **Reply #1 on:** April 17, 2009, 06:25:14 AM »

Here I am taking it out for one last ride

aagab · « **Reply #2 on:** April 17, 2009, 06:28:05 AM »

Decided to start with the forks.

I think I might have a little rust to remove

aagab · « **Reply #3 on:** April 17, 2009, 07:58:15 AM »

obviously this is just the beginning. I will post more pics as I go.

TonyDanger · « **Reply #4 on:** April 17, 2009, 10:13:30 AM »

Man, that bike is beautiful! Those pipes are fantastic. Good luck with the build!

aagab · « **Reply #5 on:** June 03, 2009, 05:47:26 PM »

Well I am kinda jumping forward. I cleaned the forks, installed drag bar, and painted a bunch of stuff. I was planning on doing a bunch of polishing but I really wanted to go riding. Needless to say I sanded and painted and sanded and painted and clear coat and sanded. I still need to do some buffing on the paint. Plans are to install braided lines and redo forks and replace shocks this winter.
Anyway let me know what you think so far,