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CB500T Cafe ...."twisted love"
« on: November 03, 2011, 04:22:34 PM »
so i have scored yet another freebie ;D   
   same story, buddy had it sittin around , gave up hopes of fixin it up , and passed the torch on to me
 
                 not sure why this keeps happening to me, not that i'm complaining 
                                         (....this makes 4 free bikes in the past 5 years, is that weird to anyone else)


so anyway,  i've got this new girl, she's the #$%*.  low stress,easy on the eyes (and a few other places if ya know what i'm sayin)
 and juuust crazy enough to keep it interesting and not wind up with any new scars  ;)

      she's never ridden a bike before.. well operated one anyway .
 so this build, first and foremost is about keeping the functionality relatively easy to understand , and maintain  i.e. : not hiding the fuse box so it's easy to get to on the road , leaving the battery accessible , ...and so on..  this will be a cafe but, as always, i gotta but a little spin on it , but that'll be a surprise for later
             
              i keep going back and forth on weather or not to do pods,if i do they'll be the Uni foam type
anyway , before i get to ahead of myself i should start slappin up the pics

         the start
 

      it has no title, but i'm told that getting that squared away is fairly easy in wisconsin 
it was in a shed that was about 5 feet from a lake, for who knows how long , so it's got some mold, and is super super ratty .  but it's all there

    ..........
    here you can see the bent front forks , so if anyone has a pair of 500, 550,450 fork tubes, or even a whole frontend, hit me up

 


and so begin's the fun stuff , once ya start choppin stuff, it's hard to stop  ;D

outted the rear pegs, the seat mount and a bunch of other tabs and brackets, then cleaned up the welds for molding
...man, those were some of the ugliest ugliest welds i've ever seen







....oh, and here's the lucky recipient of this lovely 2 wheeled marvel
           
   
                                    .....yeah  ;D ;D
       
« Last Edit: December 27, 2011, 06:10:03 PM by Spikeybike »

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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2011, 04:40:09 PM »
Very nice ;) ;), you certainly are the lucky one.

Oh yea,  the forks can be straightened with a hydraulic press as long as the metal isn't creased from the crash.  We did it all the time at the shop...Larry

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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2011, 12:11:52 PM »
Four free bikes and a looker to keep you busy, You lucky bastard! 
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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2011, 12:23:00 PM »
Did you say something about a bike? 
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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2011, 01:34:43 PM »
wait tihs isn't the bikes and babe thread?  :o

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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2011, 04:17:22 PM »
I want one of those...............................
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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2011, 04:28:44 PM »
I see the girl.... Must have missed the new bike.. May have to look again.. ;)
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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2011, 04:31:04 PM »
Nice little project. Good excuse to work on a bike, just say its for her!

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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2011, 04:46:52 PM »

Nice little project. Good excuse to work on a bike, just say its for her!
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Thats what I did when I bought the 350F, told the wifey, that iy was an investment in her future to learn to ride.
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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2011, 05:26:40 PM »
Cool girl.

I've owned and restored two CB500T's... Really neat bikes, especially for sadists.

If it's for your girl and you want her on a safe and reliable bike, I'd highly suggest either:

A. Teach her how to replace points on the side of the road.
B. Replace the ignition system with an electronic ignition system.

Really weak area of that bike - aside from the cam followers.

Following this one - can't wait to see how it turns out!

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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2011, 05:56:13 PM »
Hondaman ignition!
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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2011, 06:43:54 PM »
CorynWheels.avi

more later ..gotta go

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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2011, 06:51:07 PM »
Really like what you did with the tank

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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2011, 07:58:09 PM »
Subscribed!  Always gotta watch a Spikey build!
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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2011, 03:50:24 AM »
Ditto on the tank, looks great. Got any pics of it being built?
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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2011, 06:47:09 AM »
Ditto on the tank, looks great. Got any pics of it being built?

Isn't that what he's been showing us? 

Edit: realized you were talking about only the tank, carry on :D
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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #16 on: November 14, 2011, 08:42:30 AM »
Man, if she trusts her life riding on a bike you built....

Marry that girl!
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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #17 on: November 14, 2011, 03:32:08 PM »

a better look at what i'm doin in the vid , there will be more added to it later , once i figure out how i wanna mound the fender and signals




and this little gem ... smallest kick stand ever  ;D


and i don't wanna show the before on the tank untill i can show the after ... it'll either be really impressive ..or a colossal failure  ;D
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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #18 on: November 22, 2011, 03:13:38 PM »
this tank was in pretty rough shape .  and i've always said bondo is my Achilles' heel,  i really hate it ...but i'm good at it  :-\
   this tank put those words to the test



i used JB weld as filler for this corner , the round bar is centered over a dent from the PO


i hammered the sides in a lil tiny bit , ther was a dent on the left side







it's not quite done yet , but i had to jump around a bit
.. or i woulda spent the whole time sanding , and sanding ...and sanding

now to give the seat a good perch

 5/16" key stock that i grabbed from work

that was ..fun .... twice  :P


this made me think of this one time my boy was out in the garage and says
 "daddy why do you have so many of those things"  (pointing at the rack of clamps hanging)












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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #19 on: November 22, 2011, 04:40:58 PM »
What are you thinking for paint?

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« Reply #20 on: November 22, 2011, 04:42:10 PM »
a mix of dark blue and a lighter blue , not really sure what's going where

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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #21 on: November 22, 2011, 04:54:57 PM »
nice work as usual Spikey... ;)
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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #22 on: November 22, 2011, 06:43:52 PM »
...gotta say that is genius to use the actual rear crossmember as the bum stop, it now seems obvious...but why haven't I seen anyone do this before?
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« Reply #23 on: November 22, 2011, 08:21:24 PM »
Well thanks fellas :)  ;)

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Re: CB500T Cafe ....For my girl
« Reply #24 on: November 23, 2011, 11:47:55 AM »
Looking good so far. I just picked up a 500t gas tank for my 550 and it was beat to crap to just started the bondo on YUCK....

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