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The 1980 Honda CB50S, customized a couple years ago. Took this one to the North Texas Norton Owners Club meet. Started on the third kick after laying up for months and runs great! The sound of the engine is like an angry hornet, with 5 speeds that you have to bang through to get up to speed.

The 1980 Honda CB50S, customized a couple years ago. Took this one to the North Texas Norton Owners Club meet. Started on the third kick after laying up for months and runs great! The sound of the engine is like an angry hornet, with 5 speeds that you have to bang through to get up to speed.

Honda CB50, Z50 bikes, Commando fairing build, Elvi rides, Amal carb swap time.

November 25, 2018
Got new fenders, tires, tubes, and alloy rims for Blaine’s 1971 Honda Z50. These tires are a little taller than the originals. We got them on in his shop up in Oklahoma over the holiday. This little guy is ready to rip!

Got new fenders, tires, tubes, and alloy rims for Blaine’s 1971 Honda Z50. These tires are a little taller than the originals. We got them on in his shop up in Oklahoma over the holiday. This little guy is ready to rip!

Working on a front fairing for the 1974 Norton Commando cafe build. The skin is .050 aluminum, with a 3/16”steel wire frame. My process is somewhat backwards in that I usually start shaping the skin first and work on the wireframe after. This is the same basic technique I used on “The 7” bike fairing.

Working on a front fairing for the 1974 Norton Commando cafe build. The skin is .050 aluminum, with a 3/16”steel wire frame. My process is somewhat backwards in that I usually start shaping the skin first and work on the wireframe after. This is the same basic technique I used on “The 7” bike fairing.

The wire form for the fairing is being worked out here. There is a little dance you have to do between the gauges, headlight, forks, bars, and controls…and it should look good too, by the way.

The wire form for the fairing is being worked out here. There is a little dance you have to do between the gauges, headlight, forks, bars, and controls…and it should look good too, by the way.

The visor temporarily in place to check the fit.

The visor temporarily in place to check the fit.

Busy little Elvi prepare their bikes for the Fort Worth Parade of Lights. It was pretty cold by the end of the night. The front two bikes in the center of the picture are bikes I built, along with the Bat Bike on the front right, and the Hater bike on the far left.Our bikes and suits were lit with LED’s.

Busy little Elvi prepare their bikes for the Fort Worth Parade of Lights. It was pretty cold by the end of the night. The front two bikes in the center of the picture are bikes I built, along with the Bat Bike on the front right, and the Hater bike on the far left.Our bikes and suits were lit with LED’s.

An Amal monoblock carb barrel from the 1967 Bonneville. The deep pitting convinced me it was time for a set of Amal 930’s. Big D Cycles set me up with some screw plates for the filters, new carbs and cables. More to come on that.

An Amal monoblock carb barrel from the 1967 Bonneville. The deep pitting convinced me it was time for a set of Amal 930’s. Big D Cycles set me up with some screw plates for the filters, new carbs and cables. More to come on that.

Noticed the drooping left turn signal too late. So much fun to ride, but the small displacement means you have to push the bike pretty hard to keep up with traffic.

Noticed the drooping left turn signal too late. So much fun to ride, but the small displacement means you have to push the bike pretty hard to keep up with traffic.

← 1974 Commando front fairing build, small parts for the Bornfree Show Freebird. Big Bend Triumphs, finishing the 1948 BSA WM-20, and the "Hater" bike. →

WTF is going on here?

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Feb 13, 2019
The Freebird 1957 Triumph exhaust fishtails and seat frame finishing.
Feb 13, 2019
Feb 13, 2019
Feb 7, 2019
Making a seat mount and gas tank mods for the 1993 Harley Davidson FXR custom
Feb 7, 2019
Feb 7, 2019
Feb 2, 2019
Making an internal cable throttle for the 1957 Triumph Freebird bike.
Feb 2, 2019
Feb 2, 2019
Jan 28, 2019
1993 FXR Softail custom and 1978 CB750 updates.
Jan 28, 2019
Jan 28, 2019
Jan 22, 2019
1978 Honda CB750 monoshock mount, 1993 H-D FXR update, mandrel making.
Jan 22, 2019
Jan 22, 2019
Jan 18, 2019
1965 Honda CB450 Mikuni conversion, 1978 CB750 Tank mods and repairs,Electrical Gremlins.
Jan 18, 2019
Jan 18, 2019
Jan 13, 2019
Working on the 1957 Triumph Freebird gas cap.
Jan 13, 2019
Jan 13, 2019
Jan 7, 2019
1965 Honda CB450 Revival, 1978 CB750 monoshock conversion, RotaJG XL600 tracker.
Jan 7, 2019
Jan 7, 2019
Jan 3, 2019
Making the switch panel for the 1957 Triumph Freebird
Jan 3, 2019
Jan 3, 2019
Dec 17, 2018
Making badges for the 1957 Triumph Freebird.
Dec 17, 2018
Dec 17, 2018

 

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