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My project

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 5:49 am
by Kennet
Hi, I am new to this forum. I am a guy from sweden that love to build caferacers. When I was younger Honda four was racers for me. I have never hade one so last summer I decided to buy one. I choose 650 for the weight/ power ratio.

This is how it is turned up. This winter I will put a little better finnish on it. It is sprayed in lotus racing color.

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Re: My project

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:19 am
by Folsoml
Cool! Welcome to the forum!

Re: My project

Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2015 4:38 am
by Kennet
Thanks, it is nice that cb650 has a dedicated forum.

Re: My project

Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2015 5:18 am
by Kennet
Here is some other pics. I tryed to make an old racing bike in patons colors (also Lotus colors). No plastic is involved in this bike, and all is done by hand. Here is a link to some kind of buildthread from last winter, feel free to like it. https://www.instagram.com/kennetsgarage/


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Re: My project

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 12:56 am
by Hawk213
Nice bike! Where'd you get tank and seat?

Re: My project

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 2:40 pm
by G9DUB
Lovely looking bike, love the metal work and the attention to detail.... :shock: :D

Re: My project

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:10 pm
by coreyr6624
Can i ask if you replaced the original front end? it looks like an original front wheel, 19 inch, is it?

Re: My project

Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2016 5:59 am
by Kennet
Great thanks for your interest and kind words. (I am sorry for my english writing).

Petroltank is original but I have beaten it up and gave it brand new knee dents. This is in the begining of beating the knee dents. It was a realy hard work.
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I also hammered it underneath so it should sitt lower on the frame
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Then I took away fliller cap and took it apart so it was only just the cap left. Then I hammered the tank so the hole for filler cap came lower down in tank so it could not be sticking up in profil of the tank, put a cap from a jam jar on the old cap an drilled a hole in it putb in a hose for ventilation and voila it looked old for my eyes.
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Before I made the seat I modified the frame so it would be a little more narrow behind the tank, and shortened it.
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The seat, or if it is saddle (I dont Know) is made of sheat metal. Hammered in my workshop on the concrete floor to be bent in a small quarter of a ball. Welded together with the part that is the base for the actually saddle. Then I make one more base and dressed that in brown suede, bulted it right throw an in to some small attachment I had welded on the frame of the bike.
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Front end is original , I have just taken of the black paint.



This is when i first came up on the lift.

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Re: My project

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 2:33 pm
by The Volt
Amazing job. Looks great man! Welcome to the cb650 forum.