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This is a picture of the bike in the shape I
bought it. I had owned 750 honda's before And new that there was potential.
I also remembered seeing kick ass choppers with this engine so I set out
on the mission of making it into a chopper. |
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I initially cleaned up the bike painted the tank house of
krylon yellow. My next step was to change the rear fender and seat . the
bike remained this way for the rest of the summer. I didn't have any other
bikes running and just couldn't stop driving it. I had plans for fall though. |
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I purchased a set of 8 over forks from a guy
off the greenspun board. The old ones were not only short but REALLY RUSTY!!!!! |
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I purchased and installed a 16 inch rear wheel
laced to a honda hub and mounted it. I then put a set of lowering blocks
on the bike. The lowering blocks dropped the bike about 2 inches in the
rear. |
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the next step was the most nerve racking. I used
a pipe cutter and cut the down tubes. while pushing down on the frame the
front tire moved forward and the backbone up. I ended up with approximatly
3 inches of gap in the down tubes. |
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Tubing of the same length as the gap was welded
back in with slugs. |
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I removed all of the tabs off the frame with an angle grinder.
I then bondo'ed the frame and painted it argent matalic. |
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this is how the frame looked with new forks and
extended down tubes. then it was just a matter of reinstalling the engine
and putting the sheet metal back on. |
