New mock-up.

I moved the build back out to the garage since it is starting to "warm up", however there is still snow on the ground.

I figured I would see how it looked with the original tank and handlebars back on.  Don't really care for the look, I will be looking for a skinnier, smaller tank and taller handlebars.

New Seat

I bought a new solo seat for the build, it arrived last week.  I had thought about building one myself, but saw this one for a good price springs included and free shipping!  Cant beat that!

Donnie Smith Motorcycle Show and Swap Meet

Went to the motorcycle show today and my wife was nice enough to accompany me!  It was packed, but saw some nice custom bikes and a lot of club vests .  I did not buy anything, but found some inspiration and motivation.

 This was a Yamaha XS650.  I really like the bike, but the paint aint my cup o tea!

 72 Honda CB450, very similar to the engine and frame from my build, just a bit bigger engine.

 1922 Harley Davidson, enough said!

 Really like the style with this custom, cant remember the year.  Harley Davidson.

 1970 BSA Lightning 750, beautifully restored bike.

1930's?  Cant remember the year, Indian.

Pre-weld mockup with engine

Did a new set up with the frame, engine and front and rear wheels.  I did some modification to the hardtail frame.  It was not fitting very well so I cut the cross support and seperated the frame into two pieces.  I was able to line up one side of the frame with the original swingarm in place and clamp it right where it needed to be.  Then I removed the swingarm and installed the other side of the hardtail and clamped that into place, then installed the tire.

 By cutting the cross supports I was also able to widen the tail and fit the original Honda wheel in much better.

Some light cleaning..

Did a little bit of cleaning on the triple trees today.  Basically just cleaning the paint off, not finished yet but looks a lot cleaner than the old black paint all ready.

Welding prep and alignment.

Did some work on the CL this weekend, started getting the frames ready to be welded together.  Cleaned off some of the old paint and primer.

This is how I will fit the two pieces together.  The hardtail will slide right into the original Honda frame and will weld the two together on the inside of the Honda frame.

But I could not stop there...too much fun!

So I added the front tire as well.  I tried it two different ways, with the front forks clamped in the usual way.   Then I pushed the clamps down a bit to get a lower stance.  I love the way it looks so far, I really like how is is shaping up.