Gazman

Welcome mate. All is not lost, I enjoy my bike but prefer working on it more. It's a challenge to do up a bike on a tight budget but very achievable. Does your lads bike run or is it more a tidy up ?. Get some pics on here as well, you'll get loads of help and advice. Gaz

Just googled it, A5 Towcester ? would meet up if you are defo going, love the classics. Gaz

I might well be interested in that boys. Where is the classic show exactly, I would be traveling from Witney, Oxfordshire. Gaz

OK, the weather is supposed to be good this weekend, the frame is blasted and I now have paint for both the frame (gloss black/ base coat and lacquer)and today I bought a bright metalic silver for the tank, seat unit and mudguard, if I use one. There's no stopping me now, apart from I just need to find a grand for the wheels and suspension.

@fr499y wrote:

there was another one with a featherbed frame, 4 - 1 undertail exhaust in bare metal finish.. cant remember if it was on CF or OSS though.

*Edit*

Found it.. GS550 though, looks nice, might be able to steal some idea's from this aswell

http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=25628.0

Yeh that's sweet as well, although I have a preference for that CB 750, love the old spoked wheels with modern tyres, looks cool. It's difficult on a budget though, sacrifices will need to be made.

Here's my original idea but with so many choices it was inevitable I would change my mind.

@fr499y wrote:

gaz mate, have a peak at this one

http://www.sgnetwork.co.uk/pages/posts/anatomy-of-a-cafe-racer-a-honda-cb750-undertaking-14.php

That's what I'm talking about, clean and simple but gorgeous, the beauty is in the attention to detail and clean lines. cheers for that mate, I will look back at those pics for inspiration. Gaz

@pugeyed wrote:

no have decided on those colours but frame will be gloss black, polished forks, black yokes, only thing that will be white is seat hump , tank and front mudguard.
you gotta give us more info on your colours, dont leave us hangin!

To be honest I have been thinking all silver frame, swingarm, tank, seat and loads of polished alloy and stainless nuts/ bolts and as little chrome as I have to have with just a simple old school double pin strip decal on the tank and seat unit in maybe black and red, original tank badges refurbished and back on with the addition of some honda wings above each tank badge, really simple and clean. I'll have a different colour scheme tomorrow though. Gaz

@pugeyed wrote:

still putting off ahem i mean "thinking about" the rear master cylinder/rear brake.
would like to get it done in the next month or so.

You having those Yam race colours on that mug or you thinking of something else now?

@pugeyed wrote:

wow progress ! looking nice gaz, get some paint on her quick!
dont blame ya for painting it.
powder is nice but just gets expensive when your doing the whole frame.

Your right mate, need every penny for the wheels and suspension, no cheap way of doing it nice. When you planning on doing your frame?, you got it all modified now or is there more to do?

Just collected my frame. Still not committed to a colour scheme yet, so I will be etch priming it this weekend along with the tank and seat unit, then spraying it myself once I can decide on the colours. I had intended getting it powder coated but I have all the spray equipment here and some paint products left over from the bandit project so I may as well use what I can. That doesn't mean its graphite and black Mark (Pugeyed)but you will be the first to know the colour scheme mate.







Gaz

@pugeyed wrote:

9 times out of 10 central wheel have the offset measurements anyway but at least you have a spare set of wheels if needed
will look awesome with alloy (i take it polished?) rims and stainless spokes.
frame will look great in gloss black, same colour as im doing mine.

Yeh alloy rims/ polished, to be honest thats why I considered lacing the wheels myself, so that I could polish the rims and each spoke before lacing. Think I'll have to keep this one in my office at all times to keep the alloy good. Were looking for new premises at the moment, hopefully with some storage/ workshop space. My business partner has a 59 Bug and wants some space as well so we are trying to get somewhwere to work from and play in at weekends and evenings. I'll never go home if we can pull it off.

@pugeyed wrote:

looks awesome gaz! your frame will be done before mine me thinks.
did you measure the offset before you chopped them hubs out?
gotta buy new bearings and seals for em?
oh and more questions.... are you going to run the standard speedo drive?
and spill the beans on your new colour choice !

No I didn't measure the offset before removal but wouldn't have thought that it's not necessary as the offset will be the same when they are rebuilt as it is defined by the hub and spacers? or would you say different? I have a spare set of standard wheels if I do need to measure anything but the rim runs centred to the hub? let me know mate if I'm wrong. I did check with Central wheels before I cut them out and they said chop, but of course I hadn't considered relacing them myself at that time.

yeh new consumables all round, same as the bandit.

Standard speedo drive.

Colour, well the frame will be gloss black, I think and the rest, not sure, got loads of ideas but can't settle on anything.

@pugeyed wrote:

just scored a bargain set of headers for it should be here sometime this week.
will be wrapped in black exhaust wrap, so should look good.

Very nice.

Been busy all weekend, but yet again not a lot to show for it. Started off by cleaning the new seat unit up, removed all the old paint and rust and generally started the prep work but unfortunately spent a few good hours trying my best to remove a seized swing arm spindle. Anyway I had to make a decision and cut it out in the end and have now robbed the swing arm off the other bike. Then I got side tracked by the buffing wheels and spent quite a few hours stripping and buffing the top yoke and then set about removing the hubs from the old wheels and couldn't resist stripping and buffing the back one, just to see what it was like. Very pleased with the top yoke and rear hub. The frame is now completely ready for blasting and I will be dropping it off tomorrow. Here's a few picks of the weekends activities, I'm jumping around from job to job at the moment but I'm not worried about that as it all needs doing and I will not be building the bike until everything is refurbished or replaced.





















Rear hub after a few hour polishing. Should look nice with new alloy rims and stainless spokes. Thinking about lacing them myself now. Not so much to save money but more to have a go at it, and any money saved would also be nice.




Top yoke after lots of polishing




Front caliper, started but not complete






Frame and swing arm, ready for blasting



Gaz.

Woops, I should have read the title of your thread before telling you what bike you had. My excuse is, i've been stood at the buffing wheels all day and my eye's are full of
s t. Apology's.

@inch_speller wrote:

Cheers Mark but don't think thats the right kit.

I have found a company online 22.90 Euros per kit plus postage.

Hello mate, I can see you're having fun with this oldie. I'm sure you already know this but just in case it helps, it looks like your bike is a CB-250 G5. You will be able to find loads of Honda's of that period with the same carbs as yours. Gaz

@pugeyed wrote:

yeah i know too many colours to choose from, ive got the look in my mind , just need to transfer it to the bike.
you still going with the original blue?
yep been on a jolly, i was hoping i could go today but no such luck.
post some pics of your progress matey.
today i will be cleaning more carbs so might put some pics up later

Hello mate, I got a flash of inspiration yesterday, whilst removing more scrap metal from the frame. I figured that the original blue with those original decals would look cool but perhaps not very race like, might look like i had just stuck a cafe seat on a cb 250. I think i'll just keep looking until I need to decide. I did however make the decision to start breaking the other cb250, I was reaching the point where I need too many spares to resist breaking it. What made the decision was that the swing arm spindle on the cafe was completely seized. I had to cut it out yesterday. Anyway, cut a long story short, I am robbing the swing arm, complete engine, a fork leg and a few other bits and pieces, I will sell the rest of the good parts to fund something on the cafe racer. I will post some pics later, hoping to get the tank and seat unit stripped back and filled today as well as a bit of polishing
. Gaz

Cool colours Mark. Would be very nice. I'm questioning myself regarding colour schemes as well. Trouble is, there's loads of really good one's and I want them all. You been on a jolly today then ? I've been busy grinding again and a spot of polishing to finish up. more of the same tomorrow. What about you ?. Gaz

@Davehutch wrote:

You sure it wasn't a Dave Hutch look alike competition ?

@inch_speller wrote:

Awesome build you've got here!

Cheers mate, glad you like it. Welcome to the project build section. Just had a look at your build, keep it going mate, if you run out of funds or ideas just clean or polish something, keep moving and don't stop. like it.

@onslow wrote:

i heared they are still hanging on the hope of a late indian summer so you never know might hold out for hog the bridge if anyone is interested 16 october by the way

What is Hog the bridge mate ? I might be interested if it involves a ride out.

Comes up nice Mark, How long was it in for and will my CB250 frame fit in it?

That looks interesting Mark, Be good to do some before and after pics mate, see the difference and all that.

@pugeyed wrote:

@Gazman wrote:

Oh, thought about colours yet ? I know you won't tell.

oh and colour wise thinking of something like this but am not decided yet ......

Yeh Mark, you should go for that mate, I love it. I did consider something similar for mine, it's the reverse colours of my bandit, I also considered the exact same colour scheme as my bandit (silver stripe on Black) but I'm now definitely going for the original blue with original black and white decals as the tank in the photo's, with seat unit to match. I like that silver/grey with black though mate, very sophisticated.