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10-22-2009, 10:20 AM
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Road Warrior
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SHE IS ALIVE!!!!
sorry i have not been around, been working my tail off to get this cafe done... just got 2 dynas in the shop for complete tear down and rebuild, so i wnated to get this one knocked out... I have completely torn this bike apart and built a cafe! here is the build thread if you are intrested... it is a 73 TX500, i have about 1000 into it completely. custom intake, exhaust, jack plate to run oil cooler, ram air, rear sets, hand made cafe seat, LOTS of powder... more and more
TX500 build
From this:
to this so far:
and here is what she sounds like
YouTube - TX500 cafe part 2
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10-22-2009, 10:32 AM
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slick work Joe
dig the chit you do,, nice bench also 
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10-22-2009, 11:00 AM
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ha ha ha man those milk crates are tough! will hold 1000 lbs each! unreal!
my brothers goldwing project is up on the real lift... wait till you see this sucker! going to be sick!!! here is the colors we are using
all the metal is being done in the granny green... all the plastics i am shooting in the wet black... should be NAILS!... completely redone all the lighting, 1500 watts of stereo... just a comfort cruiser! be a nice change from his CHOP!

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10-22-2009, 11:27 AM
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yeah i'm diggin that green
you still changing the black cherry on the Bob this winter??
i'm hopin not 
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10-22-2009, 11:31 AM
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Road Warrior
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I am so all over the place on that one... i can not decide so i am going ot leave it till i know what i want to do for sure
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10-22-2009, 11:33 AM
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cool,, thats good then
got any other plans for yours or are you too busy with work?
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10-22-2009, 11:46 AM
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Road Warrior
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I am still going to do the paint, ton of powder, do the frame. doing a 95 kit with andrew 37 cams and dyno, full front touring fairing w/ stereo... new rubber, pulling the wheels apart and doing the spokes in gold... but that is about it... nothing too wild and crazy... that will be a-ways off though
I have a CB350 bobber to finish, I want to get my rocket track ready, wife wants her CB500 cafe done by spring, and i am building a triumph hard tail chop (just got the frame... looks like shiz, so i am going to redo alot of it)
plus i have a customers dyna in now, another customers CB360 coming in to be set up for vintage track days, then 3 baggers after that for varrious work... And i do this right now... Glad the powder shop is full time! ha ha ha
ooh well, got to start small to get big right! Lots of builds and projects in the works! i will post on them
Also doing my busn partners GSXR750 to finish... the motor is done FAST!!!!! just need to make it look pretty now, lots of trick powder work will be done... that is what he does best
then of course my brothers goldwing i will pitch in and help build
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10-22-2009, 11:49 AM
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man that sounds ace
diggin the Triumph build,, definitely want to see that !!
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10-22-2009, 12:00 PM
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my dad has built about 8 custom triumph chops in the 70's when he was a young builder... i am going to try and light that fire again for him with this one... i am going to have him pick out the paint sceme that we will use, as well as let him actully do the painting on the tank... then pull out some of the boxes of vintage chop parts he has... clean and powder them so it has a new school stance with lots of old school parts... be cool to build a bike with dad again!
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10-22-2009, 12:20 PM
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man thats just perfect   post it up here would you Joe
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10-22-2009, 12:35 PM
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sure! ill snap some pics of the frame, tank, bars yada yada i have for it... as i move the roller into the back room till i can get at it... Please do not judge the frame though ha ha ha ah needs completely redone!
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10-22-2009, 01:31 PM
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Real nice work on the little Yammie, Joe  !
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10-26-2009, 03:55 PM
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Put on 35 miles! she RIPS!
looks awesome in the sun, all the gold flake that i added to the powder just BLINGS in the sun!!! the seat foam is not in yet so i taped up the seat section so i did not scratch the hell out of it... but man what a fun bike to scoot! there are some videos on you tube... time for the next project my CB350 DROP seat bobber... I have the frame all finished, just need to add 4 inches into the swing arm, the move the shock mount locations... then powder, rebuild the motor, make up a jockey shift... and rip it!
ill start a build thread for that one

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10-27-2009, 01:15 AM
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hey Joe,, will do a search for you on youtube but could you post a link??
mebe fire them up in the vids section here?
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10-27-2009, 07:08 AM
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excellent,, great looking scoot,, nice job man 
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10-27-2009, 10:04 AM
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well guys i need some help! the bare tank is driving me nuts! but i can not just put anyting on there... i talked to Danny and he sugested that i do the tuning forks... i like that idea... but i have been hunting the vintage badging pics online and i have to be honest... i am really feelling the caddy V., so if i combine the 2 what do you think?
do the V something like this but in polished

and where the emblem part is, i pull that and put this

what do you guys think of that?
or this

or this
or

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10-27-2009, 11:15 AM
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IMO you wanna go ol skool cafe then go bottom ones or locate the slightly stepped set that used to run on the coffin tanked RD air cooled,, ( RZ in the US i think )
BTW, going to the Ace Cafe in London soon,, home of the cafe racer culture,, do you want a T ?
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10-27-2009, 01:14 PM
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HELL YA! XXL and let me know what i owe ya! man that is awesome!
i am kind of felling the lower ones as well...
on a side note... tossed together the roller last night to be able to wheel it around... just used parts i had laying around, and ya know what... I am kind of digging the narrow forks, may swap up to a 21 front... but i am diggin the CB350 forks and shrouds
what if i did the wreath, and used this ... i am just trying to tie in the dash as much as possible...

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10-27-2009, 01:26 PM
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yeah thats cool,, kinda like a laurel racers thing of the past
diggin the hardtail,, 21" would be da shit man,, gotta do it 
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10-27-2009, 01:39 PM
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well for the first time in my life my mom has expressed intrest in one of my builds... i guess while she and my dad where dating he was building a bike alot like the layout of the frame i just got... when she saw the bobber tank i have for it (the tank that was actually on the bike my dad built in the 70's) she went nuts and just started thowing ideas out! blew me away, lots of cool things like reverse levers, dog bone risers, making my oil bag out of an old fire extinqisher, chrome rear fender, and pinstriping on the frame done with gold leafing, but she said gold is too 70's i shoudl do it in copper, or siver leaf! i thought that was some cool shit! i guess she paid attention while dad and his brother where building their chops... she did INSIST that i let my dad paint the tank... so we will see... be cool to get it all done and then give it to my old man... but the hard tail would shake him apart... he needs his herritage classic with the air ride 
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10-27-2009, 01:45 PM
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LOL  sounds like shes kept up her subscription to the Horse BC
thats some cool ideas shes putting out,, you gotta run this build here on a thread,, i know you are busy at HDF etc,, but it would be ace to have it run up here 
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10-27-2009, 01:58 PM
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hell ya man! you guys build some wild stuff i would run it here for your and boskens feedback alone! alot of good bikes on here... ill post all my builds on here, of course!
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10-27-2009, 02:03 PM
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ace  thats excellent.. looking forward to that now,,
& me and Bos should be posting up some more builds soon
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10-28-2009, 09:10 AM
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NICE! Enough said.
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10-28-2009, 09:13 AM
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So if I was free labor, handing you tools and holding sht, you'd teach me some things, right?! Considering we live 20 minutes from each other... when I live in the U.S., that is. Awesome... I'll bring my Stanley tool box and duck tape... budump pssh. But seriously... I wanna learn! My dad can build an F/A-18 and a JSF but not a motorcycle, go figure.
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10-28-2009, 09:25 AM
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i'd hire ya Nick 
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11-02-2009, 09:46 AM
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11-02-2009, 11:38 AM
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great build man,, really dig your work,, superb detail and IMO thats the chit that separates builders 
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11-03-2009, 03:54 AM
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Quote:
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I don't hold British sausage, you fine bit of stuff, you. 
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