ShedBuilt '82 Virago
One of the best things about riding a bike, is the community you become a part of, simply by becoming part of the ‘club.’ This typically takes it’s form in the people you meet face to face, while wrenching, riding or just spotting another bike owner on the street… » Read more..
Hot damn! It turns out that with a little patience and a little research (ok, maybe a lot of both), you can get things done. After my first start-up of the Honda CB 350, with its new carbs, exhaust, coils, etc., I was determined (but not at all confident) to get it running properly. » Read more..
Yamaha XT 550 BEFORE - Courtesy of bikeboneyard
Everyone loves a great ‘before and after’ segment – someone losing a ton of weight, The teacher in the Van Halen ‘Hot for Teacher’ video, after taking off her glasses, and so many more. But lately the most appealing ones for me have been the makeover of a typical, plain-jane bike, and turning it into a super-model… » Read more..
Saturday afternoon with the Honda CB 350!
It’s been a few weeks (at least) since I last had any significant progress to report on the custom Honda CB 350, but this weekend I finally did a few things worth mentioning.
First, the exhaust: I’ve never done anything like this before, but my housemate has a TIG welder, I found this website to order pre-bent sections of stainless steel tubing, and I figured ‘what can go wrong?’ » Read more..
Sydney Cafe Racers' Yamaha XT 600
The folks associated with Sydney Cafe Racers have been doing some very fine work on bikes of every vintage, and every origin. Lately, we have been finding ourselves drawn to the less typical donor bikes, turned into things of raw power and beauty… » Read more..
