Other two-wheeled projects

Here are some pics of some bicycles and a mini-chopper I made. These are really fun to build. People seem to get a kick out of them.

Cafe repair

I got an email from a guy who said he had some work done that he wasn't happy with and wanted to know if I could fix it. He's got a Honda CB350 frame that he was having turned into a cafe bike. Well, here's some pics of the work he had done. Notice the nice welds and the NAILS used to fill burn-throughs!!!
I removed all of this and started over. I also mounted his seat and brought a frame loop out and around the tail. Next is a battery box and an electrics mount.
I'm afraid to think what may have happened to this guy while riding with those other welds.

Exhaust project

Here are some pictures of an exhaust I made for an XS 650. It was part of a raffle award from a benefit from a member of a forum who recently passed.
It's stainless steel with some flared tips at the end. I believe the owner is going to ceramic coat them. They didn't turn out too bad.

More to come...

I'm getting ready to work on two really cool projects. There will be pics to follow soon. One project is some revision work on the black cafe bike already posted. I'm going to adjust the lines of the seat area a little bit. It should really set the bike apart even more.
The second project in the works is a BMW R75/6. I'm going to be making this bike a bit more modern. The owner wants to make it a mono-shock and update some of the lines on the bike with a cool subframe and cafe tail. It's going to look killer when done.

Reader's Rides

Here's Brian's ride. I made the frame and painted the tins. He's adding a different rear wheel as I type. Should look even better. He's into the old school look...nothing like a bit of a stretched bobber. It's a 350 motor and sounds great.






Here are Stevea and AJ's rides. Steve and AJ do their own work out of their nice shop/garage. They're just now begining to build frames. They started with hardtailing an XS650 frame of mine. It looks like these guys know what they're doing!

If anyone else wants their's posted, just email me some pics. Just

My Build

Couple pics of the bike I'm doing for myself. The tins are out being painted. Gotta strip down the frame and paint that. Sold my handlebars and possibly the footpegs...so on to making those again! Hope to have her going for the spring.