Actually worked on a "real" bike

jdustu

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A local guy found my site doing a search for welders, and asked me about working on his Honda CBR. It's an early 90s model, and he was looking to "update" the look a bit. He had the rear fascia stripped and had a smaller piece he wanted to fit on. He also wanted it boxed in to hide some wires and the battery. Pics aren't the best, but they give you an idea of what went on.

This is at the start, he put the wires there to show the angle he was looking for.




Cut the frame, bent it up. There is enough re-enforcement in the finished product that I wasn't worried about the heated/bent area being too weak. I don't have pics to show it, but I did re-weld and smooth that "kinked" area down.





Cut and bent the new bottom tubing



tacked it up



The rear bracket, drilled and tapped for the back mounting tabs of the fascia. He's gonna mount two small taillights here too.



Using the new plasma to cut the sheet metal for the box



Bottom plate welded on



the sides





front "gussets" in place



front mounting tab/brace, not yet drilled and tapped for the front mounting tabs



fascia mounted up








The owner is picking it up tomorrow, sounds like he's gonna try to build a fiberglass seat pan for it. I think he's gonna keep the frame silver, and paint the "boxed" part black. Should look cool.
 
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That rear plastic piece is from a different model, I have no idea what the year is. He gave it to me and I made it fit.

What room are you talking about Matt? The room in between the tubes or the space between the rear and the wheel? As far as the latter, I think that's the look he was going for. For the space in between the tubes, he's going to hide wires and mount a battery.

He got the bike in a partial swap for some debt he was owed, so he's just trying to make it his own. I think he's more into the stripped down look, even though he knows this isn't the best bike for it. It's obviously a work in progress, but I think it'll look good when he's done with it.
 
He came and got it this morning...he was very happy with it:)

I snapped a few pics while waiting for them to pick it up.





My robot buddy thought it was pretty sweet :lol:
 
nickgregg2007 said:
nice work, that looks uncomfertable as hell lol
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I don't disagree! He hopped on it, and I can see how with the right seat it'll work. I'll be interested to see how it turns out.

I tell you what, he sent me a bunch of pics of different bikes to give me an idea of what he was going for. Some of them look like testicle torture devices:lol:
 
jdustu said:
I don't disagree! He hopped on it, and I can see how with the right seat it'll work. I'll be interested to see how it turns out.

I tell you what, he sent me a bunch of pics of different bikes to give me an idea of what he was going for. Some of them look like testicle torture devices:lol:
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lmfao i beleive it! looks like good work tho!
 
your work is great, you dont see welds that clean very often.....im not sure i like the look of the high tail though, and i agree that it may not be that comfortable.
 
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