Old Post + Update....Blue's 72 CL350/bobbed project pics!

dorT500 · Last edited by dorT500 on Wed May 27, 2009 8:59 pm; edited 3 times in total

Blue had emailed me pics of this project....I asked him if it would be alright if I posted the pics..He said if I wanted to,. it is OK.....I wanted to. Shocked

The the descriptive text was in his email to me.. Click on image to enlarge.....Here is Blue's description ....."It is going to stay on the bench in the shop for awhile, got some minor stuff to finish, and we are going to airbrush the Japanese battle flag on the tank, in red of course, and some minor pinstriping on the fenders, front and rear and around the gas cap. It's way to nasty to road test it anyhow, but had it running on the bench for a little while. When the weather gets better and paint is done I'll get some better pics outside. The steering head and lower portion of the frame is about all that is original, everything else was fabricated by me. Getting the frame right was tough due to the dissimilar frame rails, the wide portion of the frame where the swingarm hooked in was modified and now houses the coils, and yes that is a hand gear shift on the right. The pipes are courtesy of Harley and using a spare set of the flanges that hold the headers in the stock engine, reversed bring the I.D. of the Hog pipes to the correct fit. 4140 dom tubing was used for the frame, axle plates were salvaged from the old swingarm, frame stretched about 8", added 7-1/2 links. I fabricated the floorboards and brake pedal and used some of the original linkage parts and replaced the brake sw. with one from a 72 Cadillac. I turned the 2" high risers for the bars and then buffed all of it. A lot of the stuff is polished stainless. The new backbone was a piece of 1-1/4" black pipe, as it was a near perfecr fit inside the stamped metal frame, lots of plug welds and surface welds hold it all together. The frame is olive drab green and the sheet metal is Satin Italian Olive green, all the trim is plain old brilliant red. So anyhow there is a quick profile in some of the build project. Any ? feel free to ask. c-ya Blue" Click on image to enlarge.

Bentwheel · Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:53 pm Post subject:

Very nice work Blue, I quite like it. I really like the idea of Japanese military bikes. In fact I am currently building one myself. I like how you have amassed an amalgam of styles. If asked, is it a stretched bobber, a custom, a military bike? Rarely do you see drab olive with polished alloy and stainless. It truly is something different. Bravo

05c50 · Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:29 pm Post subject:

Wow!!! I love it. You have to give us some build pictures. Lots of questions. How did you come up with the rake angle? Whats your trail like? Show us more....

.............Paul

Barchetta · Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 8:43 pm Post subject:

I am humbled. Embarassed

...and feeling a little envy too.
Awesome work!

jwlex · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:09 am Post subject:

Amazing work! Some great inspiration.

cartfreak71 · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:41 am Post subject:

can't say that I've ever seen such a radical change to a CL model. Looks cool!

H2Lou · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:02 pm Post subject:

Wicked...love it Shocked

Lonsjunk · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:35 pm Post subject:

That Is sweet !!!!
Nicely done..

dorT500 · Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:41 pm Post subject:

Blue had emailed me some pics of his completed -" out-on the ground" and "running great" '72 CL350 "Bobber" .....just thought I would share them.........'at a boy Blue!....... CLICK TO ENLARGE PICS

05c50 · Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject:

Like I said last time, WOW!!!! Looks GREAT.

..........Paul

dorT500 · Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject:

+ 1 Paul....Oops....forgot one pic.....

The Japanese Battle Flag and a name......after the name of a friend's dog and "The Song" Click on pic to enlarge...