Project "Caroline", 1973 CB350 four

and the finish line is in sight !

Someone got impatient!

So I could not wait to play!






Not a whole lot done, but it was nice to get out there and at least get something going!

01YZF6 wrote:and the finish line is in sight !

more like the starting line is in sight! hahahaha

look n good

thats awesome twisted, did you just get the 4 to 1 header and is that an open megga ?

I have had the header for a while, just did not put it on. Right now there is a baffle in there, but it will be open megga!

Due to some of lifes events, I have not had time to be out in the shop and will not have much time for a while. So while I am stuck inside I decided to work on some of the things I could. I took open my gauges and designed my speedo face. I will be doing a matching tach face as well. Here is what I have done so far.

That will be soooo sweet/

That last pic of Caroline on the lift is super sexy!

Thanks weirdbeard!

I finished up both gauges, it took a while to get all of it lined up right, but I think it was worth it. I edited the speedo a bit to change the font and clean it all up some. I am very happy with the design, I think it is a neat custom touch. What do you guys think?

I think its cool! does that thing really red line at 10k? We need to ride when you get her back on the road.

Yes sir, 10k is stock red line, after my mods are done it should raise the red line to more like 10500, but I am still going to treat 10k as the detonation line since I will still be running stock pistons and connecting rods.!

Oh, and yes we will have to ride! I want to come over and check out some of your wood work too. I just got some of my wood work into a market in Atlanta!!!!

Brother Twisted your faceplates look awesome! I love that you put Carolines name in there!

tWistedWheelz wrote:Oh, and yes we will have to ride! I want to come over and check out some of your wood work too. I just got some of my wood work into a market in Atlanta!!!!

No kidding? You might have to tell me about that.

gauges look sweet !

what did you use to design/edit them?

Should get these on the plates tonight and the gauges back together over the weekend!

Awesome Brother I can not wait to see them!

wow - lovin' the gauges dude!

makes me want to get another inline 4 old bike and go full 70's chopper - the old 10 foot long ones.

have to finish my current chopper first tho...

Got them on the faces and should have it all back together some time this weekend! Here are the faces.

Those faces are beautiful Brother! Keep up the awesome work man!

Gauges are being a bitch due to the fact that epoxy paint takes forever to cure when it is cold, so I just brought them in the house! Anyway, while I was waiting on that I did start the badge restoration on the 350 fours badges. I stopped by the hobby shop and picked up some testors model paint and some of the little cone points that go on a model glue tube. I mounted those tips (with some mods) to a syringe for my paint tool. You will see there is a little paint on the top ridges in places, but that will buff right off with some 0000 steel wool. I have to let them dry and then do a little touch up before the buffing, but here they are as of now.

will you be at barbers this year, i can't wait to see the finish product,
the gauges look great, and that megaphone will play sweet music !!!!

Barber's vintage fest 2011......you can bet the farm on that one! And she will be on the track during at least one parade lap.

Finally had some time to get out in the shop and really get some work going, and man was it therapeutic! I only got a little done, see:

Also cut off some steel from the frame for the first time!
Here is how she sits now, but now that I have it this far down, it gives me lots of stuff to do with any chance I get to get out in the shop.

Also, here is a shot of how far I got with the gauges, still waiting on the housings to finish curing.


Thank all of you for the kind words; they drive me almost as much as my dreams of riding her on a sunny spring day!