My Cafe Build

banksc1970 · Post by **banksc1970** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:32 pm

Thanks a lot Deez! That helps me tremendously. I am completely new to restoring a bike and don't have any knowledge on the subject at the moment other than what I have picked up here in the past week. I just started a resto post myself. I love your bike and placed a pic of it on my desktop as an "after" picture of what I want to do with my bike. I hope you don't mind if I occasionally pick your brain with a question or two as I go along.

deez · Post by **deez** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:25 pm

no problem banks glad to help and im glad you like the bike. this forum is a wealth of knowledge about these bikes so you have come to the right place.
-cheers
-deez

byrdman76 · Post by **byrdman76** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:48 pm

been away for awhile - just had to stop buy and say WOW - the bike turned out sweet.

Ride safe!

Byrd

e3steve · Post by **e3steve** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 4:15 pm

Good to read you're still around, Byrdmate!

byrdman76 · Post by **byrdman76** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:55 pm

e3steve wrote:Good to read you're still around, Byrdmate!

Hey Steve - still around, just working on other projects. neck deep in a 70 commando restoration right now - and enjoying the heck out of this 305!!

Hope everyone else is well.

Sorry to hijack your thread Deez!!! ;)

deez · Post by **deez** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:47 am

hello byrd, no problem sir and thank you. still a work in progress of course. just got i license plate for it last week though! after all hell with chp. sounds like a great project you got going would love to see pics.
-cheers

byrdman76 · Post by **byrdman76** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:49 pm

This is what it looked like when I brought it home - probably the best condition of any bike I have ever started out with. Usually I tend to find the tiredest of the bunch! Motor was locked up for sitting in the original owners garage since the 70's.

Mainly just a frame up restoration and upgrading in certain areas such as ignition and electrical. The body work will not be touched and left as is with the exception of cleaning. If I decide to go to another color which I plan to do at some point, I will pick up some used body parts to work with and keep the originals.

I have always wanted a Norton but my only complaint is the cost to do a project like this. You can build and blow up allot of Honda motors with what it takes to build and restore one of these right!