Poor mans 1966 Dream resto.

[jba6555]

I really like your bike! Great job on a budget! Before seeing your bike I never thought about painting mine white, now i am pretty sure i will. Did you use "Tremclad: Recreational White"?

[jdbenly]

Yes, I believe that's what is.

[Gun]

I enjoy the solo seats myself, I'm thinking of getting an extra seat pan for my cb77, turning the back half into a luggage rack, and seeing what welding i can do to make the front half look a bit like a solo seat :P

[Diane Briggs]

I personally think it looks great considering what you where working with, i have a worse one to start with then you, i guess mine should have gone to scrap yard but im gonna give it a go to see it i can make it look halfway decent..... i like you am working on a poor mans budget, or should i say poor wifes budget. i think my husband thought i was crazy when i dragged it home:} oh well we'll see what happens. Anyway someone sent me your post to see if anyones done painted wheels as i was thinking of doing the same if they sand blast up kinda decent, even if i just use them till i get the money for chrome ones saved. heres my jalopee

not all of us are so anal about perfection.... on something 45 years old.[/img]

[versuspop]

I have a horn you can have for shipping cost... PM me...

Yes I know there are a few things that need attention. The Honda logo is red but only has one coat of paint. Need to redo it. There is other hardware that needs attension like missing cotters in rear axle. I know I got a little too quick on posting pic's. Horn is also missing. Anybody have one? As you can see I was not trying to get it in factory condition.
Howard

[Gun]

welcome aboard diane, glad to see you take the task on.
I did a poor mans resto, and now 2 years later i'm taking it entirely apart again and doing a complete resto.
My advice is, if poor, simply take longer, but do it right the first time :P

[linemup]

So your entire bike (white) is spray can? Very nice. Did you sand blast chrome off of wheels prior to painting? I would love to know the brand name and color of your bike. Very nice. Ya know, base clear wasnt used back in the day. so. properly sprayed paint from a can will give a closer match to paint. Yes folks, some colars will.......primarily white.