Japan Meets Britain

Vince Lupo · Post by **Vince Lupo** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:24 am

The steps....

Et Voila!

e3steve · Post by **e3steve** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:00 pm

Sweet job, Vince. Hey, you do love a bit of coachlining, don't you?

Vince Lupo · Post by **Vince Lupo** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:28 am

e3steve wrote:Sweet job, Vince. Hey, you do love a bit of coachlining, don't you?

The coachlining was actually Lee's idea -- we originally thought of painting those two rectangular indentations silver, but it didn't look quite right after it was done, so Lee thought of a coachline to bring out the guard's shape. And believe me, I'm done with chroming chain guards.

I really like the shape of a Norton Domi 88 chain guard, and I think this one has elements of it. Plus, it's all rubber mounted, and I now have that fourth mounting point just ahead of the shock, so this should hopefully be the final word on a chain guard for my bike.

Now I can get down to doing some riding!

e3steve · Post by **e3steve** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:11 am

Gotta tell ya, mate, your CB is highly individual and very eye-catching!

Vince Lupo · Post by **Vince Lupo** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:21 am

e3steve wrote:Gotta tell ya, mate, your CB is highly individual and very eye-catching!

Thanks Steve. I'd probably have a heck of a time selling it though -- everyone would be pointing out what's 'wrong' with the bike.

e3steve · Post by **e3steve** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:09 am

Better keep it, then!

Vince Lupo · Post by **Vince Lupo** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:14 am

Guess so!

Picked up the bike today and everything is fine -- bike runs much better, and that bbbrrraaa bbrrraaa bbrrraaa sound is gone. Idles well too!

Here are a few more shots of the bike -- I may end up getting rid of the coachlines and just go with plain black, but I'll ride it for now and see.

The bike in all its glory

Rear detail

Detail of that extra mounting point

Detail of the larger front mounting point