Sometime last year me and a group of guys in a vintage riding club decided to join the HAMB drags. The biggest hurdle is that it has to be 1965 or older to even be considered. Brit bikes were out of the budget as well as any American branded one. That left a 305 to try and track down. Luckily at a local swap meet we found a Dream in rough condition for the right price. Obviously this wasn't going to be the fastest bike to start with, but we liked the challenge. Everybody agreed that a supercharger would be our best bet, so we sourced an Aisin 300 from Australia and decided to build a ground up frame to hold everything together. Somewhere along the line we decided that our buddy's BSA would work better for the HAMB drags, and a cb350 motor took over the ca77 spot to make a nostalgic drag bike that would run at some local events. Since I donated the cb350 motor, the ca77 motor was given in exchange. We had already sold off the frame and other parts, so I decided building a road racer with a ca77 motor could be fun. Not many people use them for obvious reasons, but that I think will be half the fun.
Here's the bike before we took it all apart.
I really wanted to try and build a full racing chassis for this project, but I found a decent deal on a hawk frame and swingarm that just made more sense. Saves me fab time, and possibly puts the bike on wheels way quicker than I had planned. The frame just came in today on a Fedex truck, so I'm just about ready to start digging in. First things first I have to start putting some wheels and stuff together. I have a ton of cb/cl350 parts leftover from previous projects, so I am in hopes that a cb/cl front end will bolt up. I may get lucky with the rear wheel, but I'm doubtful of that until I can get the two together in the same room. I should have more info on that soon enough.
For the motor, I want to keep it's ca77 roots but hot rod the hell out of it. Big bore 350 kit, hotter cam, bigger carb, etc. I know it probably seems silly to even bother, but it sounds like fun, so why not? I should have some more stuff to post up tonight, but for now I will post a couple my past projects.
My current project bike is a tt500. Before I get too heavy into the ca77 I need to finish this one for a ride I started doing a couple years ago called the Ozark Mountain Scramble. I built the kz400 as well as the cl/cb350 (shown above) the past two years for around $800. If possible I would like to build the Dreamhawk for next years ride as well as hitting a couple track days at Hallett in Oklahoma. I'm not sure if that's a reasonable goal or not, but that's what I'm shooting for.
Here's where the tt sits right now. I've been redoing the rear shock mounts for a more street oriented setup, but still have some work to do.
