custom cafe build (in process)

hillhudson · Post by **hillhudson** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:15 am

hey tom, actually i did take it apart very thoroughly and cleaned it, it had quite a bit of rust in it, after trying to clean it and then put it back together, it still didn't work, so thats when i bought a new one. here are a few photos of how dirty it was.. thanks so much for the offer though!. you rock.

hillhudson · Post by **hillhudson** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:54 am

tom, i take it all back, ur response made me want to go back into the selenoid and after openning it back up, i put it back together wrong ! just got it working. im going to nappa to return the new selenoid tomorrow thanx for the inspiration.

Hoosier Tom · Post by **Hoosier Tom** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 8:25 am

Good deal, Hill. Who doesn't like saving money!

HT

hillhudson · Post by **hillhudson** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:28 pm

got eveything together and running ! but it seems like i have a bit of white smoke and oil covered spark plug all from left cyl, compression is the same in both cyl, feeling the exhaust coming from the mufflers the left feels weaker than the right. anyone know what might be the problem ?

thanx

-hill

hillhudson · Post by **hillhudson** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 11:22 pm

update: here is a video of my bike so far, all i need to do is build the seat and thats going on this weekend, i have an oil leak at the tach drive i am trying to figure out how to fix,, i'm not 100% sure that it IS the tach but i think it is.. so check the vid and maybe shoot some possibilities at me for the leak ? i dunno.

thanx all.

-hill

http://vimeo.com/25800008

hillhudson · Post by **hillhudson** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:46 pm

Finally (almost) finished!! a few more tweeks here and there and she will be complete, runs and drives swimmingly thanks to Loud Mouse and this forum, could not have done it without you all.

a few words about the bike:
its a 1966 bike with haggon shocks and a 1963 engine, i made the seat with a friend out of the ass end of and old cb77 gas tank and had it upholstered by an amazing young woman here in portland oregon, built a custom LED tail light for the end of the seat that mounts inside of the hump and shines through finely placed drilled holes, handlebars/mufflers and tank side panels all ceramic coated black. Rebuilt early speedo. the seat, fenders and headlight bucket are all raw steel with a wax coating. when i rebuilt the engine i X'd the gears, and bored her to .75 over. the battery is a 'ballistic lithium ion' battery that measures 2 1/2 inches by 2 1/2, very small and all tucked up under the seat hump. I'm currently in the process of wiring up the electric starter again so i don't break another side cover and have to shell out another $200 for one, (or destroy my knee again while breaking itagain) I custom built a side riding tool box with a copper lid that mounts to the frame with bolts and leather straps. also tucked the ignition switch up higher when i got rid of the original battery mount before i painted it black. I also made the tank badges with my own custom laser engraved insignia.

thanks again for all the help.

-hill

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CliffC · Post by **CliffC** » Tue May 08, 2012 1:41 am

Hill, It looks good, a little different than other Cafe's that I've seen but thats good, one of a kind. You might find out that riding in the wet (Portland), you may want to extend that rear fender a bit. Very good workmanship, you should be proud of yourself, nice indeed. Cliff