Building a Honda CA95 from Scratch-Where's The Bike Now?

kartgreen · Post by **kartgreen** » Fri May 06, 2011 9:24 am

The color should look awesome ! Wife and I look forward to seeing your projects in a couple of weeks .

Smithers · Post by **Smithers** » Fri May 06, 2011 7:52 pm

Heh that's the same color I'm painting my new (old) Dodge diesel truck! Well mines more of a blood metallic color but we'll see how they spray.

Spokes · Post by **Spokes** » Mon May 09, 2011 8:12 pm

Getting closer. The engine is almost finished. New tires are in. Body work and painting started.

Smithers · Post by **Smithers** » Tue May 10, 2011 7:27 am

Looking great! All decked out with Allen head screws. How about the tires which ones did you go with? *EDIT* Woops I just found the tires thread. I'm jealous. Those tires looks comfortable and safe - unlike my original rubber hehe. Your tire link

Spokes · Post by **Spokes** » Mon May 23, 2011 3:27 pm

The engine from many motors is complete with exception of a few screws.

The small bike parts are painted and waiting. I will paint the rest of the bike this week late. Meanwhile I am polishing hubs and spokes. If it rains I lace and true wheels, if dry I will paint. After paint will be wire harness and turn signal wiring.

Getting close.

Spokes · Post by **Spokes** » Sun May 29, 2011 7:53 pm

Finally getting some painting done. Below is the tank with a mild two tone color.

Spokes · Post by **Spokes** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:15 pm

Here's a pic of the painted parts so far. I finally found a lower chain guard and it's being shipped to me. Once I get it, I will get the lower and upper chain guard sandblasted and get it in line for painting. I should be done painting in 10 days or so. Then I will start the wiring (including the turn signal wiring.)

weestrom05 · Post by **weestrom05** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 9:29 pm

that looks great, bot the engine and the frame. I makes me wonder if i really want to just preserve mine. Curt Is there a torque value to use when changing to the allen heads or does one just tighten them. I'm going to chsnge the clutch side when I put mine back together.

Spokes · Post by **Spokes** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:49 am

To restore, customize or keep original is a personal choice. There is no wrong answer. I'm a custom guy. I get a kick out of stopping all of the corrosion and adding years back to the metal. This project is custom. A build from scratch trick. So the bike never was...until now.

Be carefull with the stainless allen head screws. Remember stainless is way harder than aluminum. I tighten by feel, snug is plenty tight. After the engine gets hot for the 1st time, snug the screws a bit more.

Spokes · Post by **Spokes** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:12 pm

6-14-2011

The front fender flair is finished and ready for paint along with the lower chain guard. I would not make a big deal out of this task, but getting the fender and lower chain guard right was a challenge.

joeficsit · Post by **joeficsit** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 11:40 am

I love the fact that this bike "never was" and now here it is.

Spokes · Post by **Spokes** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:44 pm

Time Stamp 6-25-2011

You really can't tell which frame and parts are the Build from Scratch project and which parts are the CA160 restore project. This is a pic of all of the parts on their paint stands. Today is the 1st sanding of the first coat of paint. Some minor flaws are being worked out as well.

Each of the parts shown is absolutly rust free and clean as the day they were made.

Below is the engine in waiting.

SinjinLe · Post by **SinjinLe** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:25 pm

Nice work!

Smithers · Post by **Smithers** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:56 pm

Not that is an awesome looking engine. It's pretty exciting seeing all the finish working coming together.

Sam Green · Post by **Sam Green** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:20 am

Looking good Chip, don't get the frames mixed up.

Sam.

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Building a Honda CA95 from Scratch-Where's The Bike Now?

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