Paint & Wheels
I finally got axles and temporary spacers, so I have the wheels mounted on the frame now. It's awesome to finally really see what the bike's stance actually is going to be. Serious lowrider. Click here for the gallery I also got through with masking and painting the motor. It looks almost brand new. Got a bunch of →
Clean motor
I got the cylinders and external engine parts all hot tanked and bead blasted. The place I took everything was great. It cost me $75 for everything. You can see the pics here: http://www.corbell.org/hawk/gallery/clean_engine
Long time
It took a lot longer than I thought to get the rest of these parts. In any case I finally got the front & rear wheels with tires, axles, rotors, etc. I've also completely finished tearing down the motor. I had the cylinders honed and took all the cases, cylinders, head cover, etc to this great local machine shop. →
Where to look
Well, it looks like I'm not going to be posting much here. To see the progress on my CB750 chop take a look at that weblog, which is here: http://www.corbell.org/hawk/cb750/
Springer
I lagged about 2 weeks in getting this guy up, but I got that front end and stuff from Stylin' Products. Here's the front end with risers and bars. I'm going this Saturday to get the wheels/tires and rotors, etc.