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Its a sickness (Honda project)

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8.8K views 102 replies 15 participants last post by  Spaghettieddie  
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Getting sort of close to being done with the FZ600 - still on the lookout for some better fairings. Sooo - went to the driftless area yesterday to Gay Mills and bought a pile of Baby Dream parts - Honda CA95 Benley. There are a couple complete bikes and a couple partials - including a partial CA160.
Paid $500 for the pile and there is nearly that much in new/refurb parts. Have one title for the lot, so will build that one and then maybe a second depending on how hard it would be to get a title.

The last pic is the one I will be building - the guy took it apart and started refurbing stuff. He was planning on turning it into an ebike and had some motor and battery stuff mocked up but had not hacked up anything. In case anyone is wondering - yes, you can fit 2 of these in the back seat of a RAM crewcab if you remove the forks
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#102 ·
Thanks. I have not seen that front signal arrangement - mostly they attach to the handlebars. Since the steering is turned, can't tell from the front fender if it is a Dream or a Baby Dream
 
#99 ·
Just polished the hubs with a buffing wheel and black compound. Finished off with some metal polish/protectant. No idea on the spokes or rims, they were new parts that came with the pile of bikes. Engine paint is just generic aluminum engine paint.
 
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#98 ·
Asking for a friend, what treatment did you do on the wheel hubs? Look like polished.... any coating? Did you use stainless spokes, chrome or cad plated?
Honda Cloud Silver (Duplicolor DE1615) for the engine?
 
#97 ·
Hung the top of the engine so that all the wires can be hooked up eventually.
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#95 ·
The chrome stuff is all original except the rims and spokes which are new. Most of it is (re) polished aluminum, very little is chromed steel.
 
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#89 ·
It is a whiskey dispenser. (or I guess whatever liquor bottle you put in it)
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#86 ·
Started working on the seat. I dislike trampoline seats, so started building a HDPE base for a foam seat. Lots of drilling and pop rivets.
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