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Its a sickness (Honda project)

8.9K views 102 replies 15 participants last post by  Spaghettieddie  
#1 ·
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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#66 ·
The goldwing thing looks like that stupid mountain bike suspension that they had for a week and a half ;)
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#68 ·
Uh, no. In any event, this is about a CA95 - not Hondas battle tank ;)
 
#70 ·
Or some perfect originals that are in a bin. Need to give the paint a while to cure before putting the guts and chrome back on. First step is to put the harness in the frame. Then some of the painted parts will make it back out to the shop for final assembly.
 
#72 ·
This one is going to have a white seat. The blue is not anywhere near this blue - and both the red and blue seats that were available are no where near bike color, they look really bad stock ;) This isn't a resto, it is a whatever my wife thinks looks cute project. Remains to be seen if the battery and tool covers are frame color or white or grey or ???
 
#75 ·
Side note - wish I could have found some 16" wide whitewalls. They are really hard to find for the Baby dream. For now - found some acceptable scooter tires
 
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#76 ·
Side/side note. That blue picture with what looks like a misaligned fender shows you how the goofy suspension works.
 
#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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#89 ·
It is a whiskey dispenser. (or I guess whatever liquor bottle you put in it)
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