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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My Honda Chop
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the storey of my Honda CB650z
![]() ![]() It started out as a run of the mill pore mans tourer, crap
handling, over steer in tight corners, but apart from that not bad.
I brought the bike from a very old mate of mine, in 1985
for the sum of 200 pounds UK, bloody cheap I thought for a bike
thats only six years old, It ran like an old dog when I first got it,
but I soon sorted that out...
![]() In Jan 1986 I decided to build a Chopper - Lowrider, I designed
a hardtail and had it built by Chris Ireland of Desperate dans
motorcycle shop in Leighton Buzzard...
This is the first seat I designed & built for this bike...
![]() In 1990 I gave my chop a face lift. New paint, tank, seat, after
riding it for a while I got to hate the new seat arrangement, I was
sat too far forward and the handling wet out the window, so back
back to the drawing board.
![]() After a bit of thought I came up with this little gem,This is
the most comfortable seat I have made, you sit in the
seat and not on it, so in corners you dont slide about...
![]() ![]() This is it...
![]() ![]() ![]() In 2003 im giving my chop a total rebuild and face lift...
![]() ![]() And I am fitting a hydraulic clutch...
![]() ![]() This is a set forward controls that I designed and built, the pegs
are made from 40 mm dia aluminum, the levers are con rods
from a spare Honda engine, the backing plate is 5 mm steel,
and the brake rod is a piece of sprung steel from behind the
rear bumper of a Holden HQ station wagon...
![]() "REMEMBER"
If you deside to us the con-rod setup on your chop,
"DONT"
forget were you saw it first.
![]() ![]() anything for your one off chop or trike etc, please email me.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The frame and tank are in primer, the seat stripped and a new
seat base I made, but using the same foam and shape...
![]() ![]() I have got a 50 mm dia chrome speedo, I have made a surround
for, out of a chunk or West Australian JARRAH, to mount between
the fuel tank filler caps, using the old stainless steel centre piece...
Finally decided on a colour, Regency Red...
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chain Guard...
made from a Triplex primary drive chain
off my old Triumph Bonnie...
![]() ![]() New seat cover with TAZ, and diamond stitchwork...
more to come...
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