I’m expecting a visit from the man in brown early next week. Can’t wait!
Coming Soon!
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The CL has now been fitted with a set of new, smaller 2 1/2 inch gauges. Each gauge face is lit by LED lights with 7 changeable colors, because nothing says tough cafe racer like something fancy. While they are currently resting in a diamond plate bracket, I think we’ll be swapping that out for something a little different. I’m still trying to zero in on what I want to do. For now though, I think it’s lookin’ pretty good.
New, Smaller Gauges
Gauges - Lit Up
Today was one of those surprise fall days. The temperature creeped up to over 70 degrees, which for November in New York is unusually warm. This meant that there were a million bikes out today, myself included. On the way home, we stopped off at the harbor to watch the sun set.
In the early hours of Sunday morning while the rest of the neighborhood was enjoying the extra hour of sleep from turning the clocks back, the Fuzzmop household was alive with the sounds of compressed air and flying sand. Kenny was outside working on cleaning up the newer cylinders he picked up for the CL.
The CL started having problems with starting. Suspecting a bad head gasket, the bike went up on the left and parts started coming off. As it turned out, there were two broken piston rings. Kenny took a quick inventory of anything else he might want to update while the bike is unbuttoned.
The current cylinders have a few cracked cooling fins. This would be the perfect time to replace them. Thanks to eBay, Kenny found a set for $30. Score! A little cleanup by sandblasting, some silver paint and the 40 year old engine will soon be looking extra spiffy.
Spiffy New Paint!
The custom exhaust is nearly finished. New photos coming soon!
Couple new pics I took a few months back after running cables and whatnot.
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