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The CL350 is officially a little more famous

CrudMop — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:38:02 +0000

Looky Looky – the folks over at PipeBurn.com have posted up an article on the 1968 CL350 Cafe bike!

It’s one of the blogs I read quite often, has some great content and pictures of bikes from all over the globe – so it is quite flattering to see he’s posted up about my silly project

Go give them a looksee and droll over all of the amazing bikes he’s blogged

Project Motorcycle Photo: Gesundheit!

CrudMop — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:53:59 +0000

Gesundheit!

Honda CL 350 Cafe: Custom Exhaust

CrudMop — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:45:42 +0000

Welp, it arrived today, and it’s, shall we say, beautiful.

I ordered up this exhaust from Benjie over at Benjie’s Cafe Racer – his original design had a black exhaust shroud, but I asked him to make one in white as I thought it would play well against the white on the tank (and on the white headlight bucket, which I have yet to find the right beauty ring for so it remains off the bike).

New Exhausty Exhaust for the 1968 CL350

Big thanks to Benjie and his crew, it came out better than I had hoped and I’m super excited about it. Toss them some business, they do nice work

Honda CL350 Cafe Project: New Toys Coming Soon!

CrudMop — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:34:39 +0000

I’m expecting a visit from the man in brown early next week. Can’t wait!

Coming Soon!

Sunday Motorcycle Photo: Sunset and the CL350

CrudMop — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:54:06 +0000

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.

1968 CL 350 Project: Sandblasting Cylinders

FuzzyGalore — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:33:07 +0000

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!

1968 Honda CL 350 Cafe Racer Project: New Pics

CrudMop — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:38:59 +0000

Couple new pics I took a few months back after running cables and whatnot.

Go HERE for the full story.

Oh, what the heck

CrudMop — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:00:00 +0000

Talked to fuzz for 2 min, and she asked when I would put the motor in.

How about now?

The white stripes on the forks are paper – I was trying an idea Fuzz had to maybe add some painted white stripes with black borders on the forks.

Puttin’ it together

CrudMop — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:00:00 +0000

Cleaned up the wheels a bit today – put ‘em on with the centerstand to get an idea of how it’s coming together. I must say, I am rather pleased with the results so far.