Starting Honda cafe bike build today

Yes I went into basic training in July in Texas!
And here is the kicker. I was pouring cement and moving
rocks the week before and got severely sun burned!
It hurt just to put a T shirt on. That kind!

I did not even care about the basic training physical
part, I just wanted the sun burn to heal.

Actually I had no choice. It was join or be drafted.
There were 123 openings for overseas. Bermuda,Hawaii,etc., but of those 123 openings 121 were for Viet Nam. LOL...lol..lol Duh

They said stuff like that to us all the time.

Like you would be on a bus being taken to the chow hall on the first day of technical school and you would see this beautiful building and the bus driver says," Thats your new barracks guys", and everyone would cheer.

After lunch they would go back down the street and stop at this old wood building built in the 1920's and we would ask what we were stopping for. The bus driver said "This is YOUR barracks fools!" "Get out!"

It was better than what we got when we got overseas though.
Quanset huts with 3-4 inches of water on the floor all the time.
Had to wear a rain coat over to another quanset to take showers.

OK...enough stories. LOL

 

A little update.
I had a problem near the end of my building process just as i was about to install the gas tank and seat.
The gas tank liner I had installed (Kreem) was coming off in big flakes.
I had used Kreem 4 times before with no problems. This time on this tank the Kreem did not look right or act right when I used it. I tried to put another layer over the top and it did look right and seemed to be fine but that first layer that did not look right cause the liner to not adhere to the surface.

Well I had to get all of that Kreem liner out of my tank. what a job.
I used coat hangers scrapers ,sticks etc.,. Then I put acetone in the tank and let it sit for about 1 hour and it was taking off the liner but making it into a slime. I put sheet rock screws (a whole box) into the tank and shook it back and forth to try and scrub this acetone and Kreem liner off.

At one point I decided to fill the tank with water and then I thought I could just pour the hole mess out. WRONG. What happened was it sort of froze the clumps of Kreem liner with the sheet rock screws into clumps that I had to pull apart through the filer neck. It took hours.
After a couple of days I had most of the mess out and I found out a piece of heavy chain inside of the tank works better to knock the stuff off. And when you get done you just fish out the end of the chain with a magnet. It is easier that the sheet rock screws.
What would really be good is a piece of chain with mig weld spatters all over it ,so it is rough all over. that would really clean it.

I am ready now for the new liner and I will be using Caswell brand two part epoxy. It is a clear yellowish
color but I bought some epoxy colorant to make it white. I asked Caswell about that and they said it would be ok. That is what I like about the KREEM was that it left a white glossy surface.
I am getting the epoxy colorant from TAP plastics. I will post a pic when finished.

The only problem with the KREEM was you have do two coats to get it to all be solid white and glossy.
I usually had used it on new steel tanks.

 

Damn that sounds like it sucked. Hated extra work, when problems arise at the end of a project.

 

Yes I was really upset. As soon as I started scraping that stuff off and making some progress I felt much better.

I was wanting to go for a ride.
The gas tank.

Today Saturday Feb.,11th 2012 I got the Caswell gas tank liner and applied it to the letter.
I did add white colorant which Caswell said would be OK.
When mixed it was the consistancy of honey at 70ºF.

Duct tape over plastic.
I like the white colorant. Available at TAP plastics. It was the good quality($6.50),2oz.

 

I made a new movie. Tell me what you think.

LINK

Updated Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWNbrpfx-KE

 

Thanks, I just remade the movie and made it for mobile devices.
I also solved some other technical problems.
New link to new movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWNbrpfx-KE

 

Sweet. lol The duct tape scared me at first. What's happening around the filler hole of that tank? is there a plate that covers all of that depression I see?

 

Yes... There is a plate,lid thing that hinges and closes over that gas filler.
The 1977 and 1978 model had that 5 gallon gas tank.
I will post a photo...hold on.

Like this.

 

Thanks. Are you going to do it in the same paint? Would look cool gold plated.