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Before

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After

"Honest. . . it followed me home!"
or oh what a dream!

Updated

Here are before and after pictures of the Honda CA77. This bike followed me home from a swap meet 3 years ago. It was a year before I got enough ambition to try to put it back on the road (but I was collecting parts).

Non-original (as in CHEAP!) parts are handlebars (some flavor of Truimph), controls (Vulcan 750 on the right, Suzuki GS500E on the left), Seat (LePera HD tractor seat), speedometer (unknown Honda), mufflers (HD Dyna). Since the picture was taken, turn signals (Suzuki GS500E) and rear shocks (ebay generic mini-bike) have been added. Chrome aftermarket HD Sportster petcock on a homemade adapter to the Honda tank, ebay, damn near free. Used Dyna dual fire coil from a Sportster, original owner thought it was ugly because it wasn't chrome. Fits nicely where the original air filter should be.

Total cost: at least 3 times what it's worth.

Time to build: 3 weeks (hey, I'm retired, that's about 200 hours!)

Curby Keith

Project CT90

I got this for my son back around '85 for $125. It was a '74 and the guy said "it was running but doesn't have a plug." Got it going, but it was too tall for my son who was in the 5th grade so I removed the tank, put on a bicycle banana seat and sawed off the exhaust and stuck in a 3/4" 45° ele.

Summer '05 I brought it back to life after 15 years and put a 650 Honda Nighthawk tank and side cover and a '48 Olds taillight. The light was around $15 on Ebay and the tank $45. The second tank was around 45 also, but it had the gas cap and petcock. Took about 3 cans of paint and a couple 18 packs and a small Bondo to get it to the seat making stage. I've made a custom pan and covered with closed cell foam. Not totally satisfied and may put on the seat from that damn exercise bike...hehe. The fishtail was a J.C. Whitney 4^th of July special around $50 with shipping. I had some 3/4" flex exhaust to go over the copper 45° and then put 2" over that to clamp over the outside. (JCW also)

Barry Shannon
Kitty Hawk, NC

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