Re: Teaser thread...

Posted by shinyribs on Mar 07, 2018; 4:45am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/CB1100F-The-Keeper-Build-tp4053992p4063071.html

I've been absent for far too long! Got married, moved to a new house and spent most of last summer building a shop. BUT!...a buddy of mine painted the bodywork for this bike for me. It's all done, so it's game on for the mighty 1100F this summer.  I just gotta make a 6 hour road trip to fetch my bodywork now.












I picked up another used bike lift for $150 and am gonna try to get this project moved out of storage from my old shop and in to my new shop where I can get cracking. Hopefully this weekend I'll get the second lift and the bike moved over.

The shop started as a hole in the ground...



...which grew in to a set of legs...



...which finally got a deck...



...and walls and a roof. The trusty KLR happily bringing home what she could carry for the project. Buncha ridge vents on this load.



And of course, I would'va been lost without my equally as trusty Ford to get the job done.

 

The joint was pretty sparse a few months ago, but it was keeping my girls dry. Planted my oil furnace in the corner and build a workbench right off.



Moved my tool chest and a few other bits over....and I was in new shop heaven  (gratuitous FZ shot...)



Duct system and loft for parts storage. This is the first shop I've had with proper lighting and it's sooooo nice to be able to see what I'm tearing up.



Sat aside a corner for parking the girls and made me a spot to keep all my riding gear.



I spent the last few weekends getting my welders moved over and the lathe set up. I call this wall Metal Working Alley



I'm still without an air compressor, but I'll make do. Hoping to build up a good head of steam and POSSIBLY be riding this bike before the end of summer. I've been far too long without a CB fix. Time to fix that. Wish me luck!