This will be my project for next winter but as I seams to have started gathering parts and do some work on it already I thought I should present it. I bought the 1966 CB450 K0 Black Bomber frame and a box of parts a couple of months ago and since Bomber parts is both rare and quite expensive I'm going to build the first version as a period café racer mostly with left over parts from other projects and get a built in patina in the process.
There are some Bomber features I want on the bike from the beginning though. The correct side covers, the characteristic headlight combo with built in speedo/tacho and the stock rear fender as almost nothing else will fit.
You might have noticed that I've written CB600 in the title. I haven't found an engine for the project yet but it will be a 500T engine bored out to maximum. I figure if I can get the engine over 550 cc I've earned the right to call it a 600. Ideally the engine will be mildly tuned too but getting the bike up and running is the first priority.
I've been offered workspace among a group of friends that, like me, are motorcycle enthusiasts so if everything goes to plan I will have a complete machine shop to my disposal in the fall which will give me the possibility to build motorcycles on a whole new level. The bike will be a rolling restoration and over time my goal is to get the bike looking like the Bomber in my daughters drawing as I really like the look of it.
http://www.hondatwins.net/forums/8-...ideos/27543-looks-like-there-s-bomber-ink-illustration-making-2.html#post222613
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There are some Bomber features I want on the bike from the beginning though. The correct side covers, the characteristic headlight combo with built in speedo/tacho and the stock rear fender as almost nothing else will fit.
You might have noticed that I've written CB600 in the title. I haven't found an engine for the project yet but it will be a 500T engine bored out to maximum. I figure if I can get the engine over 550 cc I've earned the right to call it a 600. Ideally the engine will be mildly tuned too but getting the bike up and running is the first priority.
I've been offered workspace among a group of friends that, like me, are motorcycle enthusiasts so if everything goes to plan I will have a complete machine shop to my disposal in the fall which will give me the possibility to build motorcycles on a whole new level. The bike will be a rolling restoration and over time my goal is to get the bike looking like the Bomber in my daughters drawing as I really like the look of it.
http://www.hondatwins.net/forums/8-...ideos/27543-looks-like-there-s-bomber-ink-illustration-making-2.html#post222613
