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1969 Bultaco El Tigre restoration- update 2
Lots more progress on the El Tigre. The fenders are polished, the tank, headlight and tool box are painted, the forks are rebuilt and polished and the wheels are on. It is starting to take shape…
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1969 Bultaco El Tigre restoration- update 1
Well, we’ve been busy on the El Tigre and the frame is stripped and painted, the wheels are back from getting laced and a lot of the aluminum parts are polished. The frame was media blasted and then cleaned before Read more…
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1969 Bultaco El Tigre restoration
New in the shop is a super rare bike- the one year only Bultaco El Tigre. These bikes were only produced for the US market and only a few hundred were imported. The El Tigre is basically a Metralla that Read more…
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14th Annual Barber Vintage Festival
Just over a month away and the excitement is building among vintage bike fans! The weekend festival is always a highlight for motorcycle enthusiasts. Undoubtedly the best run event of it’s type- literally 1000’s of bikes, shows, racing, swap meet Read more…
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1985 Yamaha RZ350 finished!
With the bodywork done and painted, the bike was reassembled and road tested. It really looks fantastic. I added period correct looking tinted turn signals and a tinted windscreen which look great on the black and yellow scheme.
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1985 Yamaha RZ350 update 2
With most of the mechanical work finished, I’ve turned to the bodywork. This bike has a black frame so it should have yellow and black Kenny Roberts paint and graphics. Several kits are available for the graphics and most of Read more…
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1985 Yamaha RZ350 restoration
I bought 3 RZ’s from a guy last year and this is the first one I’m restoring. I restored a Canadian RZ350R a few years ago but it had been converted to a regular non-fairing model so that’s how it Read more…
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1986 Honda VFR750F update 6
A lot has been accomplished in the past few weeks. The bodywork is done- cleared, buffed and installed. The carbs were taken apart yet again to replace o-rings and gaskets that were leaking and while apart, a jet kit was Read more…
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1986 VFR750F restoration update 5
Lots of work accomplished on the bodywork- base coats, colors, decals and clear coat are on. The tank needs a couple more coats of clear and then it will be ready for reassembly and a first ride.
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1970 Bultaco Sherpa T finished !
Well, it is finally back home and on display. Really, it came out very nice and the owner is happy. The last picture is what we started with, so lots of work in this bike!
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Bultaco Sherpa update
The Sherpa has been on the back burner for a few months but it is back up front now. The suspension, wheels, fenders and exhaust are now back on and it is starting to look like it might actually be Read more…
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1986 VFR750F restoration update 4
Well, with winter here I’ve put the VFR on hold but here are a few of the things that were done in the past few months- Wheels painted in original white with clear coat. The rear wheel is a CBR600F3 Read more…
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1986 Honda VFR750F Restoration- update 3
VFR750… 2 steps forward, one step back. Time to put the front end back together after bead blasting and painting everything- stays, forks, brackets, handlebars, wiring, etc. Most of it can’t be seen when the bike is all assembled and Read more…
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Barber Vintage Festival
The annual Barber Vintage festival is just around the corner- Oct 6-8th. Honestly, there is just nothing else like this if you are a motorcycle fan. It is probably the best run and organized motorsports event I have ever been Read more…
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1986 Honda VFR750F Restoration- update 2
With all the engine covers faded and scratched, we decided to repaint them in black wrinkle because the original gold wrinkle is simply not available. The black looks great and really makes the engine look fresh. The exhaust system was Read more…
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1986 Honda VFR750F Restoration
New in the shop- a real 86 VFR750F Interceptor with 22K original miles. The bike is cosmetically pretty dinged up but mechanically, in good shape. After rebuilding the carbs, and doing general maintenance, I took it out for a very Read more…
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Bultaco Metralla is done!
OK, I haven’t posted on this bike in a while but yep, it’s all done and on the road. The owner is super happy and the bike runs and rides great! Here is the final product- click through to watch Read more…
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Bultaco Metralla update
I’m going back and forth between the Sherpa and Metralla and today is Metralla day! The engine ran quite well and the owner didn’t want to take it apart so to get it ready for paint, we soda blasted it Read more…
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Sherpa and Metralla progress
We’ve been plugging away at both the Sherpa and the Metralla with good results. The Sherpa engine is in the frame and we are looking for a new rear brake hub since the original has some cracks around the pivot Read more…
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Bultaco Metralla Restorations
We’ve been working on a couple Metrallas for the past few months and there is good progress to report! The frames are stripped, epoxy primed and painted the original gloss black. There are many other parts that have been either Read more…
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2016 Barber Vintage Festival
What an awesome weekend for motorcycle fans! with over 73,000 people in attendance, it was the most successful event yet. Perfect weather helped, but the event it always well run and managed. Here are a few shots from the weekend- Read more…
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2016 Barber Vintage Festival
Getting all the bikes ready for the Barber Vintage Festival is always hectic. This year we are taking the 77 CB750F and the 73 Kawasaki S1. The 750 needed some carb work like most old bikes and I took the Read more…
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2016 Barber Vintage Festival
Mark your calendars folks, the Vintage Festival is fast approaching. Easily the most popular event that Barber holds each year, it continues to grow. Such a fantastic weekend! More bikes than you can possibly look at, swap meet for parts Read more…
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Bultaco Sherpa restoration
The bodywork and frame for the Sherpa have been done for quite a while waiting on the engine to come back from the rebuilder and the wheels to have new rims laced on. Those are now back so we will Read more…
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New Project- 1978 Bultaco Metralla GTS
We have started working on a 1978 Bultaco Metralla GTS 203 series for a client. Very cool old 70’s vintage bike. 250cc 2-stroke that runs really well. It is pretty rough cosmetically, but no worse than the 73 Kawasaki S1 Read more…
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Kawasaki S1 First ride video
After several 15min break-in cycles, it was time to run her around the block… Click through to watch the video.
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The Kawasaki S1 is on the road!
I’ve added the first ride video to our YouTube channel here, so go check it out! Kawasaki S1 first ride after restoration
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73 Kawasaki S1 update 9
We’ve made lots of progress in the past weeks… the engine is in, the carbs are on with all the cables (lots of cables!), the wiring harness is in and almost complete, The chrome handlebars have been swapped out for Read more…
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73 Kawasaki S1 update 8
We are moving along on this project since I’ve had a bit more time to devote to it lately… The seat is done, the electronic ignition is installed, tiny little intake manifolds are back on so, the engine is ready Read more…
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73 Kawasaki S1 update 7
Well, we have a rolling frame, new tapered steering head bearings, tires on and getting close to putting the engine back in. The instruments were in really rough shape and needed disassembly, cleaning, a new lens for the tach, painting Read more…
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1973 Kawasaki S1 update 6
Well, the paint is on and looks fantastic in diamond pearl white and blue. The wheels have the white and blue rim stripes on and assembly is progressing. The old steering head bearing were destroyed and one of the races Read more…
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1973 Kawasaki S1 update 5
Well, lots going on with the S1… The wheels were corroded but solid and I decided that for the price point of this bike, the only real option was to bead blast and paint them. So, it was also a Read more…
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1973 Kawasaki S1 Update 4
With the tank stripped, it needed to have the inside cleaned out before it was sealed. There are several types of acid that will clean out the inside of a rusty tank but the easiest and safest is white vinegar- Read more…
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1973 Kawasaki S1 update 3
Moving along with the S1, we are getting all the little stuff blasted and repainted. There are just a ton of small parts that have to be refinished on a project like this and it is pretty time consuming since Read more…
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1973 Kawasaki S1 Update 2
With the frame stripped, blasted and epoxy primed, it is time to get busy on some of the other components. Notice how nasty the welds are on this bike- really just typical for a 70 vintage machine. Next, I need Read more…
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1973 Kawasaki S1 Triple Update 1
Well, I’ve actually been pretty busy on other bikes but a few things have been accomplished on the S1. The motor is reassembled, the carbs are done and look great and a few small items have been bead blasted and Read more…
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2015 Barber Vintage Festival
Another great year at Barber for the Vintage Festival! Total attendance this year was up about 5000 to over 69,000 people. The bikes, displays and swap meet were all great and you always meet some interesting folks. The Vintage races Read more…
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Bultaco Metralla Mk2 all back together!
The customer I painted these tanks and fenders for has reassembled one of the Metralla’s and it looks fantastic! Such a great looking bike with classic lines. The 250cc 2-stroke engine was supposedly good for 100+mph. That is serious for Read more…
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2015 Barber Vintage Festival Oct 9-11
If you are on this site, you probably have already heard of the awesome Barber Vintage Festival and this year’s is fast approaching! Scheduled for Oct 9-11th, it is sure to be bigger and better just like every year so Read more…
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1976 Honda CB550 custom paint
One of my customers is doing a resto-mod on a 1976 CB550F and we painted the tank and side covers in the original Honda candy sapphire blue. On the candies, you paint a silver base coat and then spray layers Read more…
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1973 Kawasaki S1 250cc triple
With the CB750 done, I needed another back-burner job to keep me busy when I had time in between customer projects. So, I bought this old S1 triple and pretty much regret it at this point. But, hey it will Read more…
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Bultaco Metralla Mk2
With the yellow Bultaco’s done, we turned to the street versions, which are MK2’s. The styling and simplicity of this model is just excellent. The gas tank is a beautiful classic design and we worked long and hard to find Read more…
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Bultaco Metralla GTS Paint
Well, the paint is finished on the GTS’s and looks great. As with all old bikes that came in lacquer, picking a shade of the original color is tough since it yellows and fades pretty bad. We had one pretty Read more…
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250cc Bultaco Metralla’s in for paint!
A client has several ultra rare Bultaco Metralla’s that he is restoring and we are doing the paint and bodywork for him. 2 of them are the fiberglass GTS models and 1 is the steel tank street version which we Read more…
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1977 Honda CB750F Finished!
Well, the CB750 is basically finished and running quite good. The seat was made from a 40mm sheet of race seat foam like you typically see on race bikes. It really looks perfect for the style of the bike. After Read more…
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1977 Honda CB750 bodywork, exhaust, lights
Work continues on the 750… the headlight is installed, most of the bodywork, and we fabricated a nice muffler from a spare Yosh round baffle and a piece of 2.75″ OD 304 Stainless tubing- but the important dimension was the Read more…
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1977 Honda CB750- assembly, tuning and first ride!
With the paint done, it was time to get the carbs tuned and the bodywork installed. Old carbs like this are a project! We used a standard set of mercury vacuum sticks and got them all drawing the same at Read more…
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1977 Honda CB750 restoration- paint!
With most of the mechanical stuff done, We turn to the cosmetic side and the paint scheme. The basic scheme has been set for months since the frame was painted orange a long time ago. But the contrast colors were Read more…
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1977 Honda CB750 update 16
Well, the wiring is in and almost complete and all of the updated brakes are on and bled. The wiring included a new solid state regulator/rectifier, Dynatek electronic ignition to replace the old points, new coils and leads, and lots Read more…
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My 2011 Street Triple for sale
Just in time for spring- This is a 1 owner Street Triple with 5300 miles. Never dropped, dinged or scratched. All stock except for the bar end mirrors. Both keys, books, manuals, etc. The Street Triple is probably the best Read more…