My 'other bike" Honda 71 CL450 being Brat'ed....

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For about a month now I have owned a very rusty 1971 Honda CL450.

I bought a 1972 CL450 off a mate Ken. It has a seized engine. Spark plug broke off and dropped into the engine. Have no idea how bad this will be. I really don't care as I have the nouse to fix it. Pulled enough engines down to know what to do.

Here is what it looked like when it was bought by Ken.









So the CL450 arrived about 3 weeks ago. The patina so cool. So much rust and oxidation.

I don't know how Ken moved the bike around his place let alone load it by himself. I had to break the chain to get the back wheel to turn. Some of the links had rusted together. :-)

After a photo session it was wheeled around the back. WD40 sprayed on all the engine bolts. They will all be replaced with hex head bolts. I can see my impact driver will be getting a workout to get these bolts out.

So now to officially rename the bike the "CL450 BastardBrat" or "CL45BB" for short. I have a thing for the Japanese Brat Style that was started by these guys http://www.bratstyle.com/

gus wrote:That exhaust flange is a piece of 'art'. Looks great .

The 70s and 80s to me was the design era for motorcycles. By this I mean they had some of the best looking bikes.