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| valvesprung |
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Just had a wicked awesome Saturday at the PDX AHRMA event down at PIR. Saw a metric shit ton of Cretins floating around, and a couple complemented my Kawi so I figured I'd drop by to introduce myself.
My bike is a '77 KZ400 as the title states. I've had it going on 4 years and it's gone through a few stages of transformation in that time. My buddy Matt and I are just a coupld of guy who decided we'd dive into the vintage motorcycle scene and haven't looked back since. He rides a wicked little '75 Honda CL360 that was actually featured on Rocket Garage and BikeExif and like my bike it was built by the two of us in a small garage with little experience and little/no budget...founded-1992
Now I do have plenty of mechanical experience, just none on bikes before my Kawi as I went to school to become an automotive technician, so I certainly wasn't going in blind. I also learned a lot from cafe forums of different sorts, DoTheTon.com more then any other...
Alright, enough with the bullshit, onto the pictures eh?
Before:
Stage 1 (buddy Matt did these mods before I took ownership)
A little in process action:
Crystal White Pearl
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| valvesprung |
| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 5:38 pm |
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Stage 2:
Third set of handle bars, less aggressive:
Stage 3 (bobbed fenders)
An idea that never came to be:
Finally on the road...
Custom homade exhaust using Cocktail shaker lids...
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v18/mattfirman
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But they drug on corners...so then came the sexy Norton seamless peashooters I have today:
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 5:44 pm |
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And I started commuting on it so clubmans went away and in came the super bike bars:
 
And lastly I hated the seat so I sold it and had local upholstery shop wrap up a new seat that I shaped:
And here's how she sits today:
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| Stagger Lee |
| Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 8:00 am |
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| Hey dude, what it is? Are you headed down there again today? |
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 9:11 am |
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No, I wish. I have family stuff hapening today...should be good times, but the AHRMA stuff was a blast...
You know it's pretty hilarious that in the last year and a half or so we've still never managed to meet in person 
Are you going to the Rose City Round up this year? I still want to catch the 550 in the flesh. |
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| cretin7detroit |
| Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 2:57 pm |
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| right on! we have a few Portland members and meet up on Thursdays. |
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 4:37 pm |
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Yeah, it's funny; we keep managing to just miss each other. Tony Kic and I were there for a bit yesterday. We got a real late start so we only saw the last couple of races.
I was hoping to make a day of it today, but the wife was dropping some not so subtle hints that another day of fucking off could have an adverse effect on my marital status...  |
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 4:40 pm |
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Haha, no doubt, that's why I was on my way home by 3:30 (she was done shopping and ready for my return  )
I'd love to start heading out to meets and it seems the Portland scene is large enough to grow a Portland Chapter, eh?
Where do Thursdays typically happen? |
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| cretin7detroit |
| Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 4:42 pm |
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| mostly start off at the PressClub 9ish |
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 5:18 pm |
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| Sweet. It'll likely be a bit later in the year before I can get out there that late. I'm deep out in west Hillsboro and that's a long cold ride after dark these days |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:05 pm |
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Are the only requirements a love for vintage bikes, pabst and punk?
If so, I'm in.
I've got an old Honda CJ360 (like a CB but kick start only with a 5spd gear box and front drum brake) that I've been bringing back from the dead. I've started planning/purchasing the parts needed for my cafe conversion, but it would be cool to bounce some ideas off some people who have done it before.
That, and I want an excuse to drink beer and talk bikes. My wife could care less about 'em.
You guys still meeting at the Press Club?
Edit: Sorry about the thread jack. That really is a sweet Yamaha |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:12 pm |
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| We meet at the press club at nineish. We do generally ride some were else around 10 1030. |
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