Cl450 Desert Sled
Always having a penchant for vintage desert racing too a fan of On Any Sunday, Jason decided that he wanted to laid a sled that could hang amongst Triumph's too BSA currently running inwards the Hell on Wheels Race. His skillful friend too pal Brett Houle (I&A Magazine Founder) but somehow had to live convinced to teach pickup the CL450 Jason had but works life on Craiglist.
Fast forwards 8 months later the cycle showed upwardly too Jason too Big Will, lastly tore into it edifice the cycle from the soil upwardly inwards entirely 2 weeks.
A large emphasis was set on asethetic of the bike, it had to live legit, but fifty-fifty to a greater extent than was set into the setup of the bike. They did their best to give-up the ghost along the parts catamenia knowing that the Gods of Speed were watching ticking the boxes...
"There's a for sure manner a Desert Sled has." Says Jason. "It's got the live stripped downwardly too bare, everything has to teach to brand room for the extra essentials yous demand similar your tools, a tow rope too a flask of Whiskey."
The frame was modified to select a nurture loop where 1 of Kim Boyles hand-made taillights was frenched into the tubing amongst a hand-made aluminum fender sliding through it supporting the replica Bates spot that was made in-house.
Extra weight is set on fast amongst these bikes too then the skid-plate too every bit many other items were paw fabricated out of aluminum. The destination was to select a Benelli tank too replicate it making it a flake bigger (fuel capacity = race wins on sleds.) From at that spot the side panels were paw hammered amongst vents to assistance the K&N filters ensuring they were taking inwards every bit much air every bit possible.
The human foot controls were custom built to convey the riding spot upwardly a tad to a greater extent than too the add-on of Moto-X manner human foot pegs assist amongst keeping your Redwings planted spell ripping a wheelie or getting inwards the air.
At the forepart too nurture sit down Excel shouldered aluminum rims laced upwardly amongst novel stainless spokes from Buchannan's to the master copy Honda CL hubs. The nurture swing-arm was modified too, inwards social club to select a laid of Progressive Suspension 970's to give-up the ghost along things planted inwards the correct house on the dirt.
Up front, custom pre-load adjusters too Progressive springs laid within of CB750 DOHC forks (give the cycle a 2" elevator upwardly forepart to gibe the 15.5" 970 Series shocks) And the fork-brace, a one-off slice utilizing the missing dual forepart rotor mounting points keeps everything inwards place. To say she's stiff upwardly forepart is an understatement.
The bars are hand-made inwards household amongst the guess coming from Dime City Cycles (along amongst basically everything else on the cycle that wasn't made past times hand) the controls are Tomaselli re-pops amongst Oury dirt grips to give-up the ghost along the riders hands stuck to the bars.
In addition, there's a host of other engine upgrades too other unique pieces. Full details too specifications tin live seen below.
SPECIFICATIONS :
Base Bike - 1973 Honda CL450
Mileage - 500 Miles
Engine - Bored to 505cc, Megacycle Cams, portmatched intakes, backcut transmission gears, amount engine rebuild w/ Mikuni VM34 carburetors too K&N filters
Bodywork - Hand-made aluminum Benelli Mojave replica tank inwards collaboration amongst Frankie Bowman, Hand-made Bates replica seat
Frame & Swingarm - Modified stock w/ HEIM articulation stays for braking system
Electronics - New custom harness, Kim Boyle nurture taillight, Anti-gravity battery, Dyna coils, Ricks Electric H/O stator, regulator rectifier, criterion primal manner ignition, 2.5" mini electronic tach, Bates manner 5" triple tree mounted headlight
Hand too Foot controls - Tomaselli replica controls amongst Motion Pro cables. Oury grips too DCC bar-ends, hand-made moto-X manner human foot pegs, mounts too custom shifter
Exhaust - Hand-made stainless steel Cone Engineering 2-into-2 high-pipe amongst custom inboard baffles too DEI header wrap
Wheels & Tires - Excel shouldered aluminum forepart too nurture amongst Continental KTC80 tires
Brakes - Standard CL drum brakes gibe fitted amongst EBC sintered shoes
Suspension - Progressive 970 nurture dampers, Progressive forepart springs amongst hand-mad pre-load adjusters
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