restore my motorcycle

I started with a piece of junk ‘73 Honda CL70. now a have a fun little bike for around town and maybe driving to work. Here are some pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27025368@N08/

Spring is coming soon, and I need to get going on my bike. First thing, blasting and powder coating the frame, and putting the engine back together with new seals and gaskets so I’m not blowing oil out everywhere. Then I can repaint the tank, headlight bucket and airbox covers. I need money!

Ihave an old 1980 Honda CB250rs motor bike which I an try ing to restore whilst using to get me in and out of work. It currently has a new centre stand, but I have no instructions as to fitting it and as the bike didn’t come with its own centre stand I cant work out exactly where it fits or how it attaches to the frame. Can anyone please help me as taking it to the bike shop would be to admit failure and they would also charge for the privilage. If anyone out there could help me with some advice on how to do this job, I would be very gratefull.
Manny thanks,
Elannor.

I just got my 69 CL350 running. I have another that I used for parts, and while it doesn’t look pretty, it runs pretty well. Getting it licensed pretty soon so I can get me licensed. It’s too cold to do any painting or priming on the Benly.

I’ve got a 63 Honda Benly 150 that I’ve been working on. I’ve managed to get most of the parts that I need for it except two that have been impossible to find. There seems to be almost none of these bikes on the left coast. Need to wait for the Seattle rain to stop so I can get the frame prepped and painted. The pic is what it looked like when I got it.

SO – the bike is actually a 1970 CL-175 a more rare and cool bike than I had initially thought.

I’m going to keep a running total of the money I spend getting this baby running.

I’ll start with the $13 I had to spend on straps to load the thing into the back of my truck to haul it away.

Total as of 11.1 = $13

And this is a photo of a completely restored CL-175 CUTE CUTE CUTE!!

if anyone has any advice about 1972 honda CB175 let me know!