Honda Ft500 Ascot Cafe Racer

But alan stulberg and his crew are quite happy to work their magic on the humblest of machines.

Honda ft500 ascot cafe racer. A good example is this honda ft500 ascot. This classic tank is a great start to your restoration and modification project. Some of the modifications include:custom paintflush mount gas fillerhandmade seatled turn signals and brake lightsmall round headlight2 1/2' gaugesnew clutch discsbar end mirrorwrapped header pipesshort rear shocksnew avon front tiredown turned handlebarsvery cool bike in great. Carburetor float by k&s technologies®.

Harley stopped making their xlcr in the 70's and dealerships just couldn't get rid of them. Honda on the other hand had two models of their ascot. Still, while it could be seen as an early factory street tracker, the ft500 certainly wasn’t the most attractive machine in stock trim. This past summer i bought a 1983 honda ft500 ascot.

December 24, 2011 so the main point of this blog will be to document my progress on a project i just started. 1982 honda ft500 ascot a cafe racer will be built in 30 days using a running honda ft500 ascot. There’s a phrase, very popular in england, “you can’t polish a turd”. '82 honda ft500 #tracker by @jordanfroidmont.

After visiting the rareified air of the motorcycles displayed at the quail lodge, it’s always good to return to the world of machines most everyone can modify and ride. I took a bunch of pictures of it when i got it but somehow have managed to lose them. This ugly contruction i would like change to a cafe mashin. In fact, ft stood for flat track, and ascot was a reference to the famous california dirt track.

Since a “cafe racer” is all about putting form behind function, this is not really in the spirit of a “cafe racer”. Thanks to this hobby born the cafe racer from a honda ft 500 ascot 1984. 30 day cafe racer project. The starting point was a £370 ($600) honda ft500c, and the magazine didn’t want to spend a lot on it.

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Honda ft500 ascot carburetors & components. The works started with cutting. The ‘ft’ apparently stands for ‘flat track,’ but that was wishful thinking on honda’s part: 1982 honda ft500 ft 500 ascot original & complete cafe racer?

Destined to be a future classic!. Honda for once appeared as a follower, releasing its xr500 in 1979 and later the xl500. This, the side cover and the tail i made from sheet metal. This is part of the reason i mention in my first post that i am reluctant to call this a “cafe racer” along with the fact that i will probably not ever race this bike.

Honda ascot ft500 tracker 'montana' sportster by zadig motorworks; And they don’t get more humble than the early 80s honda ft500 ascot. 3157 days since project due date. But, taking on their first project bike, sideburn magazine tried.

(about 5 years ago)i replace both the front and rear brake along with a new battery this year.the bike will run a. 100% original and complete, and still in i The biggest work was the gastank. Duke,” his honda cb500 cafe racer, and the honda xr600 supermoto he built for a para snowboarding world champion.

You can safely discount any notion of the ascot tearing it up on the ovals. Racer garage cafe racer goggles cafe racer grips cafe racer goldwing cafe racer genova cafe racer germany cafe racer honda cafe racer harley cafe racer headlight cafe racer honda cb 750 cafe racer honda cb 500 cafe racer harley sportster cafe racer handlebar. The front light from an old hungarian motorcycle. Bar sold, £1750 fresh in from the usa, a february 1982 honda ft500 ascot.

This is your best looking cafe racer tank! Bare steel finish leaves unlimited room for creations and designs to your desire. Ft500 cafe racer project « reply #10 on: 1983 honda ascot ft500, this is a 1983 honda ascot, that has been decked out as a cafe racer, and is ready to ride!