Bobbing a fender. (Shortening)

I cut exactly 6.25 inches from this 75 CB550 rear fender. I wanted it to just pass the frame a bit. While I want this bike to be minimal, I was trying to keep the frame as unmodified as possible.

1975 CB550 minimal turbo *Updates*

 Yesterday I laced a rear wheel.

 Started to wire things.

 Checked Tank fitment.

 Stared a bit.

 Checked my Tapered steering bearing tightness.

.....and stared some more.

Super Tyrko Collection and Aging Cymbals.

 

Here are my Sonor Super Tyrkos. Also a set of zbt 13" hats that I aged in an electrolytic bath. To the right between the Paiste 802 thin crash and Tyrko ride is a 12" Wuhan China with a very shitty (no name) splash cymbal stacked on top. Both have been "aged"  then re-lathed by me. It sounds perfectly trashy. The trick to speeding up the aging process is reverse electrolysis with a battery charger, salt, and vinegar solution. I came up with the idea after seeing the anode from a system i used to remove rust from one of my Cb550 projects.

 I machined the splash to fit perfectly in the Wuhan China.

75 Cb550k Spoke cleaning and blasting.

 I soaked them in parts washer for 24 hours. Then used a can of brake clean on the whole bunch. Finally its off to the blast cabinet where it will take me forever to blast each one.

20 of the 80 spokes being powdercoated. This is the definition of hand cramps. Seriously a lot of work to come out nice.

75 CB550k Project. (Fork, Frame Grinding, Caliper Piston)

 For some unknown reason this 75 came with the very rare option of having two different sized dampening rods. Which made one fork significantly longer than the other. Other than length, they were identical so I cut it down and welded it where it needed to be.

 The frame needed to have the rear splash shield and side cover tabs removed for what I am using it as.

 Powdercoating the parts OXBLOOD red.

 My Machinist made me a stainless caliper piston identical to the one he made for my 77.