All right, I lost about half of the user accounts with that database mishap, but I have a record via email of all email addresses and usernames.

I am going to manually sign up all lost users, and if your account was lost, I’ll sent you an email with a temporary password.  Sorry for the confusion.

Sorry everyone – I accidentally wiped out the database for this site and had to restore an old one.

If you had a post, please feel free to re-post.  I’ll be adding users back in manually.

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CHECK OUT MY SIGHT I,AM HERE IN CLEVELAND OHIO. HAVE MANY PARTS FOR VENTAGE HONDAS  MY SPECIALTY IS REBUILDING CARBS, MIKE

Hi everyone.  I’ve sent out a few emails but also wanted to post this because I think a lot of people are coming here looking for the resources page.

I’m working on it and it will be up in a few days.  For anyone not familiar, I’m adding a page (or pages) to list local resources for vintage bikes.  If you work on them for other people, if you sell bike parts, or whatever, send me some contact info and a little blurb on what your specialties are, and I’ll list you as a local resource. 

My theory is this: I want people to come to this site to look for resources for their vintage bikes, and if any of the VintageBikeRiders.com members can provide these – then we’ve made a great connection.

Thanks.  Also, for all existing and new members, I really appreciate the comments and posts, so please feel free to keep doing so.

BT

I just found out about this site from craigsslist. So I thought I may check it out. I have restored more than a 100 bikes in the last several years. Seems as though I end up doing allot of the CT70’s. Probably half anyway. Right now I have a 69 Norton in the works as well as a Harley SX175. This is the Italian harleys made by aermacchi.
My Daily rider is a 2009 Victory Kingpin and I also have a 1999 Excelsior Henderson and a 2004 Triumph Speedmaster. If anyone has any questions I would be happy to help out. I do have a good bit of experience with a wide variety of bikes Japanese, English and American.
Thanks
Rick

One thing I’ve been struggling with on this project since the very beginning is the fact that unless I dump serious money into this restore, it will never look like it did when it rolled out of the factory in 1973.

Certain cosmetic and coating features obviously need to be done in resto-mod style in order to achieve results on a low budget.  Do the usual and paint shit black?  Nah…not yet anyway.

So, I decided to try out a stainless look, starting with the really rusty taillight mount.  The picture shows it kind of half sanded….just so I can get a feel for how it will look.  So far I like it.

I’m thinking I’ll try to buff the steel as much as possible to get some amount of shine to it, then clearcoat it.

I’m trying to ponder how it would look with cobalt blue sidecovers and gas tank (the tank will need to be painted because it will need some filler to smooth out a few dings), ceramic coating in place of any chrome, and maybe a bare or stainless steel look on parts that were previously black.  By the way, I’ve already decided that the exhaust heat shields will get painted a flat black on the outside, or possibly powdercoated.

Just kicking around the idea for now.  I can always remove the clearcoat and paint it black later if I find I don’t like it.

I really kind of want to stay true to the bike’s intended appearance and purpose.

New brake light switches should be in Monday, by the way….then it can be at least bolted up and ridden.