1972 Honda CL

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Up for auction is a beautiful 1972 CL450 Café Racer. I call her Olivia. This stunning gal began as a complete CL450 with 6400 miles. She has been rebuilt from the ground up using high quality new parts and custom fabricated pieces. Carbon fiber has been used extensively to save weight. All body parts are one-off custom pieces. It has been featured in Silodrome and will be appearing in several upcoming publications. The pictures don't do it justice. Feel free to contact me with any questions you have. Assembly and progress photos can be found on Instagram username hotsakecycles. Frame and Suspension: The frame, swing arm, triple, and all the bits were media blasted and powder coated. The bike has new fork seals, fork boots, fork caps, fork springs, rear shocks, tapered head bearings, billet aluminum top triple. Engine: Cases were split and internals verified, Head and jugs resurfaced by Central Florida Speed. The motor has been rebuilt with new gaskets, seals, piston rings, cam chain and master link. It has been repainted black pearl, covers polished, and finished off with stainless allen fasteners. Carburetors have been replaced with Mikuni VM32 units along with new intake manifolds. Spark is supplied with new Dyna coils, wires, and Pamco electronic ignition with advance. The exhaust is a 2-into-2 stainless pea-shooter with custom machined exhaust clamps. Wheels and Tires: New tires are mounted on high shouldered aluminum rims. Front and rear hubs have been machined smooth with new bearing kits and laced up with new spokes. A spacer was machined to replace the speedo drive for the Acewell digital gauge. It has a new radial mount master cylinder, steel braided brake line, caliper piston and seal. New brake pads and shoes. New chain and sprockets. Electrics: Antigravity Lithium battery with new fuse box, electronic flasher, ignition switch wired through a 30 amp relay. New Sparck Moto regulator/rectifier combo. New wire harness and custom fabricated carbon fiber battery tray. Acewell digital gauge Body: New 6” H4 halogen headlight with machined aluminum trim ring. LED taillight with integrated rear signals. Legendary Motorcycles Continental carbon fiber tank with aircraft fuel cap, and dual petcocks. Custom fabricated carbon fiber seat, front fender, and rear tire hugger. Paint: Custom paint and pin striping by Steve O’Brien at Liquid Illusions; white with orange pearl. Frame has been powder coated Sparkle Bomber Orange with clear coat. Controls: Old School Speed rear sets, 35mm aluminum clip-on bars with new throttle tube, cables, clutch perch, signal switch, and grips. NOTE: Velocity stacks were used for the photo shoot only. The bike has been tuned and jetted to run K&N style pod filters included in the sale. The Koso gauge in the photos was defective and replaced with an Acewell 2701 digital speedo/tach. Year/Make/Model: 1972 Honda CL450 Fabrication: Shannon Hulcher Hot Sake Cycles Assembly: Shannon Hulcher Paint: Steve O’Brien at Liquid Illusions Engine: 450 cc parallel twin Carburetors: Mikuni VM32 Frame: Modified, de-tabbed, café hoop Forks: Stock 35 mm Shocks: 320 mm remote reservoir, adjustable pre-load Exhaust: Custom stainless 2-into-2 pea shooter Front Wheel: 19 X 2.15 Aluminum Rear Wheel: 18 X 2.15 Aluminum Front Tire: 100/90-19 Rear Tire: 120/90-18 Front Brake: stock drilled rotor, Radial mount master cylinder Rear Brake: stock drum vented Fuel Tank: Legendary Motorcycles carbon fiber Seat: Custom fabricated carbon fiber Photos: Sveinn Photography A $250.00 deposit is due at the conclusion of the auction. I accept PayPal for the DEPOSIT ONLY. Remainder of payment will need to be made prior to shipping. I WILL NOT accept PayPal as a form of final payment for this auction. Once payment has cleared, shipping can be arranged. I will assist buyer in the preparation and shipping of the motorcycle to their location – but ultimately shipping is the responsibility of the buyer.