This is my next project bike, my dad’s 1972 Honda CB175. Unlike the Harley, the plan isn’t really to restore it so much as to reincarnate it. Also unlike the Harley, this is a real motorcycle that can do highway speeds, mazing out around 90 mph. After doing the necessary repairs and cleaning to get it running, I plan to reshape the tank, adding indents and kneepads, debadge the tank and filter cover, remove the sissy bar, replace the seat with a cafe seat, replace the handlebars with clip-ons, replace the air filter with pod filters straight off the carbs, heat wrap the pipes, replace the turn signals and brake light with LEDS, and the headlamp with an HID conversion kit. Everything will get a satin black coat of paint and maybe some pinstriped details, in red and white. More Pics below the cut….
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