Saturday, 15 January 2011
Visitor Count up by 50%
First and foremost I would like to thank all of you people who have visited this Blog since it started in May 2010!
Since then 2600 people have visited Cling On For Dear Life, and for the past month the Blog have had 1300 visitors. By a quick calculation visitors count has gone up by 50% the past month!
For a non commercial Blog, I am very surprised and flattered by the interest that you ladies & gentlemen have given the blog. Thank you!
It has to be said that some of the traffic has to be explained by planbmotorcycles.blogspot.com/ joeking-speedshop.blogspot.com/ & cr750.blogspot.com/ mentioning Cling On For Dear Life on their blogs, and some of you visitors have even been so kind to link to this blog from forums.sohc4.net/ & honda305.com/ For this I would like to thank you.
On the other hand links from other sites normally give peeks in visitor counts, but you people have stayed tuned and continued to re-visit Cling On For Dear Life. Thank you very much for the interest and the almost 500 hits registered every week.
I will in the future do my best to keep the standard of this Blog high, and continue to take you CB750 fans very seriously.
Thank you to you all!
Jesper – Editor of Cling On For Dear Life.
Friday, 14 January 2011
Monday, 10 January 2011
If You Don’t Like CB750 Motorcycles...
...you could always turn it into a weird looking Unisport Cabin Scooter.
The idea was that you could take your Honda CB450-750, and remove the front forks, and attach the rest of the motorcycle to the Unisport 2-person tandem tub, 2 wheel front.
Steering was done by steering wheel, and buttons on the steering wheel controlled 2 electric motors, on the tilting front suspension. In other words, you could make the 3-wheeled vehicle lean into turns.
The Unicar Corp was founded in the early 70s and lasted 2-3 years - impressive! As the legend goes, the body was designed by Bruce Meyers, the creator of the classic Meyer's Manx dune buggy, but I personally have no verification of this – it could be pure fiction?
Find more info on the Unisport here:
Front fork work – Ongoing...
The front forks are now completely disassembled, and the lower legs are sent for buffing and powder coating.
New Hagon Progressive Springs will be ordered very soon. And to match the front end the rear will be fitted with Hagon 2810 adjustable shocks for a completely tuneable setup.
And do I need Race Tech Gold Valve Emulators and do a comprehensive overkill of it all?!? Only time will tell...
We R Winning
First time I saw We R Winning’s first trailer it was clear that I could completely relate to these guys.
We R Winning put it this way:
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“Taking risks is important. Without risk life drags on into a mindless web of routines where the vitality of hope is slowly sucked from our memory. It's not long before we are deceived into settling for less of a life than what is actually achievable. I'm always grateful to hear a tale of ordinary people freeing themselves from these illusions. We should all make an effort to have a story like this someday. We R Winning are proud to present an inspiring film about a group of friends overcoming the uncertainties that keeps people from doing what they love”.
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If this is something for you maybe We R Winning’s blog is worth visiting http://werwinning.blogspot.com/
You have my respect! And right now I fell like You, Me, and all of you bike builders & riders, We R Winning...
The One Motorcycleshow
If you are anywhere near Portland Oregon (USA) it is you duty to go to The One Motorcycleshow on February the 5th. See more info here: http://theonemotorcycleshow.com
The show has more than 50+ super cool bikes on display, and some of the most pleasant people always shows up to these event – so why not be there?!
CHECK OUT THE BIKES HERE: http://theonemotorcycleshow.com/bikes.html
Unfortunately I am not able to go to the
Have fun gang!
Sunday, 9 January 2011
The Honda NAS Motorbike Concept
The design on the Honda NAS motorbike concept started in 1999 at Honda's research and development department in
NAS, standing for New American Sports, was intended to push the boundaries of sports bike design for the American market.
Designers of the NAS realised that the overwhelming majority of sports bikes had been initially designed and engineered for the track, Honda bikes included, their intention was to try and offer another option, a sports bike built for the road.
The NAS designers also wanted to create a machine with more personality which would be easier to make a bond with; a mischievous face can definitely be made out hiding in the headlight fairing.
However the NAS was not all about form, some of the most ingenious engineering solutions in the motorcycle market were seen on the NAS.
For example the unique mono-arm suspension is constructed of carbon fibre and aluminium, with the damper and spring neatly enclosed within a massive steering head.
If I should go the step up from my 750cc to 1000cc, this V-twin beast could be the new bike to swing a leg over... Too bad they never build it!
This Weeks Cling On Girl...
...is riding the Tron Light Cycle made by Parker Brotheres Choppers.
If you want more info on the Tron Bike visit : http://www.returnofthecaferacers.com/2010/12/tron-light-cycle-making-of.html
Follow-up on TAS Classic Motorsports’s customer service issues
After posting the post on TAS Classic Motorsport’s customer service issues I got a lot of mails and comments from other people that have had similar experiences.
Blog user Rider615 was so kind to inform me that there was similar posts on forums.sohc4.net cb750c.com and chopcult.com. It seems that TAS Classic Motorsports is more rooten than expected!
See the posts here:
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=71073.msg921778#msg921778
http://www.chopcult.com/forum/showthread.php?p=125118
IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH TAS CLASSIC MOTORSPORTS PLEASE LET US ALL KNOW BY POSTING COMMENTS TO THIS POST.
Let us help each other from sloppy businesses.
Friday, 7 January 2011
Kurt Culler’s CB750 Café Racer
Kurt Culler from Kustom Made Creations in
The tail section is a Steve Carpy fiberglass piece with a 40′s Ford flush mounted tail light. The rear wheel is a 16 inch Harley Davidson with a Dunlop Qualifier tire. The gas tank is from a later model Honda CB750 Super Sport. The gauge faces are custom made and Kurt did all the bikes stripping and painting. On top of that Kurt also made the exhaust pipes, seat mount, license plate bracket, and switch housings. The clubman handle bars really make this bike look cool.
If I should mention one feature on this bike that takes the price, it is the heat wrapped exhaust pipes! Mean looking!!!
[Found on: http://www.gearheadhaven.com ]
TAS Classic Motorsports – Failed Miserably!
Since September last year I have had issues (plural!!!) with TAS Classic Motorsports!
I ordered an oil pressure gauge for my CB750, and it did not show up! I have for the past 4 month been calling repetitively to there Parts Manager Mathew Paul, who every time I call promised to re-send the part and inform me with track & trace numbers for the shipment. This never happened!
Generally TAS Classic Motorsports frequently failed to reply to several e-mails, and gave an impression of being one of the sloppiest companies I have ever done business with.
I would like to warn all of you Café Racer builders around the world of this company!
They are not professionals…
Sorry guys!
Sorry guys!
Thursday, 6 January 2011
The Honda Anaconda
Another classic looking CB750, with no builder name?! What I know is that this bike is called the Anaconda, which is bit of a cliché right??? Just because you sit on a bike you named after a snake, does not mean that it becomes an extension of what is between you legs… So please guys do not call you bikes the following: The Adder, The Asp, The Boa, The Bushmaster, The Cobra, The Copperhead, The Bungarus, The Mamba, The Python, and The Viper! It is not cool…
The clip-on handle bars, drilled rotors, and Norton style tank jog your memory back to 1960s Ace Café pictures. Very British looking…
The paint is downright conservative, and overall the bike seems stock – even the pipes are the same style as the original. It shows that it is possible to make a cool bike with little modification…
The only thing I really do not like about this bike is the seat – sorry…. The leather looks worse than a 200 year old person’s wrinkled face.
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