Chicken Hawk ~ Joey's Scooter

[Joey~AP]

I bought me a scooter. As most of yall know.....I cant leave well enuff alone.

It is a 1978 Honda Hawk CB400TI. I picked it up runnin for $600, with a title.

I am about 3/4 of the way thru with the mock up.

Here is what I started with.....

[Joey~AP]

I am going to make it into a bobber, rat, brat, bar hopper.....whatever ya wana call it. Depends on who you ask.


Here is some inspiration for the project and to give yall some direction on which way I am going with it.

[Joey~AP]

About 30 minutes after I had it home.....I ripped it apart.

Took me about 15 minutes.

[Chew]

Lookin' forward to this one!

[Devin]

This outta be REALLY good.

Can't wait to see how the Chicken Hawk hatches out , Joey.

[Joey~AP]

I decided to stretch the swingarm 4". Original plan was to strut it, like the #53 bike above.

I didnt have a jig or the material to make on, so I used allthread in a couple of places to keep everything lined up where it should be and for my bike to be strait when I am finished. Accordin to my tape measure....it worked.











Tubing is metric, so I found the closest flavor available. I cut some round stock down and had it turned for a tight fit.










Professionally welded. I didnt want to take any chances with my dirt dobbin skillz.

[Joey~AP]

Excuse my little shop.

Its a mess!

[focushunter]

Looks good so far

[Joey~AP]

Lotsa fender and blinker holdin metal on the back of this bike, so I decided to lighten it up.

The struts....which are just tubing that is bolted up in the original shock mounting holes.

[Joey~AP]

I then decided to cut a little more off the back end.

I got this bright idea that I was going to lower the shock mounting holes.

Stupid idea!















I have sincet grinded it all off and I am going to just hardtail it the almost right way.

Next winter.....I mite cut it all off and build a new hardtail frame for it.

Baby steps first.

[Joey~AP]

Findin parts for these old things is not easy.

I did find a couple of carb kits, so I pulled em to rebuild. They are still on the bench now.

[BIGMIKE 214]

aww i like the SS look lol

[Joey~AP]

Bobbers usually dont have front fenders. I am going to use the front fender on the rear. Not sure how I am going to mount it yet. I have a few ideas. Fender will have holes drilled down the sides.




Old flat trackers used to take the front fender brackets and use them for fork support. I drilled some holes in mine and have it on for now. Not sure if my new front tire will fit in it.

[Joey~AP]

Was piddlin and made me a license plate bracket. It will be mounted on the down tube for the hardtail. The little circle is the mounting plate for a 59 Caddillac taillight.

[Joey~AP]

What in the World is a redneck gonna do with a gate hinge on a motorsickle?









Seat pan that I made out of some 12 ga plate. Im gonna put some 1" paddin on it and have it covered in leather.

Seat will mount to the hinge as a pivot point. I will mount it after my 4" beehive springs get here.

Gonna use brass hardware where I can and its safe to do so.