CL77 Chopper
CL77 ChopperHello -- I am new to this forum and would like to see if any others have CL77 choppers? I have a 66 CL77 that I chopped about 30 years ago for a friend and ended up with it some years back when he bought a HD. I restored again a few years back and had gone through it completely. It runs real well and is fun to ride as it had a jockey shift with a foot clutch -- however recently I put the foot shift back on and hand clutch so that my daughter can ride it. I have photos if anyone is interested in swapping pics.
Re: CL77 ChopperHey, i am a 15 year old male from WI and rolled a 67 scrambler 305 out of my grandpas barn and a year later about halfway done with the excursion. I am chopping it and also bobbing the fenders and slappin a peanut gas tank on it. I am leaning towards matte black paint but its going to have to be aerosol because i am on a limited budget. I would like to see some pics of your chopper and as soon as i get my good-for-nothin digital camera loaded up on my computer i will send you a couple shots. Any hints or tricks for anything about the resto./chop/bobb would be great! Hope to speak to you soon, Eric
Re: CL77 ChopperHello Eric, 15 and already chopping bikes -- good for you!<br />I'm pushing 60 and still love to ride and build bikes. You mentioned budget -- you can get a great paint job with spray cans -- the key is prepping and making sure you got a good surface to paint on -- make sure you use primar and block sand it (a square chunk of a 2X4 works) and 400 grit sandpaper before the final paint is put on. I'm not sure how to send you a picture of my bike through this forum but if you send me your email address I can send you a picture that way.<br />My email is wrencher52@cox.net -- keep in touch -- Elias<br />
Wrencher52,
I've got an old CL77 chopper as well. I got it off a guy a few years ago and it has been sitting in my barn in pieces ever since. I just rebuilt the engine for it and brought the whole bike down into my shop. I hope to work on it this winter and get it finished up by spring. She has a chrome springer front end and a home made/altered CL77 frame with a hard tail. It should be an interesting project. I plan on cleaning up the appearance a lot. At the moment the battery, coils, rectifier are all just kind of hanging out there in plane sight. Dan
The Nightmare CL77We will see if we can get some choper talk going here.
This project was pulled from the trash with a missing tank, seat and a stuck motor so I have no regrets about drastic changes I have planned. The engine is unstuck now and will need the top end rebuilt, I drained the oil and found no water even tho it has been sitting in a yard for years, when I got the engine free rusty water shot out of the right spark plug hole. I have been playing with my design concepts for this bike. I like the idea of a ready made aluminium fuel tank but thats not in my budget at this time. I have a line on a set of high pipes that run left and right instead of the over and under pipes to give me a old school British bobber profile. So far I plan to keep the forks and neck stock but I really like the clean lines of a hard tail. Yes I know the pain involved in riding a hard tail since I have had a few motorized bicycle with little more than a spring fork and sprong saddle to smooth the ride. I plan a fatter than stock tires to fill out the fender and add more cushion. And the lower rear frame will add rake to the front forks. The latest fuel tank idea I had was to modify a stainless steel fire extinguisher, cut out a tunnel and pinch it down in the back to give it a more tapered profile. Here is a rough MS paint sketch. Rusty Lets see some pictures posted of your projects or finished bikes.
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Stainless steel tankWell, I have been chopping up this old SS fire extinguisher and while it's far from what I imagine as a final product it is shaping up.
I wish I had a plasma cutter so I could screw this thing up even faster. Oh yes, you also may notice I chopped the rear fender and the front has been removed. I just bought a condenser so I should be able to hear it run soon and then I have to tear the top end apart for new rings and check for internal water damage. Rusty Ps. I just pulled off the clutch side cover to inspect the sticky clutch, expecting rust or crud but found a nice clean tight interior. Quite a contrast to the crusty coroded exterior. It's the top end I am dreadding cause I know there was water in there. RB 03/08/07 Replaced the condenser today and got spark on each cylinder. Sqiurted some fuel in the intake (Still no carbs) and kicked some life into the beast, got a couple energetic revolutions and flames out the exhaust. Also found the horn still works as well as the lights when I apply the juice directly to them. If I could just get all this electrical stuff working correctly it will be a joy. Rusty
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