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![DSCF3084sm.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486719550790-EIMMYQX6J4ZMDX1X026J/DSCF3084sm.jpg)
![dscf3081sm.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713186346-J1DTQDN14NOF4XJE27Y6/dscf3081sm.jpg)
![dscf3088sm.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713187151-Y10IV6JW6ITL214UQTDN/dscf3088sm.jpg)
![dscf3093sm.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713187210-NTQ0T5590CZ99GXAHP9S/dscf3093sm.jpg)
![This is the before photo. 1972 Honda XL250 Motorsport](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713185591-WUC4AT1LJ7FW424G51TC/img_0686.jpg)
![Mocking up the hard tail.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713184840-JXZKGA17S70399NI6JGQ/img_9754.jpg)
![I had the tight radius bent by a shop, but I did the rest of the bending using hand & leg power.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713182302-GJGDLHSJG9YFTCNU6NHL/img_0369.jpg)
![I used the swing arm axle to line up my new axle plate.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713183239-DGXL0GGIU86YGK3JZIMM/img_0439.jpg)
![After welding.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713182377-P3XG1LK4565U155PYZ2C/dscf0374.jpg)
![Grinding and polishing the frame. ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713181313-FMFHV3ES240GYX31VME0/img_5763.jpg)
![The raw steel frame was powder coated clear by Color FX in NE Portland.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713179453-ZTTZNIDE7CD9DTDD9XOJ/dscf6749.jpg)
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![img_1884.jpg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713181315-K5OX6EXL2FNCUPOXB4Z9/img_1884.jpg)
![I wrapped 35 different strings and welded them on the back side of the exhaust pipe.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713172951-95MRBQRVJG8N9H1Q5TGY/img_6531.jpg)
![I built the wheels after I polished the spokes. That was the first and last time I lace spokes.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713177210-LOXTGP0I2AASOAS9GXYR/img_7923.jpg)
![I bought my fenders from Cooper Smithing in Washington State and cut few inches out of the middle and welded them back together.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713177854-82CUVLJ6WGLLGGLKTB0M/img_5182.jpg)
![I welded the pill shaped tank to hold the battery and electronics.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713179453-J2PFFJZ0V27B0D1WC948/img_0641.jpg)
![I used wet sandpaper and then metal polishing compound on the tank.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713170751-SOYHSQ7HFMJ0ZG4G505J/img_0665.jpg)
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![Photo by Gergor Halenda at The One Moto Show](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1499269321738-Z5XVE2NG5TAS25JXIY01/17005+The+1+Moto+1939.jpg)
![At the One Moto Show in Portland](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1499268860793-FNJG7917W2CB11MX7QWC/IMG_0042_A.jpg)
![I bought my fenders from Cooper Smithing in Washington State and cut few inches out of the middle and welded them back together.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58996e12ff7c50e4815bc50c/1486713177854-82CUVLJ6WGLLGGLKTB0M/img_5182.jpg)
I bought my fenders from Cooper Smithing in Washington State and cut few inches out of the middle and welded them back together.
I bought my fenders from Cooper Smithing in Washington State and cut few inches out of the middle and welded them back together.