So it's been real busy around here, and a very productive season so far. We finally got a title for the Flyin Hawaiian 1971 Yamaha CS3 200. I had found the bike in the spring and bought it with no title under the assumption that all I had to do was some paperwork and it would be done...how wrong I was...the only reason I have a title now is because of a profound quark in the space time continuum. Cahill and I have been putting floors in the house and we needed the space in the garage to work on the hardwood, so we had moved the bikes out to the street for a little sunshine. One afternoon while working with bikes parked out front there was a knock at the door. Assuming it was a door to door salesman I answered in a bit of a huff because we were right in the middle of something major...but to my surprise it was a guy with his daughters and he asked me about the bike...he asked if I had gotten it from a yard sale about 8 years ago...no I replied but I did get it from the guy that did...he said he had owned the bike when he was a kid and had sold it at a yard sale....WTF!....I asked if he had the title...he said he thought he did...how often in your life as a bike builder do you buy a bike with no title and have the guy who happens to have the title knock at your door?....never....just what I thought....anyway....after about a month he came by with the title...I took it to the BMV...and with $35 I now have a title for the bike...
That's just the beginning for this little bike, Jarrod Wettling of Columbus Ohio is a good friend of mine I met though snowboarding, he is a body and paint guy by training and he is also a fiberglass fabricator by trade...he took two pieces we scored at AMA Vintage Days this year and has done all the body work on then, he has also widened the channel on a peanut tank we also scored for Bad Habit, a little 250 Rebel we score back in the spring...he is a real up and comer in the custom bike scene and can't wait to keep working with him in the future...you rock JRod...
Here are a few picks of the Flyin Hawaiian and JRods work....enjoy....
Peanut before....
