Good looking Rebel. I've never been a fan of chrome powder coat. But as shown here it makes a great base for candy colors. I use silver metallic powder under the translucent colors. Gives a little more "action" under the candy color. Check out "dormant" colors if you want to try something new. The "Dormant Granny Smith Apple Green" is a dead ringer for kawasaki metallic green. Good looking ride .. keep it up!!
nice job! makes me rethink the tank on my XV250. i just dropped mine with 10inch struts, and haven't cut the fender down, but it gave it a nice flow with the stock seat once i shaved it down. definitely gives me some ideas for once winter hits.
You've done a great job. I always like seeing the smaller cc bikes customized. The wife has a 250 Virago that I've been dying to tear into. If I did though, she would tear into me:)
I like what you did. The only thing that I would've done differently is weld the frame together for the hardtail. Nice job. It looks like a lot of fun to ride.
@Dudeman9339 A bobber is a motorcycle that usually has had the front fender removed, the rear fender "bobbed" or made smaller and all superfluous items removed to make it lighter.
@tylerpmac Just made some struts to replace the shocks. Doubled up on some flat stock from home depot. No welding but some grinding and drilling. Pretty easy.
@TailEndCustoms no prob, i had a black '04 rebel and your making me really sad i sold it..i always wondered what it'd sound like with some shorty pipes on it and i love how you did yours
I'm a professional video producer for 25 years now, and there's no substitute for simplicity in a production--'less is more'. Nice choice of music and the slides were great. Great job on the bike as well. Just one critical complaint about the video, if I may be so bold... IT WAS TOO SHORT! You left me hungry for more oh-- I think that's a GOOD thing. Sorry, MY bad---- :))
@Lakerjay1984 Thanks. The rear fender is from a kikker hardknock bobber. The tires were stock as far as I know. They were in good shape so I didnt change them. Dont remember the brand.
@SovereignFreeman actually think hte musician was " acid king". but FWIW. loved hte work on the bike. even tho hondas arent me, if i had to pick one this would be it. a definite thumbs up ( on the video , and the bike)
A true bobber. Beautiful attention to detail. I like to buy those old klaxxon horns made in france on early bugs. They make a great tuneable pitch and you can run two of them and wake the dead from their cell phones! Tee hee hee
amazing... did you adjust anything on the frame? i want to adjust my tank so it is above my tree not under it... did change the backbone of the bike at all???
The music wasn't so bad, the end result is VERY cool, and you did it with your own three hands. I love doing all my own stuff; makes the end product very individual. Well done bud!! :-} BTW, have you ever checked out Back Street Choppers? Great mag for the do-it-yourself rider. Cheers!!
Im planning on bobbing my rebel 125 soon and I was just guna do a quick job but you have inspired me to be a bit more pro about it and do more respraying than I was planning on. awesome vid man and I seriously dig the music! who is it? they sound loads like a local band to me called 'Pilgrim Fathers' just went to see them last night :-P
Great job. I want to modify my rebel too. I have two question: 1- which rear fender did you use? (I thing it belongs to another motorcycle, you modified it) 2- did you modify the chassis for installing the gas tank?
Mounting the tank was not hard but remaking the tunnel and bottom to fit was. It's a sporty peanut tank with full custom bottom to fit. Fender was easy as I just fabbed a bracket to mount.
Omg thats sick! Thinking of taking this on myself...but this would be my first one not all that great at fabrication but i get get around and have access to welders and that stuff would it be manageable for a first timer?
I have always liked custom bikes and leaned toward the chopper style till now. I don't own a bike at this time, unless you count a cheap Chinese scooter I got to save on gas (AKA that piece of sh-- in my garage), but I'm thinking when i do get a real bike I've got to make it a bobber.
I don't fucking care what all the other comments are... I really like this video and all that you make this poor rebel get through.....good job.. 'll do the same to my rebel in november... I'll put the video of the carnage here in december...
Don't apologise for the music.If you are building a bobber,you got to a)always have a handroll cigarette in lips b)listen to bad ass indie music rules btw
Can you please list the parts you bought/used to transform your rebel? Im interested in doing the same thing, please list the type of gas tank also, its rad
"You'll never see another one like it"... makes me want to build one exactly like it lol.
XneverstopfightingX by all means go for it
A great build at any rate. This is how a "Rebel" should have come from the factory. Congrats!
I think this might be one of the greatest youtube videos ive ever seen
Awsome !!! And The song !! Hell Yeah ! Acid King
Sweet bobber! Started my two-wheel addiction back in the '80s with a Rebel. Kudos brother!
Good looking Rebel. I've never been a fan of chrome powder coat. But as shown here it makes a great base for candy colors. I use silver metallic powder under the translucent colors. Gives a little more "action" under the candy color. Check out "dormant" colors if you want to try something new. The "Dormant Granny Smith Apple Green" is a dead ringer for kawasaki metallic green. Good looking ride .. keep it up!!
awesome video, sick music. About to buy my first bike this Saturday Honda rebel 250 good shit man.
s c thanks man. Congrats. Have some fun
nice job! makes me rethink the tank on my XV250. i just dropped mine with 10inch struts, and haven't cut the fender down, but it gave it a nice flow with the stock seat once i shaved it down. definitely gives me some ideas for once winter hits.
You've done the impossible! A rebel that's actually badass!
You've done a great job. I always like seeing the smaller cc bikes customized. The wife has a 250 Virago that I've been dying to tear into. If I did though, she would tear into me:)
man that's one killer scoot.
i think my favourite part is the way you turned it into a hard tail without modifying the frame, it's a cute solution
i admire your dedication to finishing the project. shes a beauty :)
Damn I love it when hard work pays off. Great bike.
I like what you did. The only thing that I would've done differently is weld the frame together for the hardtail. Nice job. It looks like a lot of fun to ride.
@spacesaver100
Thanks. Yes I've seen back street choppers mag. Cool stuff.
Absolutely brilliant! Love the color and the tunes.
The bike's bad ass. Plus you get points for the Acid King! Great job!
Sounds a bit like Electric Wizard.
Nice build.
only Honda that i have ever thought was nice... sick bike
ACID KING!!!!! i like your choice of music! thats also a mean looking bike! Im looking for a cmx250 as my first bobber bike. should be fun
@Dudeman9339
A bobber is a motorcycle that usually has had the front fender removed, the rear fender "bobbed" or made smaller and all superfluous items removed to make it lighter.
@tylerpmac
Just made some struts to replace the shocks. Doubled up on some flat stock from home depot. No welding but some grinding and drilling. Pretty easy.
@TailEndCustoms no prob, i had a black '04 rebel and your making me really sad i sold it..i always wondered what it'd sound like with some shorty pipes on it and i love how you did yours
That is a beautiful bike, I'm hoping to have my own real soon and hopefully it looks that good!
that is absolutely beautiful my friend.
I'm a professional video producer for 25 years now, and there's no substitute for simplicity in a production--'less is more'. Nice choice of music and the slides were great. Great job on the bike as well. Just one critical complaint about the video, if I may be so bold... IT WAS TOO SHORT! You left me hungry for more oh-- I think that's a GOOD thing. Sorry, MY bad---- :))
@Lakerjay1984
Thanks. The rear fender is from a kikker hardknock bobber. The tires were stock as far as I know. They were in good shape so I didnt change them. Dont remember the brand.
very cool, looks almost like a chopped sportster but without the drawback of being a harley :P
@ibiteharddd
No adjusting to the frame. We modified the gas tank to fit the rebel backbone. We did nothing to the frame. Thanks
that flows so perfectly!!
Great Bike, I have a pic of this bike on my wallpaper for my computer, Looks great!!
@SovereignFreeman actually think hte musician was " acid king". but FWIW. loved hte work on the bike. even tho hondas arent me, if i had to pick one this would be it. a definite thumbs up ( on the video , and the bike)
love this!!!!!i have a 250 night hawk thinkn about doing this for sure
Cool music, cool bobber Bro.
who is the band?
Wow, that thing was beat to crap when you got it. Looks great now!
@mranlontao
That is a harley sportster tank. Had to reweld the bottom to fit the backbone.
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@SovereignFreeman no worries. its all good. good music, pics of a good bike. the only thing better is riding Eh?
Acid king rocks!
@galangMIA
Sup man. They are clip ons I got from ebay. Yes peanut sportster had to reweld the tunnel to fit. Thanks
A true bobber. Beautiful attention to detail. I like to buy those old klaxxon horns made in france on early bugs. They make a great tuneable pitch and you can run two of them and wake the dead from their cell phones! Tee hee hee
hee those are the same strips i've got on my gs1000.
great looking bike man,nice job.
That's a sick bike, man! I'm a crotch rocket guy, and even I like it. Well done!
amazing... did you adjust anything on the frame? i want to adjust my tank so it is above my tree not under it... did change the backbone of the bike at all???
The music wasn't so bad, the end result is VERY cool, and you did it with your own three hands. I love doing all my own stuff; makes the end product very individual. Well done bud!! :-} BTW, have you ever checked out Back Street Choppers? Great mag for the do-it-yourself rider.
Cheers!!
best honda rebel ever
Cut stock bottom out and replaced with custom tunnel to fit the squared frame
EXCELLENT WORK!!
Did you chop up the frame at all or just install the bars to make it a hard tail?
Im planning on bobbing my rebel 125 soon and I was just guna do a quick job but you have inspired me to be a bit more pro about it and do more respraying than I was planning on. awesome vid man and I seriously dig the music! who is it? they sound loads like a local band to me called 'Pilgrim Fathers' just went to see them last night :-P
@Nrgpack
Thank you very much
@cyblur
Thanks for the compliment.
What is that exhaust system you have on there? Is that just the manifold or are there actual mufflers on it?
Great job. I want to modify my rebel too. I have two question: 1- which rear fender did you use? (I thing it belongs to another motorcycle, you modified it) 2- did you modify the chassis for installing the gas tank?
Very very nice....I am fixin to get a rebel....good ideas
What fender for the back,also no chopping of the frame? Stock frame?
We're did u get the fule tank from ??
Beautiful bike from Spain , which is the cylindrical tank in front of the battery?
great customization ! I was just wondering how much did you spend and how long did it take to build it ?
@Kkaleid
They were doubled up so I'm sure they are fine. I don't have the bike anymore so I couldn't tell ya. Thanks
best looking rebel I've seen yet.. good stuff. got a list of the modifications?
Did you customize the gas tank or did just Harley sportster tank would do
Thanks
what do your recommend for the rear fender and for the tank... working on my cmx
@jrhennly
Thank you. good luck
@mongoosebootrrider
Ha, Thanks bro
was it hard mounting the tank? and was it difficult doing he rear fender?
Mounting the tank was not hard but remaking the tunnel and bottom to fit was. It's a sporty peanut tank with full custom bottom to fit. Fender was easy as I just fabbed a bracket to mount.
You cut the exhaust right? Does it over heat???
Very nice, well done.
yeap cut the mufflers off. it didn't overheat while I had it.
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Nice bike, bro.
Thank you
Omg thats sick! Thinking of taking this on myself...but this would be my first one not all that great at fabrication but i get get around and have access to welders and that stuff would it be manageable for a first timer?
I have always liked custom bikes and leaned toward the chopper style till now. I don't own a bike at this time, unless you count a cheap Chinese scooter I got to save on gas (AKA that piece of sh-- in my garage), but I'm thinking when i do get a real bike I've got to make it a bobber.
@MDCBilge
Awesome.
Did you powder coat or paint?
tight work man
@skwiddjergensen
Thanks for the compliments
Hey man how did you strip the rims I know you cant just scuff and paint chrome but im not sure how I am goin to strip my rims to paint them
great bike. honda rebel 4 ever
I don't fucking care what all the other comments are... I really like this video and all that you make this poor rebel get through.....good job.. 'll do the same to my rebel in november... I'll put the video of the carnage here in december...
love this bike man!
Don't apologise for the music.If you are building a bobber,you got to a)always have a handroll cigarette in lips b)listen to bad ass indie
music rules btw
Acid King rocks. Kind of like Vanillage Fudge meets Aerosmith.
oh ok where did you get the clip ons?
@TailEndCustoms what kind of head lights did u used
Can you please list the parts you bought/used to transform your rebel? Im interested in doing the same thing, please list the type of gas tank also, its rad
@hopdoehop
Thanks for watching
is that a 2.5 lowbro frisco tank?
QUALITY!
sleeck bike great job where did you get the spring seat??
It's just a Rebel cmx250 bobber but i like it. ( Esa moto me llega y la rola tambien)
Drilled new holes and mounted. Sorry it was a while back don't remember the exact details
I gotta know what kind of fender is on the back
sweet bike
I'm the 100,000th viewer. You're welcome.
where did you ge the fender
btw nice bike !!
I recently bought the same fender for my rebel 250 but i am having trouble mounting it. what did you do to mount yours?
Sorry it's been years. I believe I just made a bracket that bolts to the fender and bolts to the cross bar I used to mount the seat springs.
What fender did you buy? I like the look of it.