{"id":1586,"date":"2019-02-08T11:30:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T16:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2019-02-08T11:30:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T16:30:56","slug":"need-some-restoration-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/need-some-restoration-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Need Some Restoration Inspiration??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The winter is motorcycle restoration season and here at Rick&#8217;s we love keeping up with what people are doing, and we always love checking out a great restoration job! But sometimes we all need a little inspiration, right?\u00a0 Or you just want to spend a few minutes looking at beautiful bike builds dreaming of someday building your own. That&#8217;s exactly why we&#8217;ve created a list of our favorite blogs for restoring, building, and modifying classic motorcycles&#8230; If you want advice, tricks and tips, or just some inspiration, you can check out these blogs for some of the best!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1593\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1593\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/kawasaki-zephyr-750-cafe-racer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1593 size-large\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/kawasaki-zephyr-750-cafe-racer-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/kawasaki-zephyr-750-cafe-racer-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/kawasaki-zephyr-750-cafe-racer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/kawasaki-zephyr-750-cafe-racer-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/kawasaki-zephyr-750-cafe-racer.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Check out the latest feature build on Bike EXIF!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pipeburn.com\">Pipeburn<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Features different bike restorations with beautiful pictures and a great writeup on each one<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.returnofthecaferacers.com\">Return of the Cafe Racers<\/a> &#8211; A great blog with a lot of helpful DIY info<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeexif.com\">Bike EXIF<\/a> &#8211; Great reviews, lots of good information, and features the best custom bikes from around the web<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorcycleclassics.com\">Motorcycle Classics<\/a> &#8211; This blog focuses on some of the most classic bikes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebikeshed.cc\">The Bike Shed<\/a> &#8211; Custom-built, lifestyle, and bikes for sale<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dimecitycycles.com\">Dime City Cycles<\/a> &#8211; Lots of personal DIY stories<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1594\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1594 size-large\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/hibbard_elr3-1024x702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/hibbard_elr3-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/hibbard_elr3-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/hibbard_elr3-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/hibbard_elr3.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of our builder buddies: John Hibbard&#8217;s creation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aside from these blogs, there are plenty of other sources for inspiration.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rickselectrics\/\"> Instagram<\/a> (of course!), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/ricksmotorsport\/\">Pinterest<\/a>, your local bike club &#8211; we&#8217;re a member of the national \u00a0(Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club), or even your friends&#8217; builds.\u00a0 These are all great places to look to get your juices flowing on your next project!\u00a0 So where do you guys look for new ideas?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winter is motorcycle restoration season and here at Rick&#8217;s we love keeping up with what people are doing, and we always love checking out a great restoration job! But sometimes we all need a little inspiration, right?\u00a0 Or you just want to spend a few minutes looking at beautiful bike builds dreaming of someday&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,37],"tags":[88,77,106,63,99,74,79,33,75,81,90,76],"class_list":["post-1586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-from-ricks","category-reviews-opinions","tag-cafe-racer","tag-classic-motorcycles","tag-custom-motorcycle","tag-motorcycle","tag-motorcycles","tag-restoration","tag-restoration-projects","tag-tips","tag-vintage","tag-vintage-honda","tag-vintage-kawasaki","tag-vintage-motorcycles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1586"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1591,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions\/1591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}