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〜I built a motorcycle based on Prince's "Purple Rain" in Japan, so I'll show you the process of making it.〜

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Building Prince’s Purple Rain Motorcycle Replica (Honda CM400T Custom) in japan- No. 13

投稿日:2026年3月3日 更新日:



I’m building a motorcycles for Prince “Purple Rain”(No. 13)

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☆Click here for the completed motorcycle☆

Last time I made a sissy bar and cowling stay. I installed a spacer because there was a gap between the sissy bar stay and the main body.

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Fits without gaps. The sissy bar fitting is now complete. After that, just send it to the plating shop.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

Cut the excess part of the cowl stay to give a sharp impression.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

Install headlights. Ported from the conventional cowling.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

The shape of the light stay differs depending on the type of “Windjammer”. The “Windjammer 4” that I used before is better made.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

Compare cowls. Unique shape.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

This is the inside of “Windjammer 4”. There is an optical axis adjustment screw in the upper center. This is very convenient. Equipped with a cigar socket in the lower left. Overall thick and heavy.

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This is the inside of the “Windjammer 2” that I’m making this time. It looks simpler than “Windjammer 4”. The cigar socket hole is on the upper left. Also, since the overall thickness is thin, I reinforced it with FRP.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

“Windjammer 4” has sharp corners. The blinker is built in the upper part of the cowling, giving the impression that there is a lot of information.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

“Windjammer 2” with rounded corners after remodeling. At first it was pointed like “Windjammer 4”, but I changed the shape to make it closer to “Purple Rain”. Simple because there is no blinker.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

I did a lighting test of the headlight and blinker wiring. Even if you change to a new cowling, it seems to be able to light properly.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

The blinker is from CB750 (old car).

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

I tried to attach the “Windjammer 2” blinker stay to this CB750 blinker, but it cannot be attached because the inner diameter is different.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

Therefore, I transplanted the base of another blinker that was attached when I purchased the CB750 blinker.

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

プリンスパープルレイン バイク prince purplerain motorcycle

It is a motorcycle of that “Purple Rain” when you attach a blinker. The remaining work is pasting the plated molding around the cowling.



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