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Offline Mrhaney

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New to this hobby or is it an addiction? ....1st days
« on: April 02, 2014, 06:45:42 PM »
Started today on this project....1980 cb650c..40000km....complete very little rust no PO butchery....been reading this forum for tips and today did the carbs ..soaked in simple green purple...amazing stuff ,who would have thought that much crud in a clean looking carb set...pulled apart all connectors ..contact cleaner ,dilectic grease, seafoam,fired up but has backfiring,popping, but got better with time.
A little valve train clatter,but a leaking head gasket #1 & 2...so head gasket  looks to be in order

Any recommendations for vendors or brands..do all gasket kits contain everything?....will get a manual or use online ones....should rings be done and hone cylinders valve seals should get replaced?.....anything else you think should be done...

Will post pictures later...did not realize this bike could rev so high..still have not decided what to do with bike..can't afford a restoration, I don't think its a good return on money ..but cafe,bobber or combo intrigues me..lots of good looking bikes out there
Sorry for long post but being a newbie, it happens
Thanks for any info and help
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Offline rb550four

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Re: New to this hobby or is it an addiction? ....1st days
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2014, 03:37:03 PM »
Welcome,
   It's a hobby when you buy it, it's a bicth when you work on it, it's your heart and soul when you ride it, and it's an addiction  when you are looking for a second one. Careful brother , many a good man has gone down that path before you.
   Gaskets, I like a Vesarah complete gasket set, most of what you'll need is in there but it really isn't a complete (every gasket and seal) set. but for what you'll be doing, it should work fine.
   40 k engine, while you are there already, it probably would be a good idea to freshen up the rings and hone it .
    How ugly is this bike that it doesn't deserve pictures?
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Re: New to this hobby or is it an addiction? ....1st days
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2014, 03:44:08 PM »
Not too ugly just haven't uploaded pics..thanks for info...it is difficult to find vendor in Canada and shipping cost can be large.. Will keep looking...this is not my main ride...08 venture is
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Re: New to this hobby or is it an addiction? ....1st days
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2014, 03:48:48 PM »
Quote from: rb550four on April 03, 2014, 03:37:03 PM
It's a hobby when you buy it, it's a #$%* when you work on it, it's your heart and soul when you ride it, and it's an addiction  when you are looking for a second one.

Or a third one, or a fourth one . . . .  Very true words.
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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: New to this hobby or is it an addiction? ....1st days
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2014, 04:53:18 AM »
Yes I lost count.   Try the 650 site also.  Think there is a couple members there from up north too.
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Re: New to this hobby or is it an addiction? ....1st days
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2014, 12:25:05 PM »
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Re: New to this hobby or is it an addiction? ....1st days
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2014, 12:34:17 PM »
Quote from: Mrhaney on April 02, 2014, 06:45:42 PM
complete very little rust no PO butchery....

..but cafe,bobber or combo intrigues me..

Another one destroyed  (sigh)   :-\
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Re: New to this hobby or is it an addiction? ....1st days
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2014, 04:31:40 PM »
Really not sure about destroying this...saw a fine example on adv site that intrigued me .....just rejuvenated...ordered a gasket set (A) from Honda dealer...part 061a1-426-s02 for $102.... They showed me site...ronniesmail order.com....never heard of that one...so this weekend will try to find out why no park lights front and rear and no turn signals....thinking switch and ground problems...I was pleasantly surprised at how nice this runs...
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Re: New to this hobby or is it an addiction? ....1st days
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2014, 05:40:55 PM »
Quote from: Mrhaney on April 04, 2014, 04:31:40 PM
Really not sure about destroying this...saw a fine example on adv site that intrigued me .....just rejuvenated...ordered a gasket set (A) from Honda dealer...part 061a1-426-s02 for $102.... They showed me site...ronniesmail order.com....never heard of that one...so this weekend will try to find out why no park lights front and rear and no turn signals....thinking switch and ground problems...I was pleasantly surprised at how nice this runs...
Thanks for replies

Ah. Don't sweat it. Enjoy your bike.
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1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold
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