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1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« on: September 28, 2014, 04:19:10 PM »
Picked up this 1971 CB500 for $300 bucks including the title. The bike is not currently running but turns over. Trying to go for the cafe/rat rod look and only keep the things I really need on the bike. Therefore, I will have a parts for sale thread soon.
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2014, 04:21:37 PM »
Frame wire brushed and painted
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2014, 04:23:02 PM »
Forks wire brushed with new seals, boots, and fresh oil.
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2014, 04:27:30 PM »
I really just want to cruise this bike around so I traded the cafe handlebars for stock handlebars. Also installed new grips, new clutch lever perch, and new right hand controls.
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2014, 09:25:20 PM »
If Rat Cafe is your direction, save the patina on the gas tank! It looks great.
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2014, 04:29:29 AM »
Way ahead of ya! The tank and side covers I'm gonna clean and clearcoat. The wheels are so far gone that I am going to wire brush the hell out of them and paint them rustoleum gloss black. The front wheel will be done today.
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2014, 04:31:26 AM »
I have also already installed All Balls bearings on the steering.
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2014, 04:03:42 PM »
Today I finished the front wheel including; wire brushing long nights, painting it Rustoleum gloss black, installing All Balls bearings, and I cleaned up the axle parts. Still need to bolt the rotor down and hammer down the tabs. The rear wheel will be cleaned up next.
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2014, 05:56:54 PM »
Good choice on keeping the original paint.  Subscribed to see how this goes...
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #9 on: October 01, 2014, 04:23:04 AM »
Thanks! Help is much appiceated. I have done a lot of cars/trucks but this is my first bike.
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #10 on: October 01, 2014, 06:25:14 AM »
So what is your plan to convince your woman to ride with you? I have a similar issue.
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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)

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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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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #11 on: October 01, 2014, 01:11:25 PM »
Haha yes! I even ordered and installed rear foot pegs! I don't know if you noticed but I hamered out and cut a seat pan for 2. I still have to foam and wrap it.
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #12 on: October 01, 2014, 01:12:39 PM »
I have no current plan. I'm working on it haha.
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #13 on: October 01, 2014, 04:26:21 PM »
"She" will always like the Candy Color and the shiny stuff: bet on that. Black, matte, or faded bikes with rust don't invite her.
"She" also likes quiet bikes, especially since the pipes are right in her ears back there.
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #14 on: October 01, 2014, 07:15:34 PM »
Very true! She doesn't give a crap about it.
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #15 on: October 01, 2014, 08:44:07 PM »
Quote from: johnmmjr89 on October 01, 2014, 07:15:34 PM
Very true! She doesn't give a crap about it.

New paint on my Z1 hasn't made a difference to my wife.
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #16 on: October 02, 2014, 04:08:26 AM »
I bet if you painted it hot pink with gemstones glued to it she would.
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #17 on: October 02, 2014, 05:42:25 AM »
Quote from: johnmmjr89 on October 02, 2014, 04:08:26 AM
I bet if you painted it hot pink with gemstones glued to it she would.


Possibly but that ain't happenin!
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #18 on: October 02, 2014, 06:26:54 PM »
Little touches.
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #19 on: October 02, 2014, 06:29:20 PM »
My lady also works at a hospital and claims to see a lot of motorcycle accidents
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #20 on: October 13, 2014, 06:54:07 PM »
Took a break to work on the shop a little. The back wheel has been cleaned, painted, and new bearings installed. I will take pictures later. I need to order new brake shoes. What's a good site to get them?
« Last Edit: October 13, 2014, 06:57:03 PM by johnmmjr89 »
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #21 on: October 13, 2014, 10:08:55 PM »
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #22 on: November 01, 2014, 12:36:36 PM »
Been busy working on my garage but I got the wheels done.
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #23 on: November 06, 2014, 02:33:17 PM »
Is it possible to get rid of the return cable on the throttle?
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Re: 1971 CB500 and convince my woman to ride with me project
« Reply #24 on: November 06, 2014, 04:47:46 PM »
Damn I'm trying to eliminate everything not needed
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