Hi everybody,
Like many others I've been absorbing a lot of information from these forums over the last few months and I guess it's time to say hi.
I am an Englishman who has been living in New Zealand for the last 10 years and I picked up my CB500 last November.
The story goes that it was an ex NZ Police Bike and was taken off the road about 20 years ago. Recently it was cosmetically restored and destined to go into some garage or shop to gather dust as an advertising prop however I thought she deserved a new chance at life and so I made a 'spur of the moment' offer and ended up with 85% of a very clean and shiny bike.... that didn't work.
Over the last few months I've been working to get her back on the road however it became apparent soon after I got the bike home that this basically involves alot more work that originally planned.... ah well, you get what you wish for I suppose? The intention was to get a project bike that I could learn from by getting stuck into and that's exactly what I got and probably why I am enjoying rebuilding it so much.
Despite being a complete Noob at Motorbike mechanics I am currently past the point of no return in an engine tear down and rebuild as I try and make my way into the crank cases to replace a rather saggy Primary Chain.
Couple of pictures below of what she looked like when I got her home....
If you look very closely... past the fake carbon wrapping over the once chrome rear fender and headlight... past the tank-dipped flame effect gas tank...... past the cartoon themed vinyl wrap over the chain guard..... past the orange fork ears... past the cheap chrome exhaust tips pushed on the end of the butchered headers.... past the missing seat.... you will see potential
Thanks everybody and thanks for sharing your knowledge.
