So Ive been lurking on here since I bought my sohc/4 back in september, and I must say I have found this forum extremely useful. A little background on me and the bike, I bought a 73 CB500 K2 that at the time the previous owner claimed he had fully rebuilt
, I am still currently looking for evidence of the rebuild. I am a current college student and this is my first motorcycle, but I accumulated all of my mechanical knowledge by working on air-cooled volkswagens and from working as a tech in a Firstone for a while. When I bought the bike the motor leaked like a siv, the carbs also leaked, it smoked like a chimney, the idiot lights didn't work, and the previous owner removed the turn signals as a fashion statement. I bought the bike despite all of the above because it had a powder coated frame and a freshly painted tank and Im not much of a painter. Fast forward to now and the bike is in great shape Ive given it the 3000 mile tune up about 5 times in the last 300 miles, the engine doesn't leak a drop of oil, I rebuilt and tuned the carbs for elevation using a 4 gauge synchrometer, repaired and remedied all of the electrical short comings, and put a new tank and side covers on because the old tank had so many pin holes the only thing keeping the gas in was the new paint. So what has prompted this post is I went to replace the valve guide seals and found that the top of every single valve guide was cracked or broken and now I need to find a good reputable machinist to rebuild my head for me. I would do the job myself but as I understand it new valve guides should be pressed in and the the valve seat recut, and I don't have the budget for both a press and a lathe. So if any one could point me in the direction of some one who could rebuild my head in Colorado for a reasonable price I'd really appreciate it. Oh and since you had the patience to read the whole post here are a few pictures of the bike. The first picture was when I bought it, the last two are as it sits in my shop right now.
