Well I worked like a n, er, anyhoo, I worked really hard today, so hard I forgot to take some pics! Anyway, I installed the new chain and sprockets, then adjusted the chain on the bike stand, then took it off the bike stand and realised that the chain was too tight, so loosened it off again, then sat on it and realised that it was too tight, so slackened it off again, then sat on it again and decided that it was a tad too loose, so turned the snail cam adjusters out a couple of notches, and so on and so forth.
I also did an oil and filter change and even cleaned the strainer filter at the base of the frame. Good thing I di too, the old oil was filthy, and had the consistency of water! Hopefully I didn't do any permanent damage running it without doing an oil change first, even though I only ran it for 5 or 10 minutes............
I replaced two blinkers, one was missing and the body of the other was cracked, so I used some of the connectors that I bought from CB750 Supply, and finally worked out how to use their special crimper, which actually works pretty well. I spent a couple of hours chasing an electrical fault, my blinkers all work, my tail light and stop light works, my horn doesn't (but there's power going to it so the horn is stuffed) but the headlight has no power going to it. All the wiring looks good, so I went looking for a fuse, but guess what? I don't think there are any fuses in the whole bike! I pulled both sidecovers, the seat, tank and headlight off, and....... nothing? Bugger!
I'm thinking that one of the relays I was looking at might be the headlight relay, so as the headlight bulb is working fine and the switch is turning the tail light on and off, maybe there's a buggered headlight relay?
The seat was a bastard to get off, there's two 8mm screws that go through the plastic seat base thru the frame and just a couple of nuts underneath. Simple enough, except mine were rusty and had also spun inside the seat base, so no matter how much I turned the nut, the bolt would turn with it. I ended up taking the angle grinder to one bolt, so I'll think up a better fix than Honda's design overnight and fix it tomorrow.
Good news is I've mastered the starting procedure (there's no battery, so the engine needs to be running to check the lights etc) and took it for a quick lap up my street. It was super torquey, and I was able to pick the front wheel up under acceleration which was good fun. Only problem I had was I forgot about the greasy new tyres and did a massive power slide when accelerating around the roundabout, but luckily I didn't throw it away, thank God.
Anyway, hopefully I'll get the headlight working tomorrow so I can get it thru the roadworthy inspection on Monday. I'm actually quite surprised that the tail light and blinkers are so bright considering that it doesn't have a battery or a regular charging system. Pretty impressive for a 32 year old bike! Cheers, Terry.
