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Offline Brendo

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My cb500 project
« on: June 11, 2017, 12:30:53 AM »
Hi from Australia,

I have been working on my 72 cb for around a year now making slow progress, I found it out near an old sugar cane farm in north qld, it was in very poor condition, the engine was seized and the tank was totally rusted out as well as the seat pan I currently have the front end off the bike but here are some photos of the project so far, Iv finished the engine now Will keep this thread up to date now Iv been on this site a fair bit lately. Thanks
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Offline Stev-o

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Re: My cb500 project
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2017, 10:03:11 AM »
Howdy from Texas Brendo.  The bike is looking good, I like the 500 paint scheme...
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Re: My cb500 project
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2017, 02:37:11 AM »
Thanks stevo, i should have all my front end parts back from paint this week, been polishing parts for an hour everyday after work so i should have it ready for reassembly this week, should look tidy then.
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Offline SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan

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Re: My cb500 project
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2017, 09:22:48 AM »
Nice project.  Are you going to re-lace the wheels?  It's hard to tell in the photos how heavy the rust is on the spokes.
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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Offline Brendo

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Re: My cb500 project
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2017, 12:48:16 PM »
The wheel is rusty was thinking of replacing spokes but I will see how they clean up first, I'm surprised how rusty parts are on it but some actually clean up ok, I want to rechrome as some parts clean up but still pitted but it's very expensive here.
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Re: My cb500 project
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2017, 12:55:37 PM »
Spokes can sometimes clean up sufficiently with steel wool, followed by some WD-40 and occasional rust preventative.  Pitted rims are more difficult, depending how severe the pitting is.
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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

Offline AndyH

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Re: My cb500 project
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2017, 01:33:50 AM »
Nice Brendo!  8)  If your speedo and tacho are still in basic working order, they can be resurrected!  Takes a bit of work though.
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Offline Brendo

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Re: My cb500 project
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2017, 02:30:01 AM »
Not this one, water got past the seal for years, completely rusted inside, seems very hard to find a klm/hr Aus one, any leads to finding one would be much appreciated.
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Offline Alex

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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2017, 11:48:16 AM »
Brendo, I have both original speedo (km/h) and tacho that I pulled from my -75 cb500. Have been working great earlier.
But I do live in Sweden, so it might be too much with shipping etc for you?

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Offline Alex

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« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2017, 11:50:37 AM »
Oh, and the faceplate is green
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Offline Brendo

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« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2017, 02:45:33 PM »
Hi Alex, might be interested in the pair, how much are you looking at? Please pm me have to find out what shipping would be .
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