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Offline CarbonK

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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #50 on: January 10, 2019, 12:37:08 PM »
Practiced my welding with a custom cup holder up by the bars, what do you guys think?



Hah, yeah right.

Shined up some old shocks. Here’s a little before and after, this’ll do for now.


Needed room in my work space to finish up the engine so after freshening up and reassembling the forks I put some of the 650 together to roll out and stick under a cover. Check out the custom mono shock.

Oh I also picked up a tank. All I need now is some carburetors and I should have everything I need for a running bike.


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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #51 on: January 10, 2019, 12:55:07 PM »
Quote from: CarbonK on January 10, 2019, 12:37:08 PM
Practiced my welding with a custom cup holder up by the bars, what do you guys think?

I think you need to put down the welder, and pick up a grinder  :o

Should look more like this- no grinder needed.
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #52 on: January 11, 2019, 08:04:23 AM »
Everyone is a comedian.
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #53 on: January 11, 2019, 09:35:03 AM »
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #54 on: January 11, 2019, 04:47:07 PM »
Quote from: calj737 on January 11, 2019, 09:35:03 AM
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on January 11, 2019, 08:04:23 AM
Everyone is a comedian.
Who’s joking?  8)

Carbonk -- see "custom cup holder" and "monoshock" above
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #55 on: January 24, 2019, 01:02:21 PM »
It’s been a while but I’m still goin. Valves were lapped, cylinders were honed, new rings, all that jazz. Engine is painted and finally back in the frame with minimal scratching.




Polished up the cover a bit, I can really see myself riding this thing. ::)
 
I picked up a set of carbs from an early Ninja 600 after reading of others using it. Hopefully it’ll run well with stock motor, intake, and exhaust set up.
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #56 on: January 24, 2019, 02:46:29 PM »
It's lookin' real good now!  Keep at it and you'll be riding it when the weather breaks.
  (says he who is expecting a foot of snow tonight!)
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #57 on: January 24, 2019, 04:00:07 PM »
Can you confirm that the spacing is the same for the Ninja carbs and the ‘82 650? I’ve heard people say they fit but haven’t seen or or heard it confirmed by someone who actually has them. What model carbs? There a number stamped on them?
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #58 on: January 24, 2019, 05:44:56 PM »
I actually have 2 sets of carbs from early ninja 600s, one for parts. One is stamped V154 YF20 and the other is V153 YI20. Both look the same, could be a difference in the jet sizes, not sure yet.

Here is one of them next to the VB44A carbs off the 1981 CB650C (Ninja carbs on left)




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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #59 on: January 24, 2019, 06:43:56 PM »
Those should fit. Just jetting and tuning now!
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #60 on: January 25, 2019, 09:23:25 AM »
Nice, perfect post. I know you will, but be sure to post back what jets you go with. Plan on doing an actual dyno tune or butt dyno tune?
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #61 on: January 27, 2019, 12:51:55 PM »
Quote from: DaveBarbier on January 25, 2019, 09:23:25 AM
Nice, perfect post. I know you will, but be sure to post back what jets you go with. Plan on doing an actual dyno tune or butt dyno tune?

Probably gonna butt dyno this bad boy because I’m cheap but I’m reading into wideband o2 sensors, that would be interesting to try out.
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #62 on: February 06, 2019, 04:56:58 PM »
Had some grime on my kickstand lever and exhaust flanges so I brought out the big guns. A 17 year old can of oven cleaner. The older it is the better it works, right?


Came out vomit green


Turned brown, looks tasty.

Was also able to polish out some deep gouges on the stator cover.


Before


After, used a die grinder with some sanding and scotch brite discs

Currently working on shortening the wiring harness about a foot to relocate the block connectors that were in the headlight bucket to under the tank. My new headlight has no room to fit anything inside.

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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #63 on: February 07, 2019, 11:23:17 AM »
That Easy Off oven cleaner looks like my cat's vomit!! I hope it works -- the cleaner (not the vomit)!
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #64 on: February 12, 2019, 05:49:20 PM »
Managed to relocate all the headlight bucket connectors under the gas tank




No fitting issues, nice. I’m planning on moving the ignition switch to where they’re  located on the early CB’s, under the tank.


Hooked up some front turn signals and a couple of handlebar controls I had laying around. Gotta get started and finish the front fender and brake to call the front end done.


A delivery? For me?


Wow, thanks USPS. It was a crankcase cover gasket, luckily it wasn’t bent too bad.


I was digging around a crate of parts that came off the 650 and found this. A spacer of some sort. Anyone know what it is or where it goes?
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #65 on: February 12, 2019, 07:45:53 PM »
Looks like a rear axle spacer.
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #66 on: February 13, 2019, 05:31:13 AM »
Could be, but it looks aluminum. Might be the oil filter spacer.

Last post are the measurements.
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=171656.0
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #67 on: February 13, 2019, 07:06:20 AM »
Quote from: DaveBarbier on February 13, 2019, 05:31:13 AM
Could be, but it looks aluminum. Might be the oil filter spacer.

Last post are the measurements.
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=171656.0

Yeah that would explain why it was a bit oily. Put a new filter and some oil in the engine a couple of days ago, don’t know how I forgot this, thanks!
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #68 on: February 13, 2019, 03:09:19 PM »
Another quick dumb question.


Does the exhaust hanger bracket fit in front of the passenger peg mount like so? Or behind?
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #69 on: February 13, 2019, 03:30:27 PM »
It appears to be fine in front of it. I suppose you could bend it (gently) to mount behind it.
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #70 on: February 13, 2019, 04:09:28 PM »
If I’m not mistaken, flip the bracket and it will mount behind.
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #71 on: February 13, 2019, 06:51:10 PM »
Mine mounted behind.

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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #72 on: February 14, 2019, 02:14:43 AM »
And you may need to use that bracket on the right side pair. I seem to remember there’s a locating pin so you can’t just flip the bracket. But I only checked out my 650’s exhaust for about 20 minutes and then trashed it during the tear down process.
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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #73 on: February 14, 2019, 10:46:00 AM »
Duh. I didn't realize the close up shot was of stock pipes!
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"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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Re: CB650 Custom Rust Bucket
« Reply #74 on: February 15, 2019, 11:06:04 AM »
Thanks for all the insight guys, very helpful.

On another note, I burned out my 1 week old $9 starter solenoid. I guess you get what you pay for.
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