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Offline Grumpyfck

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Finally took the plunge.
« on: September 06, 2020, 04:12:16 PM »
After many years of riding, 16 years ago my last  like, a Goldwing interstate was sold off. The arrival of kids demanded more family friendly transport. However widely allowed my a small project bike and bought myself a stripped down cb750 f2 in honda Britain kit. I had no build experience but powered by enthusiasm I stipped it fully with great expectations. However a family crisis put it on the backburner almost of the bat, sadly the old girl has sat covered in my garage ever since. Fast forward 16 years and while sorting said garage with daughter N°2 she pulled of the tarp and demanded we get it done. Given we were in lockdown and entertainment was in demand we set about it. Now neither of us is particularly mechanically minded but reading many threads here and reading etc we have rough plan. Clean rolling chassis with no fussy bits, get the engine ready for a careful start, then see where we are. Given work worries much like many atm we are carefully budgeting where we think it's best spent while cleaning and reusing as much as possible for now. I  will try to keep this updated and I am sure I will be asking many stupid questions, making lots of mistakes etc, that's the fun though isn't it. She's been off the rode now 23 years, would be nice to get it up and running. Here's a few pics.
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Re: Finally took the plunge.
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2020, 04:14:08 PM »
Here's where we started
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Re: Finally took the plunge.
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2020, 11:05:41 PM »
You did a nice job of reconditioning those reverse Comstars.
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Re: Finally took the plunge.
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2020, 11:08:33 PM »
Great bike for a project and lppks like you have done some nice work already!
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Re: Finally took the plunge.
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2020, 11:22:21 PM »
You did a nice job of reconditioning those reverse Comstars.
We have cut through the main crude and lacquer with grades of wet and dry. My limited experience is old school so now it's just patience with wire wool and  solvol autosol.
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Re: Finally took the plunge.
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2020, 11:25:57 PM »
Great bike for a project and lppks like you have done some nice work already!

Cheers, just one piece at a time...inevitably  there is usually something needed first. Like forgetting the folk brace when fitting the folks, lol.
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