Before SOHC4 was formed, maybe 20 years ago, Bob had his own website. Pages and pages of information of discovery and information on K0 carbs. I read from end to end several times, and referenced often. We had a few things in common, one bike owners, CB750, stored many moons, brought out of storage about 2000, Bob was a few years older than me, and a few years ahead in his rehab, Bob lived nearby. So I watched carefully how he proceeded, and was impressed with his ability to learn and share what he learned. I used the Greenspan forums a bit, but my computer skills were shaky, it was difficult, so I jumped in 2005 when SOHC4 began with the simple machines forums. What did I find? Bob Wessner, moderator! So I knew that this would be the great place that it is.
I only met Bob one time, at the Stockbridge meet. Jonesy, Dan Jones was Bobs helper, and mine too. Bob didn’t ride to the meet and I rode out with Jonesy, so I never saw his CB. But when I had my CB repainted, Bob was interested in repainting his K0, from gold to red. So I put Bob in contact with my co-worker Jim Nicholson. Jim was a painter by passion, not our day job. He generally painted cars, award winners. I believe my CB was the first motorcycle Jim painted, and Bobs the second. Afterwards I tried to arrange a meet/photo shoot somewhere around Ann Arbor, but it fell through, several times, never got it done, and I regret that.
I’m not certain that Bob invented the “clear tube method” for checking float levels, but he certainly introduced and refined it here at SOHC4. I found the carb photo below from a 2005 post.
