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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #50 on: August 30, 2022, 07:47:20 AM »
Scott,
Is that a Valiant in the background?
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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #51 on: August 30, 2022, 07:51:59 AM »
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on August 30, 2022, 07:47:20 AM
Scott,
Is that a Valiant in the background?

 Yes, 1965 convertible with the 225 slant 6.
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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #52 on: August 30, 2022, 08:19:42 AM »
Are you keeping the rear rack and the front fender mud flap?
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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #53 on: August 30, 2022, 05:26:26 PM »
Quote from: Scott S on August 30, 2022, 07:51:59 AM
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on August 30, 2022, 07:47:20 AM
Scott,
Is that a Valiant in the background?

 Yes, 1965 convertible with the 225 slant 6.

Wow! I've never seen a convertible.  My buddy had a coupe (late gen 2 or early gen 3) handed down from his father.  He drove it back in the mid 80's as his first car.  It had been across the country and to Alaska and back.
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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: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #54 on: August 31, 2022, 02:47:19 AM »
Quote from: Shtonecb500 on August 30, 2022, 08:19:42 AM
Are you keeping the rear rack and the front fender mud flap?

 No. The rack and all the touring stuff is gone. I have the mud flap. It just looks like a piece of rubber someone cut, though very well done. You can have it if you want it.
 
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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #55 on: September 15, 2022, 08:47:33 AM »
 Front end and brakes are done. Got the rear wheel cleaned up. Lubed and serviced the rear brake. New tires installed.

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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #56 on: September 15, 2022, 08:49:18 AM »
 Moved on to the exhaust.
 First, pull everything and give it a cleaning with a Simple Green solution.

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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #57 on: September 15, 2022, 08:50:05 AM »
 The exhaust collars cleaned up REALLY nice with a brass brush and a soak in EvapoRust.

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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #58 on: September 15, 2022, 08:52:04 AM »
 I knew there was a hole in the "trumpet" on the #2 pipe, but I couldn't see any other damage.....until I pulled the exhaust.  :(

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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #59 on: September 15, 2022, 08:54:09 AM »
 All but one had some rust through. All completely invisible when on the bike.
 I cleaned up all the rust and treated it with rust converter, even spraying a little inside the holes. Then I patched them using a beer can and JB Weld.

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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #60 on: September 15, 2022, 08:55:38 AM »
 Followed that up with some sanding and some silver engine paint. All of this should be completely invisible when back on the bike.

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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #61 on: September 15, 2022, 08:57:06 AM »
 The only visible spot was, like I said, on the #2 trumpet. I didn't want an ugly patch, so I treated it and covered it with a Mercury dime. Mercury, the god of speed! Even the wings are facing the right direction.

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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #62 on: September 15, 2022, 08:58:36 AM »
 Spent a little time this morning with Turtle Wax chrome polish, 0000 steel wool and some elbow grease. These are all ready to go back on when the time comes.

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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #63 on: September 15, 2022, 09:02:12 AM »
Quote from: Scott S on September 15, 2022, 08:58:36 AM
Spent a little time this morning with Turtle Wax chrome polish, 0000 steel wool and some elbow grease. These are all ready to go back on when the time comes.

Cool beans on using the dime! Looks good.
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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #64 on: September 15, 2022, 03:23:20 PM »
I love the dime fix, Scott!   8)
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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #65 on: September 15, 2022, 04:39:19 PM »
I like that Mercury dime Scott  8) You might consider getting it tig welded on as some strange person may try removing it  :o  ;D
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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #66 on: September 15, 2022, 06:25:18 PM »
I’ve done the “beer can and JB Weld” repair a few times. Amazing how long they can last. Love the dime patch!
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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #67 on: September 15, 2022, 06:41:00 PM »
Quote from: BenelliSEI on September 15, 2022, 06:25:18 PM
I’ve done the “beer can and JB Weld” repair a few times. Amazing how long they can last. Love the dime patch!

Did you ever see a steel beer can ? Must have been nice thick steel.
I've only seen the rusted remains of them from decades ago.
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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #68 on: September 15, 2022, 09:31:39 PM »
Quote from: Scott S on September 15, 2022, 08:58:36 AM
Spent a little time this morning with Turtle Wax chrome polish, 0000 steel wool and some elbow grease. These are all ready to go back on when the time comes.

I never stop being amazed how much elbow grease can make some parts that looked beyond use clean up just fine.  Very cool.  They look great.
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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #69 on: September 16, 2022, 09:37:32 AM »
 Pulled the sprocket cover to clean out the old grease and grime, and to check out the lifter mechanism and pushrod. Pushrod is still in one piece and I lubed up the lifter gear. Feels better already.

 I also started working on the side covers.
- stripped off old clear coat with Eazy Off Oven Cleaner
- sanded in various steps of 3M Skotchbrite pads
- Final pass with 0000 steel wool and some polish
- clear coated with engine paint

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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #70 on: September 16, 2022, 11:09:31 AM »
Quote from: Scott S on September 16, 2022, 09:37:32 AM
Pulled the sprocket cover to clean out the old grease and grime, and to check out the lifter mechanism and pushrod. Pushrod is still in one piece and I lubed up the lifter gear. Feels better already.

 I also started working on the side covers.
- stripped off old clear coat with Eazy Off Oven Cleaner
- sanded in various steps of 3M Skotchbrite pads
- Final pass with 0000 steel wool and some polish
- clear coated with engine paint

Scott,this CB500 'found you'  :) and you're certainly giving it 'the business'.  8)
That bike is looking real good.
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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #71 on: September 16, 2022, 05:39:22 PM »
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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #72 on: September 16, 2022, 05:43:01 PM »
 Found the best one in my stash, went over it a couple of times to clean it up a little, then passed it to my beautiful wife for the final touch up.
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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #73 on: September 16, 2022, 07:01:16 PM »
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Re: Sometimes, they find you. 1971 CB500
« Reply #74 on: September 17, 2022, 05:31:10 AM »
Quote from: Scott S on September 16, 2022, 05:43:01 PM
…then passed it to my beautiful wife for the final touch up.
Is this is a figure of speech or did you truly make an honest woman of that lovely young lady!!’ If so, huge congrats to the both of you!
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