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Offline Twrench

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Hello from Oregon
« on: October 31, 2024, 08:01:02 AM »
I've been enjoying reading helpful posts for about a year and figured it's time to join. I'm a retired carpenter and have re-discovered motorcycles. In '82, I bought a new GPZ550. Not knowing anything about it, rode it for 2 years and sold it. 40 years later, had a 2002 KLR fall in my lap. Changed my life for the better. Learning to wrench, rebuild and ride ! Wanting another motorcycle project, I bought a basket case 1971 CB500K. Sat for 15 years. LONG term project. No hurry. Enjoying working on it. finding broken, rusty or bent stuff is common. Shortly after I acquired a shop full 70's CB500, 550 and 650 parts. This has helped tremendously. The CB500 now has a 1979 CB650 engine in the process of a top end rebuild. Objective is to Finish the '71 and get rid of all the extra stuff. Simplify and ride.
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Offline denward17

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Re: Hello from Oregon
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2024, 09:27:02 AM »
Welcome from NC Twrench, enjoy your projects.
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Re: Hello from Oregon
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2024, 09:30:31 AM »
Welcome aboard the forum from southern NH
Where are you located?
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Stu
Honda Parts manager in the mid 1970s Nashua Honda
My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A

Offline Stev-o

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Re: Hello from Oregon
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2024, 09:34:03 AM »
Hello and welcome from Texas.   I also had a GPz550, what a screaming bike it was!  I sold it last year to a kid that was buying it for hid Father [who had owned one earlier in life]

A 500 with a 650 motor is a nice upgrade! Consider starting a thread in the Project Shop area.




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Re: Hello from Oregon
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2024, 10:12:59 AM »
I'm in Corvallis. Oregon State University town. I was in California when I had the GPZ. Beautiful super fast and fun bike. Young and dumb, got way too many tickets on it. My current 1971 cb was going to be a restore while ride bike. Well... Frozen motor, bent rear frame, blown forks, bad electrical. On and on. I kind of walked into it knowingly. A project I got ! I answered an ad for a few CB500 parts. Cool guy moving. Hit it off and he gave me 2 truck loads of vintage CB stuff. 1979 650 motor is bored 1 mm over, 1981 head, cam and carbs, rebuilt wheels, hand made harness, handmade seat and cowl, cb750 tank I like the looks of the bigger tank), repaired frame. Most of this is in the works and doing everything myself. Having fun.
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Offline tool14

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Re: Hello from Oregon
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2024, 04:11:16 PM »
welcome aboard
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Offline MD

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Re: Hello from Oregon
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2024, 06:57:23 PM »
Welcome from Minnesota,

-MD
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Re: Hello from Oregon
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2024, 07:22:42 PM »
Quote from: Twrench on October 31, 2024, 10:12:59 AM
I'm in Corvallis. Oregon State University town. I was in California when I had the GPZ. Beautiful super fast and fun bike. Young and dumb, got way too many tickets on it. My current 1971 cb was going to be a restore while ride bike. Well... Frozen motor, bent rear frame, blown forks, bad electrical. On and on. I kind of walked into it knowingly. A project I got ! I answered an ad for a few CB500 parts. Cool guy moving. Hit it off and he gave me 2 truck loads of vintage CB stuff. 1979 650 motor is bored 1 mm over, 1981 head, cam and carbs, rebuilt wheels, hand made harness, handmade seat and cowl, cb750 tank I like the looks of the bigger tank), repaired frame. Most of this is in the works and doing everything myself. Having fun.
That's a great score 👏
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Stu
Honda Parts manager in the mid 1970s Nashua Honda
My current rides
1975 K5 Planet Blue my summer ride, it was a friend's bike I worked with at the Honda shop in 76, lots of fun to be on it again
1976 K6 Anteres Red rebuilding project, was originally my brother's that I set up from the crate, it'll breath again soon!
Project 750s, 2 K4, 2 K6, 1 K8
2008 GL1800 my daily ride and cross country runner

Prior bikes....
1972 Suzuki GT380 I had charge of it for a year in 1973 while my friend was deployed and learned to love street riding....
New CB450 K7 after my friend returned...
New CB750 K5 Planet Blue, demise by ex cousin in law at 9,000 miles...
New CB750 K6 Anteres Red, to replace the totaled K5, I sold this K6 at 45k in 1983, I had heavily modified it, many great memories on it and have missed it greatly.....
1983 GL1100A, 1999 GL1500 SE, 1999 GL1500A

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Re: Hello from Oregon
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2024, 01:56:53 AM »
Welcome from the desert southwest of Southern AZ
David
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David- back in the desert SW!
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