Topic: What did you do to your bike today ?

[Sgt.Pinback]

Wow! Better than new.

Yes....

Better?

[70CB750]

Wow!

Finished up the K2! Pix here http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,126735.msg1700910.html#msg1700910

[edwardmorris]

Thanks fellas! Here's a quick before and after snapshot. Be sure to visit the build thread in my sig below for all the pix and build credits.

[Tintop]

Picked up a buddy for the 550, an 80 CB750F. 

[joeyvans]

Picked up a buddy for the 550, an 80 CB750F.

Which color scheme? I'm always looking for a Bol d'Or. Love those bikes!

[Tintop]

Picked up a buddy for the 550, an 80 CB750F.

Which color scheme? I'm always looking for a Bol d'Or. Love those bikes!

Not my favourite colour stripping (like the blue version), but in nice original condition.  Even the exhausts look like they can be brought back.








It's hasn't been on the road since 2008, so needs a complete re-commissioning (still has storage dust on it).  It will lose the shield, and high bars in the process.

[joeyvans]

Looks really clean considering. Nice find, man! Congrats! I'm jealous. I'd like to find a silver '81 with blue accents locally. That is my birth year. 

[Tintop]

I had a silver with blue 82. 

[bwaller]

Good one Brian.

[Tintop]

Good one Brian.

It may become home for those RS parts Voxonda is making.

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

Picked up a buddy for the 550, an 80 CB750F.

Nothing like a good F'ing! 

[joeyvans]

Picked up a buddy for the 550, an 80 CB750F.

What are your plans for it? Stock? Mods and race?

[70CB750]

Picked up a buddy for the 550, an 80 CB750F.

Which color scheme? I'm always looking for a Bol d'Or. Love those bikes!

Not my favourite colour stripping (like the blue version), but in nice original condition.  Even the exhausts look like they can be brought back.








It's hasn't been on the road since 2008, so needs a complete re-commissioning (still has storage dust on it).  It will lose the shield, and high bars in the process.

Pretty!

[WhyNot2]

Haven't done it yet, but will install these today and maybe try to fire this little CB100 puppie up for the first time in 20 years:

[christopherk]

General tune up and maintenance. Great to have a garage again!

[edwardmorris]

I rode, because this!

[DaveBarbier]

Just got another bike! It's a tiny CL200 that my friend is neglecting. Going to fix it up nice and sell it, should be a fun little thing. Right now I'm just assessing it and seeing what needs to be done.

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

Jerry your building a 1000? Where the F have I been? Sweet! Any pics buried in this thread?

Oh you mean my F'n Hot Rod?  Not much yet. The original is 85%+/- NOS, well this is 85%+/- 'OS'    Picked up a titled frame that came with a spare low mile 75 F engine to use the 'OS' take offs with. That engine will stay a spare as I'm using a 78 K engine as my base. I'm finishing out the basement and need to do something with all my collected spare parts laying around getting sawdust all over them. Just getting a good start. You may remember that a few years back when there were no real NEW performance parts available other than cams and those little 836 kits I rallied the troops to commit to buying stuff and convinced Jay to do some 1000 kits and Crower rods. Decided it's time to put them to good use.









Today is going to be my more-than-usual lazy day. I'm going to grab the 33.5mm intake head and 315 cam and play some. Hopefully I can get the top end buttoned up. At least the pistons are rotating in the cylinders so it appears my rings are installed correct. Need to get the cam degreed this week too plus install the new bearings in the Lesters . Should be able to pick up the frame from the welder this week and drop it off at the coater. 

[ekpent]

  Picked up a red K5 today for $100.00. No title. Engine turns over and PO said it had spark and popped off on ether. Last plate tab is a 1989. I'd seen the bike sitting in the guys driveway earlier this summer and tucked a card in his door (said he lost it) and when I noticed he listed it for $150.00 today on CL I ran over and made my offer which he quickly accepted. Heard through the grapevine a couple months ago from somebody else he got it for free this spring. Carb bowls are clean, hopefully engine will be a runner.
  Parts are parts. Look for my big stove top sale someday-watch out Bill     

[Terry in Australia]

Nice pick up Eric, especially for 100 beans! I'm still waiting for that shipping container to show up, do you need money for postage stamps?

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

I was making good progress today until I couldn't locate where I placed  the mini-ziplock with my 2 oil orifice jets

The head I'm using. Porting.



33.5 intakes



Titanium retainers



Installed and torqued



I had hoped to have the cam installed but can't do so until I find the oil orifices.

[DaveBarbier]

Completely stripped the 650 putting good parts on shelves and tossing bad ones in the bin. Frame will get taken to dump unless I can think of something to make out of it...table? Roll cage for lawn mower? I also decided to make a table of contents at the beginning of my build thread, haha. I've noticed this happens quite a bit for me: "hey how did you do such-and-such?" And someone else replies, "oh it's easy, it's in my build thread, check it out." But that build thread happens to be 40 pages long...I see that as a problem.

[brandEn]

Jerry it's looking good my man! You need a build thread.

[Wobbly]

Jerry, that engine looks-well-delicious! Keep us updated with more eye candy.

[Terry in Australia]

Well a few weeks ago my cuz asked me to take a look at a BMW R1200C fuel tank. The owner thought she was saving the planet or something by using ethanol fuel, and it hadn't gone well. The local BMW dealership told her that it's full of pinholes, and she needs a new tank and fuel pump assembly, totalling a tad over $4K from BMW.

While it looks OK on the outside,



Inside was a different story:





I stripped the fuel pump assembly out of the tank and let it sit until today, then shook the dried rust out onto the bench



I dumped a bottle of POR-15 tank prep (diluted phosphoric acid) into the tank and swished it around for a couple of hours, and this is what came out:



The battery in my iPhone went flat before I could take a pic of the inside after I flushed it out with clean water, but it looks mint. The "pin holes" story was BS, what really happened was the 4 inch O ring that seals the fuel pump assembly's base plate into the bottom of the tank had "grown" due to the ethanol softening it, and fuel had dribbled past it. By the time I reassembled it today, the O ring had shrunk back to it's original size, and it didn't leak a drop. Don't always listen to your dealer.........

I guess she tried to run it with all that crap inside the tank, so I've ordered a new non genuine fuel pump, (for 1/8th of the price of the OEM item) new filter, new "immersible" fuel hose and stainless steel clamps, and the total cost will be less than 300 bucks. I decided against sealing the tank because, 1. There's not even any pitting in the bottom of the tank, and 2. BMW painted the inside of the tank, so I'd have to strip it all out before I could line it, and I don't want to risk damaging the OEM paint on the outside, which is perfect.

All in all, a good outcome, and she was lucky she asked my cuz for a cheaper option. Cheers, Terry.