Topic: What did you do to your bike today ?

[Stev-o]

>>PERK<< Sidecar?

Yes, but I'm not a "sidecar guy". For sale tomorrow...

[OldSchool_IsCool]

How do ya know ur not a sidecar guy tail you try it?

Anyway, www.sidecar.com has a for sale forum ya might wana list it on.

[Stev-o]

Just does not appeal to me
[not me or mine]






Thanks for the link

[Tews19]

The 550F looks nice. Side covers look nice as does the tank... Are those lesters?

[veloracermike]

Rode the twisties on Cow Creek Road

Without me! I'm hurt! Hurt I tells ya!  I just walked outside to see how hot it is...was thinking about going for a ride...not so much now.

[cb550choppa]

pulled carbs and made it unridable again  hopefully parts are in tuesday i wana be hammering threw twisties soon 

[Stev-o]

The 550F looks nice. Side covers look nice as does the tank... Are those lesters?

Yes, I think so....

[Stev-o]

Rode the twisties on Cow Creek Road

Without me! I'm hurt! Hurt I tells ya!  I just walked outside to see how hot it is...was thinking about going for a ride...not so much now.

It was a quick, spur of the moment ride Mike!  How 'bout next Sunday? And maybe Cycle Ranger too??

[Greggo]

The 550F looks nice. Side covers look nice as does the tank... Are those lesters?

Yes, I think so....

Jackpot!

[veloracermike]

Rode the twisties on Cow Creek Road

Without me! I'm hurt! Hurt I tells ya!  I just walked outside to see how hot it is...was thinking about going for a ride...not so much now.

It was a quick, spur of the moment ride Mike!  How 'bout next Sunday? And maybe Cycle Ranger too??

I'm in, early before the heat hits, grab some coffee and hit some twisty's!

[CycleRanger]

It was a quick, spur of the moment ride Mike!  How 'bout next Sunday? And maybe Cycle Ranger too??

Say what? I like cows!  Mmmm, tasty cows... Yeah, I'll ride. As long as it's not at 9am! 

Been working on the CJ360. I got the frame back from the PC'ers this week.
Here's a before & after. The photo doesn't do it justice. The powder coating is beautiful.
I stripped & painted the small parts to save some money. Although I've spent about $30 on spray paint so far.
Knocked the old bearings out of the wheels while I'm waiting for new rims to arrive. Still haven't decided where to get spokes yet. Probably David Silver. Started on the carbs.  Damn it's hot out in the shop!

[ekpent]

Hi ekpent,

...I is a K0 engine, I thought the same as I took off the valve cover! may be they changed/swapped  the cam towers.
That Bike is one of the very last K0, have to look in the papers but I think it was ~120 numbers before K1 starts.

Hey Fire. What year is the engine you were just working on ? Noticed the extra 8 bolts  that hold the round rocker shafts from spinning in the cam towers used on the later engines.

I would have to double check or Hondaman would know but I believe those extra tower bolts may have started around 1973 ?  to try and quiet the top end down a wee bit. Good work on all your projects,that polishing looks great.  Eric

[maduncle]

Rode the twisties on Cow Creek Road

Without me! I'm hurt! Hurt I tells ya!  I just walked outside to see how hot it is...was thinking about going for a ride...not so much now.

Hmm - "Loose livestock" - not in New Zealand are you?

[Dimitri13]

Finally got around to installing my Vapor digital dash. Just need to clean up the bracket and connect the wires.

[mjstone]

Carted this whiner around all day!

MJ

[nancy]

Nearing the end of the 750 rebuild, motor put back in the frame on Sunday..all looking good and set to almost go...now onto minor attachments...so put in the clutch. Find a a 25mm thrust washer sitting on the floor with my clutch lifter plate - hmmmm, didn't seem to belong there. Clutch out again. All components checked to Honda book and fiche. Oh oh....looks like a gearbox washer...Holy heck!!!
Blind panic set in and I started to feel a little sick...upstairs to the PC..closer look at the fiche and yep - the washer belonged on the end of the gearbox mainshaft..OUTSIDE the end bearing, behind the bearing cover - inside the shifter cover. Phew...easy reach from shifter cover - had it back in there in 5mins. Back to the clutch...back in again and broke the pressure plate while doing up the lifter bolts. Oh crap. And.. I know about aligning the back on the splines..and I know about even tightening sequence and I still fooked it.
Oh well...waiting for another pressure plate - I'll refit the starter motor. Easy - didn't expect that. Thought I'd test it..with an external battery - span just great....but backwards... clockwise. Crap again. Back out, refit internals - dunno why but now it spins correctly (I hope)...counter-clockwise,..right??
Gave up...watch some TV. Back into it tomorrow.
Mark

[Terry in Australia]

Oh well...waiting for another pressure plate - I'll refit the starter motor. Easy - didn't expect that. Thought I'd test it..with an external battery - span just great....but backwards... clockwise. Crap again. Back out, refit internals - dunno why but now it spins correctly (I hope)...counter-clockwise,..right??
Gave up...watch some TV. Back into it tomorrow.
Mark

How the hell did you manage to get the starter motor to spin the engine backwards Mark? You know the engine turns anti-clockwise when you're on the left hand side, and clockwise when you're on the right, yeah?

Hey Stev-o, do you live in the "Bible Belt" mate? I've heard of "Loose Women", but "Loose Livestock" is just weird..........

[Gurp]

Last minute decided i want to ride the cb550 to rally on the river in ironton ohio. So far tonight ive got the front end on with the clip ons and am fight the get the hardtail to line up to the swingarm. After i finish that ive got to wire the bike and mount a full read fender. Install new exhaust and jett/tune. After this i get about and hour aday to work on it. That includes runs to get anything i might need.  Hopeing to be ready by saterday morning.anyways got to get off here must sleep for a 10.5 hour shift and a 40 trip to work each way.

Ron

[Dimitri13]

Finally got around to installing my Vapor digital dash. Just need to clean up the bracket and connect the wires.

Not permanently mounted, but this is more or less what it's going to look like.

[Slug750]

After a year long rebuild and moving house (plus shed) in the middle of it, I finally tried starting my K2 yesterday (Sunday in Australia). No luck, just a click from the wiring near the lefthand side cover area. Battery showing 11.7 volts after charging. Bought a new battery today and fitted tonight. She started after about two minutes on and off of cranking - and sounds awesome with the custom 4 into 4 pipes. Idling rough but that's probably crap in the carbs even though I washed and rinsed everything - I thought. Still got to sort the original front brake which I am not looking forward to. Are there later model twin disc forks/brakes that fit esily as I'd rather have twin discs anyway? Thanks, Slug.

[Tews19]

Finally got around to installing my Vapor digital dash. Just need to clean up the bracket and connect the wires.

Not permanently mounted, but this is more or less what it's going to look like.

Whats up with th elong clutch cable and brake line? Those would annoy me.,

[twallace]

Soaked them, brushed them, polished...polished some more...and then polished more. Pretty happy with them though.

[fire113]

...put the engine back in the frame and 2 kicks later the engine was running, drove ~50Km and checked the engine, no oil leaks 

[Tews19]

...put the engine back in the frame and 2 kicks later the engine was running, drove ~50Km and checked the engine, no oil leaks 

Gnarly pipes! Can you post a video of her running? Curious how she sounds

[Dimitri13]

Whats up with th elong clutch cable and brake line? Those would annoy me.

Oh they annoy the hell outta me too. The clutch cable is still good, but when it starts to go bad I'll be getting one the right length for clip-ons. The brake lines need replacing, and they'll be swapped out for clip-on length SS hoses from Slingshot Cycles (upper, lower, hard line) once I find another job.