Author Topic: 321 bikes brought back to life by forum members. (Read 12920 times)

TwoTired · « **Reply #25 on:** April 16, 2011, 02:35:19 PM »

1 -62 BSA. Tank buggared, Carb buggared, Magneto buggared, primary chain and clutch buggared, Cylinder head manifold cracked, Electrical buggared at the factory. 432 (est.) case leaks repaired.

2- 74 CB550. Bought as salvage after nasty crash, motor, and triples unbent, everything else bent and replaced or straightened, including frame Had to toss the case guards. But, they did their job.

3 - 75 Cb550F. Bought as parts bike, tank and carbs corroded unusable. Few parts work as spares for the 74 K. So, I collected more parts to make it back into a runner, still needs tires and fork seals, though it is drivable.

4 - 77 CB550F. Sat in garage for 15 years. 8000 miles on it. I saved it from going to the junk yard. Tires, carbs, battery, chain/sprockets, brakes, fork seals, and a whole lot of cleaning/polishing, made this one of my best bikes.

5 - 76 CB550F. Bought from wreckers for $300. (I was just looking for parts!) Wire harness burned/melted, rectifier destroyed, Chain/sprockets, carbs, sprockets, battery, tires, seat, brake rebuild, factory new side covers, and replacement cam cover and cam.

6 - 78 CB550K Previous owner had the bike stolen and stripped. A year later he decided to sell it as it had been parked in his carport (a roller), untouched. I found/bought all the missing parts to complete the bike and restore to roadworthy.

7 - 75 Cb550K. Was an abandon bike. Some dumbass tried to convert to cafe style by throwing away lots of parts, but still had King queen seat!? Tank internal rust, outside of tank already repainted, carbs sedimented, clutch would disengage with sharp left turn due to short narrow bars and very bad cable routing. Cam cover/cam wear issues, electrical corrosion issues. Old Koni shocks frozen and too long.
I fixed the bike and made it a nice machine, rode it for a little while. I eventually sold this bike three times!

8 - 77 CB750F Another abandon bike refurbished to road worthy. Acquired for free. Still needs paint, though.

9 - 85 CB700S. Oil leaks and lots of neglect lack of repair prowess by owner. Free. Tires, starter, battery, turn sigs, windshield, carb clean. And lots of cleaning/polishing, all made it a pretty nice machine.

There are more "in progress", but aren't yet road worthy. (I probably spend too much time on this forum.)

Cheers,

74cb750 · « **Reply #26 on:** April 17, 2011, 12:38:35 PM »

1979 cb750 limited edition
1872 Kawa s2
1976 kawa s3
1974 cb550
1976 cb550
1974 1975, & 1976
cb750

and a bunch more......too many to recall,

time to hit the beer truck again.
later

ps. maybe that's why I can't remember?

Greggo · « **Reply #27 on:** April 17, 2011, 02:50:35 PM »

Both my CA95, and my CB500/4 were sitting unused for years. I wouldn't say they were rotting, but certainly being neglected.

Trav-i · « **Reply #28 on:** April 17, 2011, 07:17:32 PM »

Quote from: ffjmoore on April 15, 2011, 07:47:35 PM

sorry Trav-i, turning a bike into a chopper is basicaly like killing it. JK

62 bikes

Quote from: ffjmoore on April 15, 2011, 07:47:35 PM

sorry Trav-i, turning a bike into a chopper is basicaly like killing it. JK

62 bikes

Chopper or cafe... It's all the same isn't it. Oh and they both start with C.

Flying J · « **Reply #29 on:** May 20, 2011, 08:11:45 PM »

So we are at 102. Ill make 103 with my newly aquired 125. It was in a shed and i was told it had 40psi compression. Did a full tune up and replaced points and floats and it runs.

Frankenkit · « **Reply #30 on:** May 20, 2011, 09:54:46 PM »

one cb650.

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #31 on:** May 20, 2011, 10:10:23 PM »

cb350 that i got for free from a friend...after I got it running I killed it
cb750k5 ...my love
cb750k2...bought as a parts bike...now to good to steal parts from

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #32 on:** May 21, 2011, 01:14:55 AM »

Restoring 3 750's......

mcpuffett · « **Reply #33 on:** May 21, 2011, 02:45:26 AM »

Bought my 1970 CB750 with the help of this forum

and rebuilt it and got it roadworthy with the help from this forum

, cheers Mick.

motocyconomad · « **Reply #34 on:** May 21, 2011, 07:32:36 AM »

2 of the '78 750K

brandEn · « **Reply #35 on:** May 21, 2011, 10:05:50 AM »

Count my 78F. She is running and is a blast.

Spikeybike · « **Reply #36 on:** May 21, 2011, 10:10:44 AM »

does it count as 2 if you bring the same bike back to life twice

...if so, than my magic number is 3

Frankenkit · « **Reply #37 on:** May 21, 2011, 10:12:22 AM »

while maybe yes, self-immolation seems to be more a suicide move than a death-by-neglect. So you really just kept your bike from kevorkianizing itself.

Flying J · « **Reply #38 on:** May 21, 2011, 10:17:01 AM »

zzpete · « **Reply #39 on:** May 21, 2011, 11:20:08 AM »

At least 20. Here are some of the notable ones. None of these were running when I got them.
1966 Norton 750 (Atlas Engine)
1965 Harley Sportster
1967 Electra Glide (Generator Shovel)
1975 Suzuki RE-5 (Rotary)
1972 Norton 750 (Combat)
1977 Ducati 900 GTS (Sorry this one got away)
1958 Harley (Panhead)
and at least 10 CB750's and some that I can't think of right now.
Oh yeah A 1975 Laverda 750

Spanner 1 · « **Reply #40 on:** May 21, 2011, 10:29:45 PM »

All back from the dead.....
Bridgestone 175 Dual Twin ( My first bike, wished I had it now !, rare )
Yamaha 200 Electric.
Yamaha R5 350.
Honda 750A
Honda 750 K1 ( Present rider ).
Honda 750 K8 ( in the works ).

Radam · « **Reply #41 on:** May 24, 2011, 08:22:40 AM »

1987 Honda vt1100 brought back after it was stolen.

1981 cb750k (helped a friend who's also a forum member)

benjamin550 · « **Reply #42 on:** May 24, 2011, 10:22:44 AM »

1 77 cb550

It was in terrible condition when I bought it. It would barely start up, locked front brake, bent handlebars, rusty carbs. Probably would be a parts bike to the average joe. I wouldn't say its done by any stretch of the imagination. But, I put a lot of work into it and put 100 miles on it yesterday, so I think it counts. And because it is my first bike ever, it is responsible for my new found love of motorcycles and more specifically my unexplainable love for SOHC4 hondas.

JosepyK · « **Reply #43 on:** May 24, 2011, 10:26:42 AM »

1 CB750F, my daily rider and rolling project. Neglected by my father-in-law to rot on his patio.

1 CB450SC, to be a wifes commuter (when i don't take it for a spin). Abandoned at a shop, guess the owner didn't want to pay the bill and just left the bike there. Traded hands a few times before it got to me, missing lots of parts still. The guy I got it from was about to start cutting on it for a project, I dig bobber projects but he didn't seem to care for the Honda, he wanted a triumph.

kirkn · « **Reply #44 on:** May 24, 2011, 10:42:04 AM »

24 or so. None of which ran when I started, all of which ran and were road-worthy when I sold 'em.

Some of 'em, I did more than once! On a couple, they ran when I sent 'em away, and they came back 3 or 4 years later needing ressurection all over again.

Really? · « **Reply #45 on:** May 24, 2011, 11:09:11 AM »

It came with a trunk and fairing. It ran but not well. She looked to have sat for a good long time.

Won BOTM looking like this

Currently looks like this

kirkn · « **Reply #46 on:** May 24, 2011, 12:06:26 PM »

Wow! 40 or 50 and all the same model? How do you keep the enthusiasm up? I find myself getting bored with doing the same fix-up / ressurection tasks over and over. Ho-hum, another bank of carbs, another fork rebuild, another batch of engine cover polishing...

Duanob · « **Reply #47 on:** May 24, 2011, 02:32:06 PM »

Kinda embarrased to say I've only done one. But it didn't run, the brakes didn't work, the forks were shot, most chrome had been scraped and dented, the electrical was a mess, paint was bad, missing emblems, seat was a 70's reject. Does that count for a resurrection from the dead? I was tempted to part it out myself several times, happy today I didn't!

Spanner 1 · « **Reply #48 on:** May 24, 2011, 05:31:02 PM »

Wow!, that's 4 lovely arses in that pic., 736 !!

rbmgf7 · « **Reply #49 on:** May 24, 2011, 07:43:30 PM »

1x 78 750F, nonrunning due to no compression in one of the cylinders. working on #2 right now: 72 750k.

1x non-sohc4, my first: 77 kz400. non running when i got it

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