G'Day!
brief introduction:
Name: Martin Brunner
Age: 46 and counting
Location: Vienna, Austria (that's in Europe, roos are quite rare around here
)
Riding since '92, mostly my Honda ST1100 (or
Pan-European as its badged here), seriously touring, Scotland, UK, France, Spain, Portugal, etc... got about 200.000km on this model, learned all maintenance tricks from my best friend, a passionate, skilled Honda mechanic.
Dunno what bit me, but all over sudden getting an old naked for refurbing urged... the ST is just too reliable and literally bulletproof
One friend talks to another, a few days later I've the cell number off a guy who has two CB500/4s he wants to sell...
You know the rest, hired a trailer and dragged the prey home...
One is a '73, but with a 'special title' issued in '78, actually
legalizing the 4-1 Marving, intake-ports, rear-sets, modified seat and clamp-on handles
That's a keeper and I plan to 'cafe' it for riding around town and short day-trips (gonna be fun with them LEOs though...
)
The other is a '76, complete with 4 in 4 exhaust, I plan to refurb to OEM (it does have an M-style bar however) and sell it to a caring new owner.
Both mounts are a mess, a good number of POs went wild on them over the past decades, could call it 'authentic' as this is how it went back then, alone the several layers of paint on them tanks and other parts...
Wiring harness have been tinkered with, some frame tabs cut off, others welded on, the '73 has gotten the shorter swing-arm from an '84 CB or such...
But the engines and gear boxes are dry, no parts missing, no bends or cracks on them frames, one has the hardware for twin-disk brakes (one side got removed some day in the past, leaving the tabs on the fork bottom abandoned)
So some deep work dawning (my mech already announced that we're going to be in
agony and use a
LOT of 'fancy language' while working on them
), getting the frames sanded down, etc... but guys do need a hobby
Currently the CBs are in storage, till I've finished the refurb on the other '94 ST1100 I'd bought recently (it will receive the police spec parts with amber flashers to serve as 'event marshal' at the next Gathering or such), but I'm already in deep search for spares and parts for them CB500/4s as we're going to start on them within the next few weeks.
I've lurked over this forum for some time and want to congrat the members for their really nice projects!!
We'll see if I can cope with the level presented, and I'm going to be happy for all tips and ideas from you guys out there.
Brief view on what I've gotten here:
cheers and keep it on the black bits
