Ok, Its about time I put up a thread on my bike "
The Jones Special."
So here we go:
I got the bike last summer (2010) as a high school graduation present to myself.
It wasn't expensive.
Here's a picture of the bike when i first got it. (Minus the seat that was on it when I bought it.)
So I started by buying a manual.
Then I pulled the motor and took it to a friends machining shop for a check and rebuild. I had spent about a week trying to unfreeze the motor, but time would tell that my piston ring where frozen to the cylinder walls. So a full set of gaskets and piston rings later, I should have it back soon.
The next step, once I have it, then I'm going to go ahead and check the transmission, and all that fun.
Apart from that, iv been working on cleaning up the carbs. They should be getting a full rebuild soon.
So that brings us up to date on the power plant. Now on to the rest.
I stripped everything off the frame except the kickstand, and I'm going to have it blasted and powder-coated. (Soon)
I didn't even try to save any of the wires. Most of them had been worn through, and it was a mess. I bought a new, more simple, wiring schematic offline. It to was very cheap. Six dollars I think. It looks solid, but only time will tell.
Em currently planning on replacing as much of the electronics as I can, but I'm still ironing out the kinks in my plan, so I'll save that topic for another day.
Any other parts I thought i wanted to use, I went ahead and sand blasted and painted them. Been using a lot of Rustoleum Enamel, and I'm hoping it all works well.
Here are some pictures of a few of the parts.
Carbs and Stacks mostly clean, but they still need a rebuild
Shocks
Oil tank (upside down)
http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/zz205/CRXjones/summer2011picsCB750campingonmonroelake025.jpgA couple picks of the Speedo and Tach, 'cause i think they came out really well considering how bad they where
and the exhaust manifold; stock pipes, with the muffler pulled off. Blasted and blacked. I'll have to change it out eventually, but it'll work for now.
And finally a couple of my "rear assembly" iv still got a few thing to do, but it looks a helluva lot better than it did.
So that bring us up to speed on the whole project right now!
But don't worry:
More to come.