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Offline totmotors

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My other toy
« on: December 27, 2010, 03:38:43 PM »
Hello, this is what im finishing this days before start working in my CB650 Cafe Racer project.



Disassembling of the engine...













cleaning and assembling














Offline cookindaddy

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Re: My other toy
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2010, 03:58:27 PM »
Very nice!
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Re: My other toy
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2010, 04:07:20 PM »
can parts still be found for it?  you got balls, lol.  Reminds me of my first dirt bike at about 12 or 13, Kaw 125, even had a metal fender.  Anyway, I took it apart, could not figure out to put it back together again.  I put it in the trash.  I only had it two weeks too.
I don't have a motorcycle, sold it ('85 Yamaha Venture Royale).  Haven't had a CB750 for over 40 years.

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Re: My other toy
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2010, 04:51:44 PM »
What year?  My brother and I had an old Lambretta 150 that was probably a '59 model or thereabouts with a big box on back for carrying stuff.  Couldn't keep the thing in time.  It was almost as likely to crank backwards as forwards.  We even tried pushing it backwards to see how far we could ride in "reverse"  :Dbefore we lost control.  Clutch cable was broken so it was hard to stop.

We were broke, so it also doubled as a dirt bike.

I hope you get it running and have fun with it. 
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Re: My other toy
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2010, 12:45:19 PM »
I sure like the unit constructed nature of that drive train.
Italian engineering at it's best.!
Good luck on the rebuild.
I have a 124 Spyder (Fiat), you see.
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Re: My other toy
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2011, 04:26:37 PM »
Finished engine, tomorrow i will also finish to paint the scooter and fit new tyres.










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Re: My other toy
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2011, 05:20:50 PM »
I used to have a mint Lambretta Jet 200. I was working at a Honda shop back in the late 80s and a guy wanted to trade it in on an Elite 250 but the shop owner didn't want it. I bought it from him for $200 and made the sale on the Elite. I rode it for about a year and then sold it for $1000. It's one of those bikes I kick myself for selling and I hate to even think about what it is worth today. You'll have a blast with it when you get it done.

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Re: My other toy
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2011, 12:56:06 AM »
Frame is painted and new tires fitted, now it´s time to fit the engine, new control cables, wiring loom, adjust everything. finish the build of the exhaust... still cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel, the worst is that when i finish i´m going to start with my cafe racer!!

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Re: My other toy
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2011, 11:12:02 AM »
Almost finished...






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Re: My other toy
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2011, 11:18:45 AM »
Nice work !
A friend have two of these and soon I will be help him to restore them!!!!