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Yeah, so I saw this, thought it was a deal, and now it's mine 1981 Honda CB650. Has been a cafe racer for about 15 years I think, sitting in last guys shed for about 10 due to dead rego and a failed inspection. Runs, sort of. Its very smokey. It failed its revin 10 years go because of it apparently, and it's worse now then it was then. Haven't looked into it yet, but a carb and top end refresh isn't too much. Dead reg of course, but don't see any issue there other than moving the tail light and a couple little things like that. Flat battery naturally. For some reason he pulled the tach apart and bent the shaft and lost the needle. Pretty dumb, I got some similar gauges (ND rather than ND from a 750) that I might swap in. Or not. Oh and the key got lost recently, already got one in the post. Paint is rad, purple root beer sort of colour with candy over the pinstripes, tail has a big scuff, might cover that with a sticker. It was a finished project years ago so not much I'd change, the headlight and gauges are too high, so I might eventually change those to level the front end out. Has pod filters, hopefully has been jetted to suit, leaks fuel, best case scenario is the smoke is from a stuck float. 4 into 1 exhaust, sounds good Wife keeps complaining I keep buying single seater motorcycles for some reason, will see how comfortable it is and think about rear sets Comstars look Great and so do the side panels Please give advice and tips on how to trim my beard and best place to get flannel shirts below

They do, but i remember it being a ball ache to find any in nz. possible option is to get the correct size npt fitting as a blanking cap and thread + solder a suitable nipple on it will see if i can dig up who i eventually got one off or chasing your measurements its these? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333437516691 https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/221641780372 which you will find here, i had some oddball ones

might be computer controled torque convertor not locking out because its reading the temperature wrong they dont lock up when they read the trans temp fluid too low be good if you can scan the code

Fix the swage lines and arch, then bash the rest out roughly. Hit it with a shrinking disk on a 9" grinder Itl come out just perfect

Interesting, someone used tyre black on my mudflaps and it's real streaky shows the brush marks Might just redcoat it with that

Do you find that it lasts a while? I have never kept anything I've put it on long enough to find out You can wash it like an hour later and it stays on.

What do you guys use. Some chalky stuff I will sand if it's a smooth finish, and polish it out, or you can use heat to bring the oils up. Though I have some plastics that have totally dried out and can't be brought back. Seen some people using boiled linseed oil and seems to come up good, reapply every few months. Turtle wax stuff seems to go streaky after a day or two I've been using this solution finish. It's expensive but has come up pretty good on part faded plastics. Here's some real faded scooter plastics I'm using it on, been in the sun probably 12 years and going chalky. Needs a couple application's to fully go black, just rubbing it into the texture with a cloth I'm pretty sure it's boiled linseed oil and carbon, but dries clean. Might try my own mix

get some high silver content silver solder and flow it with map gas, or for a head badge, use this style of rivet they also come in brass. hammer them in, to remove cut a slot in the head and unscrew for something like that, some decent 2 part epoxy glue will hold it no worries. Or use badge tape like for a car. i stuck the badge back on my bike with some of that and its been on there for years JBweld probably would work too, i have some securing the bottle rivnuts on my touring bike that were a little loose. It also survives powdercoating if you are into that

Same colour but satin could pop

Not cos its a marina? LOL nah good stuff, first time driving it out of the shed?

does this imply that someone bought a scooter new in nz, then exported it, then brought it back? RTW on a 50cc?

Laser etch/engrave would be good

Data plate as in the factory one with deets about trim, box, engine? Blank one from Ebay and fill it out

Depends if the shoes arent moving or if they just need adjustment tho? Usually there's a little hole in the back plate where you can poke a screwdriver in and rotate a star nut to open up the pad adjustment Tho it sounds like you are saying they are stating on/grabbing

If sticking on, probably the slave cylinders need attention. Moisture can get in them and corrode the piston and bore so they get stuck. Can get away with stripping, cleaning, and new rubber seal. Or mightake more sense to replace depending on the car/condition. Rubber brake hoses can fail internally when they are old, so they act like a 1 way valve and the fluid gets trapped in the cylinder making the brakes stick on Remove the drum and check for leaks, get some one to pump the pedal half way and watch how the shoes move to see what's happening. Should be smooth in and out. Giving it all a clean and lubing the metal on metal parts when you put it back together helps alot too

If its available on rock auto I throw all new hardware at them, it's like $10 for a kit But what do you mean by binding up? Grabbing / sticking on?

Oh that's easy, expecially if it's a slow day (as they don't always grab from top of the pile) I just got 1 plate, might leave the others till next time lol

How many replacement plates do you think I can get in 1 go without arousing suspicion. Got 3 vehicles that have lost them (legitimately, well one was on a stolen bike and didn't come back, but that was years ago and I don't know the police report)

Got most of an early VN engine here, with the thermostat at the back. Might be same as USA on those

Can get 160f 71c thermostats for turbo grand nationals

got most of the way through remaking the lower half of one of the front wings as all were rusted out there that i found then i found one with no rust and a genuine nissan replacement sticker on it, so i didnt bother welding the patch on and just bought a near new panel better living every one considered doing the same with the doors, just bolt some straight ones on, but its a lot of admin from a wrecker