Beaver 8,726 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Rule #43 When something doesnt work as it should. Try everything else, even the stuff you know works fine, before returning to stock one piece at a time to track down the fault 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris.QCR 9,933 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Awesome bro ! Stoked you will be riding this summer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldnrusty 715 Posted December 7, 2015 Report Share Posted December 7, 2015 Sweet shit man, good work. We'll have to hog ride this summer, have to push Kicker to get his big bike done now aswel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kicker 19,308 Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Good shit man! Yeah i need to get my a into g Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flauski 1,452 Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Oh boy, all that frustrating effort, gotta laugh then enjoy riding it I guess! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Threeonthetree 19,575 Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Pics Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AllTorque 42,442 Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 3 years later??! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seedy Al 18,027 Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Lol. Lets admit tho that goes gs is pretty fuckin lush. I will let him off. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kicker 19,308 Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Still doing better than me haha 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goat 9,521 Posted March 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 5 hours ago, Threeonthetree said: Pics Soon 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Goat 9,521 Posted January 21 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 21 Holy thread revive batman. This has been in the corner of my shed for some time. So i've decided to dig it out and get it going. Currently cleaning and rebuilding carbs and rebuilding front brake. Then i'm going to undo the mods i did to make it a cafe and try and turn it back into OG. Have everything to convert it back asides drom the 4 into 1 pipe. Which i'll try and get a repro, as they are the feature point of the bike. Will be progressing slowly, but shouldn't take too much to get it on the road again. As i dug it out and as it currently stands: 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Goat 9,521 Posted January 21 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 21 The carbs were full of green gunk. It appears to be corroded brass. Pretty much all of the brasswork in the carbs has been etched. Thank goodness the floats are plastic. I've had this with my kawasaki recently, where the fuel ate pinholes in the floats. Really weird, must be some crazy additive in the fuel. The residue was so difficult to remove. Wouldn't even wire brush off. Degreaser and brake clean did nothing. Turns out good old vinegar works a treat. Leave it to soak, wipe it off with a rag. Who would have thunk. Yum: This was rancid: After a soak in some vinegar: 12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xsinclairx 2,034 Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 Nice! Quite like these bikes. Are you staying red or going to blue? Katie Abdila on insta has a nice tidy one if you’re looking for inspo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anglia4 1,893 Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 Funny that you are undoing the cafe stuff. I keep looking at my CB650 sitting in the corner and thinking I should put higher bars and a decent seat back on to actually make it worth riding Is this what getting older is? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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