Popular Post tortron Posted August 18, 2021 Popular Post Posted August 18, 2021 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 24 2 Quote
jessemk2 Posted August 18, 2021 Posted August 18, 2021 Factory seat/tail spoked wheels remote res rear shocks swept up muffler in hrc colours pls Sorry I prefer restored mod over coffee hauler 1 Quote
tortron Posted August 18, 2021 Author Posted August 18, 2021 Digging for the vin number and there's some legit cafe racer mods going on under here 7 Quote
tortron Posted August 18, 2021 Author Posted August 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, jessemk2 said: Factory seat/tail spoked wheels remote res rear shocks swept up muffler in hrc colours pls Sorry I prefer restored mod over coffee hauler Factory parts long since in the trash 2 Quote
anglia4 Posted August 18, 2021 Posted August 18, 2021 Nice. My one is coming up for sale soon too. Mine must be a 79 model as it doesn't have the rearsets that yours has. The pegs on mine are a lot further forward, and your toes smack on the massive stator cover. I think the chinese pod filters are restricive enough that you won't need to jet up. They're actually worse than stock those things. I have them on mine, and I am planning to replace them with UNI filters once I can swallow the prospect of cashing in for 4 of them. Quote
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted August 18, 2021 Posted August 18, 2021 81 so cheap rego when u get it sorted. Looks good... 2 Quote
Chris.QCR Posted August 18, 2021 Posted August 18, 2021 Shit yeah ! Nice score. Reminds me of the old Christchurch days hanging with Jeff @anglia4and his CB cafe racer 1 Quote
anglia4 Posted August 19, 2021 Posted August 19, 2021 FYI. I'm reasonably sure thats a 79/80 model. 81 onwards had diaphragm carbs. Mine is rego'd as an 83 (annoying) but is actually a 79/80 model. Don't do what I did when I got mine, and buy a carb kit for an 81-83 model... it won't fit 1 Quote
tortron Posted August 19, 2021 Author Posted August 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, anglia4 said: FYI. I'm reasonably sure thats a 79/80 model. 81 onwards had diaphragm carbs. Mine is rego'd as an 83 (annoying) but is actually a 79/80 model. Don't do what I did when I got mine, and buy a carb kit for an 81-83 model... it won't fit yea it was sold as an 80, and thats what i think it is, rego as an 81. 1 Quote
Kimjon Posted August 19, 2021 Posted August 19, 2021 Yeah man, that bike is sweet!! In an ideal world the rear seat would end inline with the axle...but meh...looks good. Quote
anglia4 Posted August 19, 2021 Posted August 19, 2021 I disagree there. I really like the proportions of this bike. 4 Quote
tortron Posted August 19, 2021 Author Posted August 19, 2021 I think the rear suits the huge tank. As a side sharn, I also can't stand those skateboard type seats, expecially when you have like a big BMW and a tiny seat on the back. Terrible 8 Quote
Kimjon Posted August 20, 2021 Posted August 20, 2021 https://www.bikeexif.com/build-cafe-racer Check out racer TV on YouTube. He's put a lifetime of energy into the content on there. Once you get used to the computer translation robot voice, its full of great content. 1 Quote
tortron Posted August 21, 2021 Author Posted August 21, 2021 Brum brum, I sure do like an inline 4 Choke cable seems to be stuck, all my batteries go flat after 1 crank on this, probably they are all stuffed, but still they can start cars. I feel I can hear something not dissimilar from piston slap, pretend it's a 2 stroke 4 Quote
anglia4 Posted August 21, 2021 Posted August 21, 2021 The choke on these goes from the cable to a crank, which then turns the butterfly’s via a coil spring. My butterflies often stick (usually open in my case) so you move the lever and the butterflies don’t move until I reach in and tap the spring to overcome the static friction. Quote
tortron Posted August 21, 2021 Author Posted August 21, 2021 Mines got a pull choke knob. Twisted it one way, then the other, tried pulling it gently, tried pulling it hard. Left unsatisfied. Probably the cable is corroded in the sheath. Will check that spring, I assume the choke is stuck off, but I have seen them messed with and stuck on due to bypassing a stuck cable, so good place to start Also I'm hot wiring it, which was very easy 1 Quote
anglia4 Posted August 21, 2021 Posted August 21, 2021 I had to hot wire mine once in the car park at a swap meet as I put my jacket with keys in the pocket in someone’s van that left before me Quote
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