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Hello again folks!
Apparently I have a bike problem, as I just bought another fine Honda. The '79 CB650 is done and waiting for my brother to decide if he wants it, and the '93 CBR900RR is on hold until I get the upper fairing from Airtech. Hey, that's a good enough reason to get another bike, right?
I followed up on am old Craigslist post for a CB360 "Tupperware case" bike on Thursday, and the guy told me "I want it gone, I'll be here Saturday." So, we loaded up the pickup truck and headed out to investigate another bad idea. The bike was mostly complete except the headlight, but a lot of it was in a couple of boxes.
The guy I got it from got it from another guy who got it from the proverbial little old lady who only rode it on Sundays to church. Uh huh, yea, I've used that line myself. He said it kicked over and had good compression, but he didn't have the time/motivation/money to keep working on it. When I arrived to check it out, I couldn't get it to kick over, so the price dropped $50 more down to a place I was very happy with. We loaded it up in the truck and hauled it back to theautopsy room garage to check it out.
I pulled all the engine covers off, and emptied about three pounds of leaves, dirt, and acorns out of the chain cover. The bike had about half a quart of stinky oil in it, but it appeared that someone had emptied the oil and that it hadn't run out of oil on its own. I poked at it a bit, sprayed PB Blaster in the spark plug holes, loosened the clutch spring bolts, and ta da, it kicked over. Well, that's step one.
Step two was trying to figure out why I couldn't shift it out of neutral, even when spinning the rear wheel with the clutch hooked back up. I suspect I might have to crack the case, but I was pretty much expecting that. I'm hoping it's not a buggered shift fork.
I turned my attention to the carbs...something looked funny when I examined them...
Hmm, I suspect the last person to mess with the carbs didn't quite know what they were doing. I wonder if it would have even run in this state?
I disassembled the carbs and have them soaking in Pine Sol and hot water. I had some trouble with one of the slow jets, but some careful filling made a new screwdriver slot, as the last person there had busted out the original slot. I'll order up rebuild kits and get them back into tip top shape.
More updates as things progress!
Apparently I have a bike problem, as I just bought another fine Honda. The '79 CB650 is done and waiting for my brother to decide if he wants it, and the '93 CBR900RR is on hold until I get the upper fairing from Airtech. Hey, that's a good enough reason to get another bike, right?
I followed up on am old Craigslist post for a CB360 "Tupperware case" bike on Thursday, and the guy told me "I want it gone, I'll be here Saturday." So, we loaded up the pickup truck and headed out to investigate another bad idea. The bike was mostly complete except the headlight, but a lot of it was in a couple of boxes.
The guy I got it from got it from another guy who got it from the proverbial little old lady who only rode it on Sundays to church. Uh huh, yea, I've used that line myself. He said it kicked over and had good compression, but he didn't have the time/motivation/money to keep working on it. When I arrived to check it out, I couldn't get it to kick over, so the price dropped $50 more down to a place I was very happy with. We loaded it up in the truck and hauled it back to the
I pulled all the engine covers off, and emptied about three pounds of leaves, dirt, and acorns out of the chain cover. The bike had about half a quart of stinky oil in it, but it appeared that someone had emptied the oil and that it hadn't run out of oil on its own. I poked at it a bit, sprayed PB Blaster in the spark plug holes, loosened the clutch spring bolts, and ta da, it kicked over. Well, that's step one.
Step two was trying to figure out why I couldn't shift it out of neutral, even when spinning the rear wheel with the clutch hooked back up. I suspect I might have to crack the case, but I was pretty much expecting that. I'm hoping it's not a buggered shift fork.
I turned my attention to the carbs...something looked funny when I examined them...
Hmm, I suspect the last person to mess with the carbs didn't quite know what they were doing. I wonder if it would have even run in this state?
I disassembled the carbs and have them soaking in Pine Sol and hot water. I had some trouble with one of the slow jets, but some careful filling made a new screwdriver slot, as the last person there had busted out the original slot. I'll order up rebuild kits and get them back into tip top shape.
More updates as things progress!