Instro.Mental
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Been lurking for awhile, figured I might as well start putting a thread together.
picked up this 1979 CB650 about a month ago for a steal, bike was in decent shape, stock seat was mint, gas tank had a few nicks in it and new tires were needed..
got the bike home, tossed a battery in it and fired it up - found out there was grain in one of the exhaust pipes so it had to be taken off (also rusted out on exhaust near foot control) number 1 carb was also leaking fuel out the bottom, so I took all the carbs off and cleaned everything and have them put back together now - just waiting on parts before everything gets put back together.
also pulled the wire harness out to relocate the fuse box located on the tree and relocate the ignition - both will be moved under the seat.
have a bunch of stuff on order
- clip ons/grips (tan grips)
- seat/tail loop (tan leather seat)
- chain (gold)
- carb intake boots
I plan on
- painting front forks
- painting rims
- install parts
- not sure what I want to do with Gauges yet
- clean up signals/HL/TL
- RIDE
going to be a long winter up here, so I have a ton of garage time ahead of me before riding season comes around again..
picked up this 1979 CB650 about a month ago for a steal, bike was in decent shape, stock seat was mint, gas tank had a few nicks in it and new tires were needed..
got the bike home, tossed a battery in it and fired it up - found out there was grain in one of the exhaust pipes so it had to be taken off (also rusted out on exhaust near foot control) number 1 carb was also leaking fuel out the bottom, so I took all the carbs off and cleaned everything and have them put back together now - just waiting on parts before everything gets put back together.
also pulled the wire harness out to relocate the fuse box located on the tree and relocate the ignition - both will be moved under the seat.
have a bunch of stuff on order
- clip ons/grips (tan grips)
- seat/tail loop (tan leather seat)
- chain (gold)
- carb intake boots
I plan on
- painting front forks
- painting rims
- install parts
- not sure what I want to do with Gauges yet
- clean up signals/HL/TL
- RIDE
going to be a long winter up here, so I have a ton of garage time ahead of me before riding season comes around again..