jamssauce
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After much lurking it's time for my contribution! So, a little about me:
- my first bike
- my first build
- small handful of mig welding & fabrication experience
- 24 yrs old
- engineering student (access to some cool tools)
I purchased this 1973 Honda CB450 in March 2013 for $800. Took a few longgg breaks on this build in the past year, but now the goal is to finish before July 15th. I apologize in advance if the following photos are all over the place; Most of these photos have been collected in the past year I've worked on and off on this build. I tend to work in random spurts, and jump in between projects a lot (also work on a 240sx s14 from time to time).
An ambitious (read: idiotic) project for my first rebuild. Pretty sure I over paid, and I certainly abhor rust with a passion now.
Makeshift wooden mount for the motor
Attempted electrolysis for rust removal. Results were unsuccessful -- I think because there was just SO much rust. Perhaps results fair better if you execute it a few more times with more annodes to collect rust.
I will try again to remove only the internal rust this next time.
Paint stripper. Used the citrus home depot gel, but henceforth will only be using aircraft remover as it is much quicker. The Citrus home depot gel required a few sessions to remove everything completely.
Among my first ordered parts: Mikuni carbs, Shorty GP clutch lever&perch, Mikuni 2-1 throttle cable
After much lurking it's time for my contribution! So, a little about me:
- my first bike
- my first build
- small handful of mig welding & fabrication experience
- 24 yrs old
- engineering student (access to some cool tools)
I purchased this 1973 Honda CB450 in March 2013 for $800. Took a few longgg breaks on this build in the past year, but now the goal is to finish before July 15th. I apologize in advance if the following photos are all over the place; Most of these photos have been collected in the past year I've worked on and off on this build. I tend to work in random spurts, and jump in between projects a lot (also work on a 240sx s14 from time to time).
An ambitious (read: idiotic) project for my first rebuild. Pretty sure I over paid, and I certainly abhor rust with a passion now.
Makeshift wooden mount for the motor
Attempted electrolysis for rust removal. Results were unsuccessful -- I think because there was just SO much rust. Perhaps results fair better if you execute it a few more times with more annodes to collect rust.
I will try again to remove only the internal rust this next time.
Paint stripper. Used the citrus home depot gel, but henceforth will only be using aircraft remover as it is much quicker. The Citrus home depot gel required a few sessions to remove everything completely.
Among my first ordered parts: Mikuni carbs, Shorty GP clutch lever&perch, Mikuni 2-1 throttle cable