Recent content by SierraCB

She does me well...

I think I might need to step back on what i'm asking now. 1. The head and motor surface are now basically clean, but there are slight films on both that carb cleaner and paint stripper and cutting through, I've used a tooth brush, lightly with a brass brush, etc. No avail. 2. The head bolt...

Simple green seems like it wouldn't do much good if stripper isn't getting it off... As for the garden hose flush, I guess it make sense but wouldn't I get water all inside of the motor? Where the head bolts go there is literally oil to the top, dripping out sometimes.

Carbon isn't really coming off without chipping it off which is worrying me. As for the gasket I basically got it all off but there are parts that I can't get with a razor and the stripper isn't working either. Ideas? Also there is a ton of oil in the head bolt holes, how do I get it out...

Perfect. Thanks a lot guys. As far as getting the carbon off the valves and the combustion area... What do I use for that?

Sweet, works for me. Wait I don't just put the new gasket on without taking the old one off?! :P I asked about using a applicant because I've been told to use a gasket sealer when applying head gaskets. Something like permatex copper.

So I'm doing the head gaskets on my cx500 and I want to clean up all the carbon etc that's left on the head and cylinder. What's the best way to go about this? I was thinking a brass wire wheel on a drill or something. any good solvents? Just don't want to mess up the aluminum. Also what's...

Absolutely killer build. Beautiful. But gotta ask after all that work, you didn't swap out the crap carbs for some Mikunis?

Beautiful man. Did you just take the stock rear sub frame and bend it it? Looks super clean.

Got any pics of how it's mounted?

Little random but what seat is that?

Looks rad man. What seat is that?

Should I just get some new cables and try it then? Get rid of the return cable?

It's good now though with the higher bars. It will snap back no problem. I know the carb spring is working also. Could it be that the cables have sort of molded themselves to the stock position and don't like going any other way?

Alright so just picked up a CX500, been into dirt bikes my whole life and figured it's time to build a bike for the road. I was going to start with putting some clubmans on it, all went well until I tried to turn the throttle tube after the swap. The pull was not only harder but it didn't...