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Got the motor running! It's louder than I thought which I was happy about. Just need to tune the motor and adjust the idle. I'm having an issue with the rear shocks I got from Dime City. They fit fine at the top of my bike but the clevis at the bottom which connects to the rear fork is...

I did! I'm a shmuck when it comes to these things. I just installed the kick starter 45 degrees toward the engine instead of perpendicular to the ground the way it was before. It still goes through its full range of motion, but now it stops above the rearsets instead of below them.

Not yet, haven't had a moment to get down to the shop. I'm going to try and get down there on Friday.

Sweet deal. I already welded up tabs, and installed the rearsets I got from Dime City; I'm going to just bend the thing and see what happens.

I'm keeping the mechanical brake; I know it's a pain in the ass, but I've got the parts for it so I figure I'll make it work. I'll take some pictures of the rearsets this week. They're off the shelf pieces from Dime City, they're pretty sturdy.

I get that the kick start needs to be off the bike to bend. What I'm getting at is that I've heard the spline will snap if because of the torque on the kick start from being bent after the fact.

Trying to figure out a way to get my kickstart to clear my rearsets. I've seen some bikes with the starter bent out for clearance, but I've heard that could snap the starter spline off. I bought a 350 kick start thinking that would solve my problem, but since I'm asking you guys this question it...

So anyway fast forward a bit. Put the motor into the frame, managed to get CL350 scrambler pipes for free, got some rear sets, and had a friend weld up some tabs for me. Got all that installed. Since I'm retarded when it comes to anything electrical, had another friend give me a hand with the...

I've since moved and put a new workshop into the garage of my new place. The garage is down a hill on the side of the house...kind of doesn't make sense because the way my house sits next to my neighbor's fence, you can't fit anything into the garage. The bay is about one and a half deep and one...

In the mean time I ground the frame down. I took off all extraneous tabs, rust, and kick stand to get my new seat to fit. I rebuilt the forks, the rear brakes, and ordered a set of clip ons. I had a rolling bike...finally

Since most of that motor, save the con rods, bearings, and transmission, were garbage I picked up a new case and head on ebay. I rebuilt the transmission out of the two garbage motors I had acquired, and set about rebuilding the top end. I managed to get everything back in order and hit my...

So the motor. I knew going into this project that it was going to be a pain in the ass, just didn't realize how much of a pain in the ass. Hind sight being 20/20 and all that stuff, I probably would have bought a bike with a working motor. But being the hard headed idiot my girlfriend and family...

Soon after bringing it home, into the basement it went. I started stripping the frame and found that, luckily, the tank, frame, and electronic components were all in great condition. This being my first project, I meticulously took everything apart. The electric harness was removed with great...

I purchased the bike in April of 2011. I, like a lot of other kids I guess, was not able to buy a motorcycle while I lived at home. I'd moved out of my parents house years ago, had always been a gear head, and was able to ride friends dirt bikes to get a taste of what a real M/C would be. I...

I started this build about a year and a half ago; it's been slow going due to the rigors of law school and all that entails. This project has kept my head straight, and been a life-line of sorts to keep me grounded during my 80-90 hour weeks,\ between working at a firm, working at Sam's Club...

Looking for a nice exhaust, doesn't need to be in perfect condition, with hardware preferably.

I'm at a bit of a stalemate with this stupid motor, I've got the shop manual next to me and I put in the 8mm bolt into the center of the filter and now I'm supposed to use a Honda tool to remove this friggen thing. Anyone have an idea how to remove the filter without destroying the tabs?

Yeah, they seem to be really cheap but then you start finding little things that need fixing (or big things in my case) and next thing you know you have about 100 little parts that are $10 each and you're cursing Sochiro Honda. Anyway, small update I guess. I managed to strip the frame last...

I actually got my CB200 from someone out in Zeeland, but I had been talking to a couple of people on Craigslist about picking up a bike from them. I'm at Cooley right now and in the midst of finals, but I usually try to dedicate two hours to working on the bike, I really don't want to waste...

Looking to buy a good cylinder for a CB200, no broken fins and preferably one that doesn't need to be honed. If you have pistons that would be nice too.