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I painted the engine but that was some time ago, and it fired up plenty of times with the painted engine. The not grounding thing is what I was thinking was the problem. Some of the seals and whatnot in the starter motor are thin and old. I'm thinking I am going to grab a rebuild kit and see if...

The starter switch is an aftermarket one, and brand new, so it should be fine. I've been mostly getting the advice that it's the solenoid, which sucks seeing as its a brand new one, but I guess its possible I got a bad apple. The thing isn't older than a couple of months and has only been fired...

Yea I originally couldn't get the bike to start because of the solenoid and I replaced it a couple of months ago. Do you think that one has already gone bad?

Hey guys, I have a bit of a puzzler here. I'm working on my CB650 cafe and I am currently redoing all of the switches up front to new push buttons, toggles, etc. I've been cutting wires and reworking everything to the new switches that I've bought. I started with the engine start, connected it...

Swagger: Sounds awesome! As I mentioned in my e-mail I've got some other parts coming down the line as well, all pretty small and basic stuff, so if it's up your alley that would be great. This is really the final real hurdle for me to get this bike done. The remaining bits are all pretty much...

Re: 1979 CB650 (The redhead of the CB line) Cafe Racer Project [UPDATED May 17th] Hey guys, sorry it's been ages since I posted. I got a bit burned out a while back due to the complexity of some of the things and took a break. But I'm back and the beast is nearing completion. Here are some pics...

Yea I'm referring to the caliper, aka the actual brakes on the front tire. The cylinder (lever and reservoir) is working well. I tried using CLR on the caliper, several times, nothing budged. I can try taking the caliper in and doing the air needle trick you mentioned. Do you need any sort of...

The ones I have are these: http://guzzino.com/collectibles.html (the first ones). They're kinda spendy, but they would work on the rear passenger peg mounts, though you might need to do a little drilling to get the hole to fit. @NoZ69R: Yea, I've heard that several times too. It seems to be a...

Re: 1979 CB650 (The redhead of the CB line) Cafe Racer Project [UPDATED May 17th] Man, similar stories for sure. I really need to do an update on the bike as it's been waaay too long. As it is now, everything is back on the bike. I just got the seat upholstered, and I am now working out the...

Thanks for the link man, I'm checking these guys out now. They have a lot of sweet stuff.

So I'm down to the last bits of my bike, unfortunately, one of those bits is the rearsets. I had originally planned on doing the rearsets using bike stems as mentioned on another forum, so to do that, I chopped off the passenger peg mounts. Looking back, I really wish I hadn't, as I could have...

So the maker of the aftermarket part sent me a replacement part for free, which was really nice of him. I installed the new one, and everything on the master cylinder seems to work fine. I was able to bleed out the brake system just fine. But now if I plug the bleeder nipple and try to engage...

Yea that's what I have read as well, that the CB750's and CB650's use the same ratios. The one thing I'm curious about is if I get a 750 speedo that goes up to 160 mph, and the original 650 one went up to 120mph, is there going to be a problem there? Does that indicate a different ratio? Because...

Hmm, yea it's the frame/tank/seat that I would be really interested in doing myself if I was going to invest it it. Is it more a limitation just because of the size of the oven you would need in order to bake the larger parts, or does the actual powder coating process become more difficult as well?

Hey man, I see you posting in these forums all the time talking about powder coating. I went with Sherwin Williams auto paint for my current CB650 project, but for the CB750 I just bought I want to get into powder coating. What kind of setup to you use for the gun? Where do you get your powder...

Yea, Carpy sells some pretty slick, small turn signals at http://www.cb750cafe.com/parts.php?id=48. I have those guys on my CB650 Cafe project that is nearing completion and they look really nice.

A side question, does anyone know where to get aftermarket speedo/tachs that would work with a 650/750? I wanted to get some new ones, but all I could find were ones that weren't cable operated, they all used electronics.

So my speedo is busted on my 1979 CB650 that I am working on, but I'd rather not by a $300 NOS part, so I'm looking on eBay. My question is, as long as it's cable operated, wouldn't one from a CB750 work on a CB650? I mean, it seem to me that the gear that determines how to move the needle would...

I just got to the point where I am installing everything on the bars, so the master cylinder, switches, etc, and they master cylinder isn't working. When we first started working with it, we got a cloud of rust that came up when we put in brake fluid. We took it apart and cleaned it with CLR...

Hey I have a question for you guys. I'm rebuilding my 1979 CB650 and I am trying to figure out what I should do with the old switches. They're plastic and very old, so they look like crap compared to the rest of the bike. I've been searching high and low for a solutions, but I'm not quite sure...