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Hey guys I've got an 80 cb650 It uses an h4 bulb in the headlight. I've replaced it 4 times now because it keeps burning out the low beam filament. This will make the 5th time it's burnt out now I'm not very good with electrical trouble shooting so I don't know where to start. The front end is...

Hey guys, so I'm far from good at painting I'll admit but due to a time crunch and finances at the moment I decided to paint a tank. The weathers been horrible here in NC lately but it was looking as if my best time to paint was last night. So I did and was fairly happy with the results. There...

Hey guys I've got an 81 cb650c with cv carbs it's running rich and it's not very smooth through the power band kind of jumpy. It had been rejetted prior to me owning the bike and currently has 130's in the 2 inners and 127.5's in the outers. I've changed them before with the jets supplied in the...

hey guys I'm about to be doing a tune up on my brother in laws cb200. I need to adjust the valve lash and the points does anyone know the gaps on these. we have had this engine running once before for a very short period of time and it was far from smooth but we just fired it up as soon as he...

Hey guys I'm hoping that soon i will be installing rear-sets on my bike but the only part I'm not sure of is the brake and shift levers. I've notice there are offsets and such. Why are there offsets and I understand that I have to make sure the spline count is right but is there any reason I...

Hey guys so I'm wanting to swap the wheels on my 81 cn650c from comstars to wire spokes. I've read other post about this and got mixed info on what all is needed to make this possible. From most of what I've read they say the rear is a direct swap but the front requires triple trees and forks...

Hey guys I have a slight problem I'm having trouble figuring out. I have a seat from roc city I notched it out for the shocks so it would hug the frame a little tighter, but because of this the back tire scrubs the back of the seat. so to fix this problem I want to notch the rear section of the...

Hey guys I've got possible an odd question I haven't noticed anyone else do this but I"m guessing someone has. My bike is an 81 cb650 but I"m using a 75 cb750 tank and a roc city seat. Trying to fit these pieces on the bike to look uniform and at home has been quite a challenge for me and...

I know when picking a battery amp hours are important but I don't understand what affects it could have on the bike if it's wrong. I know my bike in-particular takes a battery with 12ah can I go over or under that without problems and if so how much. What does the amp hours actually affect I've...

Hey guys I have a question about syncing carbs. I have a cb650 with keihin carbs vv44's is there a particular order i should sync them in and also im using a sync tool for twin engines using hose a on carb 2 as a reference carb then syncing 1 to 2 then 3 to2 then 4 to2 does this sound right...

Hey guys so i have an80 cb650c with keihin vb44's the 2 right side carbs have persisted on leaking fuel as if its flooding. Sorry I don't know the technical names but there is a small port on both sides of each carb on the outside about halfway up that they leak from as well as running out from...

Hey guys, so my brother in law went to leave my gouse last night and when he turned his key on nothing no power at all. (99 ducati m750 dark) battery checked out with a good 12.45 volts so I feel safe that's not the problem master fuse has 12v on both post with the key off or on but nothing on...

I've searched a ton of places trying to find someone who's done this but had no luck. I'm wanting to use a royal enfield tank on my cb650 how much fab work would be involved in making it fit properly? Has anyone done this?

I just bought an 80 cb650c and someone had put sealer in the tank. Now it is pealing off and there are pin holes in the tank. Before I reseal it I have to remove all the old sealer so I have tried kerosene with a handful of wood screws and Ive also tried muradic acid which after a couple hours I...

Hey guys, my brother in law recently bought a 74 cb350f the steering bearings were completely missing minus the race. He purchased a set of all balls bearings from dime city cycles. My first attempt in installing these bearings I removed all the previous parts and installed the new races bearing...