1973 cb500 build

[gijoe13844]

What are the shocks?

 

[Goodfella]

What are the shocks?

TEC shocks

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[gijoe13844]

You will most likely have to rebuild them but they should work well when done right.

 

[Goodfella]

Why would I have to rebuild them? From what I've read they are better than the stock ones so I don't see a reason to do that

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[Goodfella]

I forgot to post about putting on the Lower triple so here it is. I packed the bearing with as much grease as I could then used the big washer that came with the kit and some pvc to seat the roller bearing.

then I put the top bearing in with the dust seal. Apparently the top dust seal can't be used with the all balls kit because of clearance issues

Also a new upper thread was ordered because the old one is separated from the shield that covers the head

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[gijoe13844]

Bc those tec shocks are mainly junk. They often come in with incorrect dampening and need to be bled and refilled. I believe some of the orifices need to be opened up. They may be better than 40 year old stock shocks but that doesn't mean they are good shocks.

 

[Goodfella]

Gave these parts to the powder guy on Tuesday. He said they would be done on Friday or Monday and called me today to come pick them up. Not to mention he only charged me $100 for both rims and a swing arm. All quoted at 85 each originally, but he made me pay a little too much for the frame and hubs considering I sandblasted them before bringing them to him.

 

[Goodfella]

Bought these brass bushing from a guy in Germany. Cost $30 shipped

 

[Goodfella]

Just finished assembling the hub and laced it up. I'm in love ;D

 

[Goodfella]

As usual I've been bad at keeping up with my thread. I bought a new wiring harness and ordered new bullet connectors to connect the new speedo and tail light. What is the proper way to connect a small Guage wire to a open barrel bullet connector? This is what im working with

 

[Habanero52]

Is the harness you bought a Sparck Moto special?

 

[Goodfella]

Is the harness you bought a Sparck Moto special?

Unfortunately no. I was initially going to buy from him but my budget didn't allow it. The harness I bought was made by the company that originally made them for Honda. They are still making them but it doesn't have the Honda name. You can find them on Davidsilverspares.com for $150.

 

[wowbagger]

If you have the crimp tool for the bullet connectors it should have different gauge crimp sizes on it to accommodate for the smaller gauge wire. Either way, you should crimp the fitting, solder it and then use dielectric grease when plugging them in.

This is the site where I got my connectors and crimp tool:

http://www.vintageconnections.com/

 

[Goodfella]

So the bullet connectors came in the mail and I bought the crimp tool from a local shop called terminal supply. After a little practice they are coming out good

 

[Goodfella]

work station on a speaker box in my garage. I picked up a butane torch/soldering iron at home Depot for $9 and it worked out well. I can solder and shrink tubing with one tool so that's cool. All the connections are solid so I'm pleased

 

[Goodfella]

Tail lights and speedo back light are working

 

[Korbin091]

Great work, so far! What speedo is that?

 

[Goodfella]

Re: 1973 cb500 build

Great work, so far! What speedo is that?

Thanks man, It's made by drag specialties

 

[Goodfella]

So I picked these up today

Really pumped to get them on the bike

 

[Goodfella]

I pumped the new grease into the swing arm pivot bolt and greased it before putting it back in. Then the whole assembly was pumped with grease until it started to leak out the dust seal caps.