Ok, so I've actually been working on this project for a couple of months now, but I am just now getting around to posting about it. But I have pictures!
Anyways, a bit of history. This CB650 was the first bike my good friend had, and learned to ride on. He bought it from some idiot for $500 who had done a bunch of crap to the thing. When he got it, two cylinders didn't work, the wiring had been all jacked up, and several other issues. Anyways, he got it in running condition, and learned to ride on it. After awhile he sold it to my other friend as his first bike. It bascially sat in storage until I forked over $200 and made it mine. It's my first project bike. I have never worked on a motorcycle before, and have limited experience with cars as well, so it would be fair to say that I am a mechanical noob. This does not mean that I am a robotic newbie, no. I am a human being, but I suck at working on cars, motorcyles etc. That was kind of the point of this project (aside from getting a badass bike), to teach myself to be more mechanically inclined.
So right off the bat, the bike battery is dieing after riding for under 30 min, the third cylinder won't fire, it leaks oil, the wiring of the bike is all messed up, the turn signals don't work, it takes 5 min to warm up before I can even begin to put the choke in, and it runs super lean. Super. So I get to work with my brother, who is very well versed in mechanics.
We take off the seat and tank, and get started:
When we opened the poor bike up, it was pretty bad. Rust, mud, spiders nest. Bad. And freaky on account of the spiders (I hate spiders). After running compression tests, we found that the third cylinder had good compression, and since the bike was already running lean, it looked like a rebuild and cleaning of the carbs was in order. After some painstaking work, we managed to tear them down, clean them, and replace worn parts. We also opened up the fuel line to compensate for both the bike running lean, as well as help balance out the additional air flow the bike would be getting once we installed pods on the bike.
Rebuilt carbs!
Anyways, a bit of history. This CB650 was the first bike my good friend had, and learned to ride on. He bought it from some idiot for $500 who had done a bunch of crap to the thing. When he got it, two cylinders didn't work, the wiring had been all jacked up, and several other issues. Anyways, he got it in running condition, and learned to ride on it. After awhile he sold it to my other friend as his first bike. It bascially sat in storage until I forked over $200 and made it mine. It's my first project bike. I have never worked on a motorcycle before, and have limited experience with cars as well, so it would be fair to say that I am a mechanical noob. This does not mean that I am a robotic newbie, no. I am a human being, but I suck at working on cars, motorcyles etc. That was kind of the point of this project (aside from getting a badass bike), to teach myself to be more mechanically inclined.
So right off the bat, the bike battery is dieing after riding for under 30 min, the third cylinder won't fire, it leaks oil, the wiring of the bike is all messed up, the turn signals don't work, it takes 5 min to warm up before I can even begin to put the choke in, and it runs super lean. Super. So I get to work with my brother, who is very well versed in mechanics.
We take off the seat and tank, and get started:
When we opened the poor bike up, it was pretty bad. Rust, mud, spiders nest. Bad. And freaky on account of the spiders (I hate spiders). After running compression tests, we found that the third cylinder had good compression, and since the bike was already running lean, it looked like a rebuild and cleaning of the carbs was in order. After some painstaking work, we managed to tear them down, clean them, and replace worn parts. We also opened up the fuel line to compensate for both the bike running lean, as well as help balance out the additional air flow the bike would be getting once we installed pods on the bike.
Rebuilt carbs!
