edelweiss
Coast to Coast
Ok, so I am building a second brat from a severely molested 72 CB500/4.
I think it's safe to say that the crap that was done to this old girl is really friggin stupid. But we have her now and will save her.
Some highlights of REALLY stupid things done to the bike and things we found:
1. On tear down we discovered that what looked a crappy brush painted, yes, brush painted point cover and crank case cover at 1/8" of Bondo on them! Instead of just replacing the covers the previous owner put Bondo over them covering up the Honda logos.. THEN finished off the the hack job with thick ass brushed on Rustoleum paint. WTH? See pictures.
2. When we saw the spokes we thought they were rusted, but later said "holy crap, someone painted (with a brush) the spokes with a brown primer! WHY!!!???
3. Get this... So the tank that came with the bike was a immaculate (no rust inside/dents) 500T tank which had about 3" of spray foam on the underside. Again, we tried to figure this out, as the spray foam was on the frame too. Turns out the same nimrod who brush painted half the bike with Rustoleum said screw it.. this 500T does not fit so he took the front tank rubbers off and used a hammer to bang down the rods or pins that hold the front tank rubber to make the tank sit on the frame then sprayed at least 2 cans of expanding spray foam to make the tank stick to the frame. WTH!
4. Check out the unsightly place the state of Utah decided to put their assigned VIN plate! Yes, that will be moved.
5. The bike has shocks (hand painted again) that have coils the thickness of bed spring. Total crap.
6. Most nuts and bolts do not match anywhere.
I can go on and on, but you get the idea. Nevertheless, we will save her — this abused and violated bike...
I think it's safe to say that the crap that was done to this old girl is really friggin stupid. But we have her now and will save her.
Some highlights of REALLY stupid things done to the bike and things we found:
1. On tear down we discovered that what looked a crappy brush painted, yes, brush painted point cover and crank case cover at 1/8" of Bondo on them! Instead of just replacing the covers the previous owner put Bondo over them covering up the Honda logos.. THEN finished off the the hack job with thick ass brushed on Rustoleum paint. WTH? See pictures.
2. When we saw the spokes we thought they were rusted, but later said "holy crap, someone painted (with a brush) the spokes with a brown primer! WHY!!!???
3. Get this... So the tank that came with the bike was a immaculate (no rust inside/dents) 500T tank which had about 3" of spray foam on the underside. Again, we tried to figure this out, as the spray foam was on the frame too. Turns out the same nimrod who brush painted half the bike with Rustoleum said screw it.. this 500T does not fit so he took the front tank rubbers off and used a hammer to bang down the rods or pins that hold the front tank rubber to make the tank sit on the frame then sprayed at least 2 cans of expanding spray foam to make the tank stick to the frame. WTH!
4. Check out the unsightly place the state of Utah decided to put their assigned VIN plate! Yes, that will be moved.
5. The bike has shocks (hand painted again) that have coils the thickness of bed spring. Total crap.
6. Most nuts and bolts do not match anywhere.
I can go on and on, but you get the idea. Nevertheless, we will save her — this abused and violated bike...
