So I bought an '82 CB650sc for just over a half bill. The motor has 11K miles on it, and is in great shape. Hooked up a battery, and sprayed starter fluid in the airbox, and she fired right up! I know these clunky old things, don't make the cleanest cafe racers, but I'm gonna try. The P.O. did a halfway job trying to café it. He did a decent job on the steel seat pan, but did a hack job on an old Kawasaki Avenger tank, trying to move the petcock, and make it fit (lot of JB weld, no cap, rust inside, etc.), so i bought an old CB tank off of ebay (looks like an old 450 or 500 tank, it's on it's way). So here is the bike when I brought it home. My first goal is to just do the minimal to get it back on the road. I live in the NC mountains...great summer weather, and great curves.
Here it is with the tank and seat off. I slid the forks down a bit, just to see how it would look with clipons later, or if I lowered the forks (I've already been informed that they won't work like that).
Here it is with the seat pan. The seat got a little off center with his lines, if you look at it from the back but I think i can build up about a 1/4" of Bondo in layers and minimize how noticable it is. I've heard not to go more than 1/4" with Bondo.
Here is the mess that is the fork area. The P.O. had chopped the original handlebars to mount at about 90°. I'd like to get some clip-ons down the road. Any ideas on how I could clean it up?
And here are a couple of quick sketches, with what I would like to do to it...pardon the inaccuracy of the tank shape / mediocre artistic ability
Anyway, I have sourced a few parts I need: brake adjustor, new tank, exhaust flange, and fork air valves (thanks to Swivel), so when I get all of the parts, I should be able to start her up. Wish me luck!
Here it is with the tank and seat off. I slid the forks down a bit, just to see how it would look with clipons later, or if I lowered the forks (I've already been informed that they won't work like that).
Here it is with the seat pan. The seat got a little off center with his lines, if you look at it from the back but I think i can build up about a 1/4" of Bondo in layers and minimize how noticable it is. I've heard not to go more than 1/4" with Bondo.
Here is the mess that is the fork area. The P.O. had chopped the original handlebars to mount at about 90°. I'd like to get some clip-ons down the road. Any ideas on how I could clean it up?
And here are a couple of quick sketches, with what I would like to do to it...pardon the inaccuracy of the tank shape / mediocre artistic ability
Anyway, I have sourced a few parts I need: brake adjustor, new tank, exhaust flange, and fork air valves (thanks to Swivel), so when I get all of the parts, I should be able to start her up. Wish me luck!
That's why i put the disclaimer above the picture. The throttle isn't tightened down, I had to sand the paint off the bars, it was causing the throttle to stick, also, I think I have some cable tension issues, since the bars have been dropped. I guess I might need shorter cables? But yeah, the bar looks all janked up because I just slid the throttle halfway on for the pic.
