The Poor Boy - A Tale Of A CB550- New Electrical
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ariel.714 o/c
Monkey see monkey do is all i see now days!
Re: The Poor Boy - A Tale Of A CB550- Trying to figure out exhaust...
That thing looks to be just as flat as it would be without it there .. I say smash right over it.. But if you are not in to that , try a flat head or a razor blade knife..
That thing looks to be just as flat as it would be without it there .. I say smash right over it.. But if you are not in to that , try a flat head or a razor blade knife..
sxecafe
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The Poor Boy - A Tale Of A CB550- Trying to figure out exhaust...
Started bobbing my front fender today. It's tough, being that I had to fit a 550 fender on GL1000 forks. It's coming along:
Then I did a small number on the stem nut. Anyone guess what it is?
Started bobbing my front fender today. It's tough, being that I had to fit a 550 fender on GL1000 forks. It's coming along:
Then I did a small number on the stem nut. Anyone guess what it is?
MotorbikeBruno
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Re: The Poor Boy - A Tale Of A CB550- Trying to figure out exhaust...
That button is tits. Well done sir.
That button is tits. Well done sir.
sxecafe
You think the Carpet Pissers did this?
Re: The Poor Boy - A Tale Of A CB550- Started Electrolysis...
Thanks, Bruno. Hope to hook up a garage door opener to it.
So I started electrolysis this afternoon. I tried my luck last week but I bought a charger that was "too smart" for this job. went back and paid a little more money, but I hope in the end it'll be worth it.
here is the set up:
I used Distilled Water b/c it's the cleanest thing I could get:
With Washing Soda, which, incase you didn't know, is really fucking hard to find and I ended up having to go to the dreaded WalMart as a last resort to buy it (grrrrrrr):
I plugged up the bung with a rubber stopper:
and this is the trickle charger I am using on 2amps:
I used 8tsp to a gallon of the Washing Soda. There is about 2 cups of soda in there (8tsp = 1/2 cup). I hope this works.
I also inherited this from a budy, so Im going to try to drill out my rotors.
Bought my jets, rearset linkage kit and Im about to get high temp powder and new electrical clips. I can feel the end coming but there is still so much more to do...
Thanks, Bruno. Hope to hook up a garage door opener to it.
So I started electrolysis this afternoon. I tried my luck last week but I bought a charger that was "too smart" for this job. went back and paid a little more money, but I hope in the end it'll be worth it.
here is the set up:
I used Distilled Water b/c it's the cleanest thing I could get:
With Washing Soda, which, incase you didn't know, is really fucking hard to find and I ended up having to go to the dreaded WalMart as a last resort to buy it (grrrrrrr):
I plugged up the bung with a rubber stopper:
and this is the trickle charger I am using on 2amps:
I used 8tsp to a gallon of the Washing Soda. There is about 2 cups of soda in there (8tsp = 1/2 cup). I hope this works.
I also inherited this from a budy, so Im going to try to drill out my rotors.
Bought my jets, rearset linkage kit and Im about to get high temp powder and new electrical clips. I can feel the end coming but there is still so much more to do...
sxecafe
You think the Carpet Pissers did this?
Re: The Poor Boy - A Tale Of A CB550- Started Electrolysis...
Charger is working again... but Im not getting much of a response out of the set up. It might be that I got most of the rust out with the metal rescue, but the spine of the tank is still in really rough shape.
I can hear the bubbles working. idk. Maybe that part of the tank is just gone and I have to por 15 over it.
Charger is working again... but Im not getting much of a response out of the set up. It might be that I got most of the rust out with the metal rescue, but the spine of the tank is still in really rough shape.
I can hear the bubbles working. idk. Maybe that part of the tank is just gone and I have to por 15 over it.
sxecafe
You think the Carpet Pissers did this?
Re: The Poor Boy - A Tale Of A CB550- Started Electrolysis...
Also, I started working up on the exhaust. I bought a old 2-1 set up and planned on using the headers and modifying the couplers to the hulks. Here is where I am:
I need to tighten that bend and notch the straight pipe but im not sure if I can get that pipe to catch in a bender. Anyone able to comment on that?
Also, I started working up on the exhaust. I bought a old 2-1 set up and planned on using the headers and modifying the couplers to the hulks. Here is where I am:
I need to tighten that bend and notch the straight pipe but im not sure if I can get that pipe to catch in a bender. Anyone able to comment on that?
Flugtechnik
My bike is not transportation, it is a respite
The Poor Boy - A Tale Of A CB550- Tank Sealed, Starting Wiring and Exhaust
Ugh. Wiring. It was fun for the first 8 hours.
Ugh. Wiring. It was fun for the first 8 hours.
sxecafe
You think the Carpet Pissers did this?
Re: The Poor Boy - A Tale Of A CB550- Tank Sealed, Starting Wiring and Exhaust
No electrical this weekend. I got the shifter rearset mocked up:
Working on the brake side, it seems like I might be able to use the existing rod but it looks disgusting. Any thoughts?
No electrical this weekend. I got the shifter rearset mocked up:
Working on the brake side, it seems like I might be able to use the existing rod but it looks disgusting. Any thoughts?
