jamssauce
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After much lurking it's time for my contribution! So, a little about me:
- my first bike
- my first build
- small handful of mig welding & fabrication experience
- 24 yrs old
- engineering student (access to some cool tools)
I purchased this 1973 Honda CB450 in March 2013 for $800. Took a few longgg breaks on this build in the past year, but now the goal is to finish before July 15th. I apologize in advance if the following photos are all over the place; Most of these photos have been collected in the past year I've worked on and off on this build. I tend to work in random spurts, and jump in between projects a lot (also work on a 240sx s14 from time to time).
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An ambitious (read: idiotic) project for my first rebuild. Pretty sure I over paid, and I certainly abhor rust with a passion now.
Makeshift wooden mount for the motor
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Attempted electrolysis for rust removal. Results were unsuccessful -- I think because there was just SO much rust. Perhaps results fair better if you execute it a few more times with more annodes to collect rust.
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I will try again to remove only the internal rust this next time.
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Paint stripper. Used the citrus home depot gel, but henceforth will only be using aircraft remover as it is much quicker. The Citrus home depot gel required a few sessions to remove everything completely.
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Among my first ordered parts: Mikuni carbs, Shorty GP clutch lever&perch, Mikuni 2-1 throttle cable
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After much lurking it's time for my contribution! So, a little about me:
- my first bike
- my first build
- small handful of mig welding & fabrication experience
- 24 yrs old
- engineering student (access to some cool tools)
I purchased this 1973 Honda CB450 in March 2013 for $800. Took a few longgg breaks on this build in the past year, but now the goal is to finish before July 15th. I apologize in advance if the following photos are all over the place; Most of these photos have been collected in the past year I've worked on and off on this build. I tend to work in random spurts, and jump in between projects a lot (also work on a 240sx s14 from time to time).
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1269.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fjj583%2Fjamssauce%2FIMG_3556_zps85c202e7.jpg&hash=af0bdf31c8712b6050cced2f0d8bfc5e)
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An ambitious (read: idiotic) project for my first rebuild. Pretty sure I over paid, and I certainly abhor rust with a passion now.
Makeshift wooden mount for the motor
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1269.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fjj583%2Fjamssauce%2FIMG_3670_zps5f00d6d1.jpg&hash=da41517421fd741eff7d2be83c0cbb33)
Attempted electrolysis for rust removal. Results were unsuccessful -- I think because there was just SO much rust. Perhaps results fair better if you execute it a few more times with more annodes to collect rust.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1269.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fjj583%2Fjamssauce%2FIMG_3741_zps918bfea2.jpg&hash=647b41f30fcfdd29fb3e4d0535b3606e)
I will try again to remove only the internal rust this next time.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1269.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fjj583%2Fjamssauce%2FIMG_3747_zps72e7fe37.jpg&hash=ff16873c8e23f4c186d34c639d132b9d)
Paint stripper. Used the citrus home depot gel, but henceforth will only be using aircraft remover as it is much quicker. The Citrus home depot gel required a few sessions to remove everything completely.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1269.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fjj583%2Fjamssauce%2FIMG_3817_zpsdd3537e4.jpg&hash=8e9571c674102a6b38219078358c69ec)
Among my first ordered parts: Mikuni carbs, Shorty GP clutch lever&perch, Mikuni 2-1 throttle cable
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1269.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fjj583%2Fjamssauce%2FIMG_3798_zpsb1ef31c6.jpg&hash=123854627a90e5e075a0829824e17f60)