Re: CB200 '73 tracker project
Hey all!
Long time since my last update, sorry!
We've been too busy with the bike itself and luckily the hard work really paid of: drove my bike this weekend for the first time and believe me, it's AWESOME! Very fun to ride, and even though i've ridden only 2 types of motorcycles (my lessons-bike and berts cb550), i can really feel how manouvrable it is in comparison to a 'bigger' bike and i really really really really like it <3!
So, back to where we were last time. I coated the fenders with a random outside durable glossy vernis, after i tested the effect on some spare wood. As i already had feared, it turned out very orange-ish. So i thought, maybe i can make it a bit less orange by adding some grey to the wood with a indoor-furniture greywash. Turned out to be way too grey after a fair layer of paint and one layer of clear on top. The endresult has to be somewhere in the middle, so i used just a little little little bit of greywash and after that a lot of glossy clearcoat. Very happy with the result, nice wood colour but not too orange. Finished it with some caribbean blue i still got from the tank.
On the first pic, you can see the different coatings: in the front a piece of greywash and in the middle just the clearcoat.
Bert made a thing to attach it to my fork and tadaa, fenders are ready. Made a stupid mistake though haha, the curve in the rear fender makes it impossible to fit the seat properly. Missed that point, so i'm adjusting the foam on the seat later on. Add some foam underneath it before i'll cover it with leater and it should be fine.
Sollero, yes haha, light will stay like this for now
New pods and some new cables. Pods make it very hard to adjust the engine, so on idle, it still makes about 2500 rpm? Otherwise the engine goes out again. Need to check this. Might need some new jets or something?As a surprise, bert made a nice thing that holds the cables together.
After two weeks of struggling, the regulator and/or rectifier turned out dead. The headlight popped once we started the engine, so nothing was being regulated at all. Bert made another topic on this special subject, if anyone is interested.
So, this friday we went to a little town not so far from here to buy a new regulator/rectifier-thing. There's a lovely vintage bikeshop overthere where the owner knows a lot about old motorbikes and is always willing to help someone out. Bought this little device and it seems to work:
While there, i thought i might buy a new battery as well, not planned to buy it already but why not. On our way back on the 550 it suddently stopped. No lights, nothing. Battery was not working anymore. After a few minutes we suddenly realized we carried a new battery with us, so alongside the road we filled it up, plugged it in and there we go!
Karma is only a bitch if you are
Everything seems to work just fine now, i feel we made a lot of progress wich makes me very happy
It needs a bit finetuning, a seat and some other small things, but there is land on the horizon! Projects end is coming closer
I took my bike home for this weekend and i really feel a bit sad for him now, because it is raining cats and dogs and it's cold and dark outside now haha
Back to the safe workshop tomorrow!
Thanks for all you comments guys! Love to hear you ideas and opinions
