tahitianrider
Been Around the Block
So few months ago I picked up a 73 CB350F that had been sitting for about 30 years, along with a second engine with carbs and a second frame.
They have not been stored in great location during all those year it seemed... lot of humidity and corrosion about everywhere.
My main project was to build the first CB350F as a 2 seater scrambler, and later on maybe sell the extra engine & frame, but I now had another idea, since I have tons of leftovers parts (tanks, shocks, etc.) from other projects to build a second bike with those parts.
I managed to restart the bike by rebuilding the carbs & ignition, and then completly rebuild the rest of the bike: re laced wheels with new rims, tires, changed the fork seals, made a handmade scrambler seat, treated the gas tank, etc. so it's starting to look cool IMO.
Only things lefts to do are "finish up" work like installing turns signals, new drive chain, pods (carbs already re-jetted) and final tune (carb sync, etc.)
For the second engine however I'm not quite sure if it seized or not... It sat for a long period without spark plugs, nor carbs & exhaust... I tried gently turning the crankshat nut behind the points cover but it didn't move and the bolt quickly broke inside, luckily I was able to remove it entirely so I just have to install a new bolt. I then spray some fogging oil in the cylinders, left it for a day. Then I tried to connect 12v power directly on the starter and it did crank a bit and I could feel (wind) from the spark plug hole so I guess the piston did move in the cylinder. I sprayed a lot more fogging oil then left it as is, haven't tried anything else yet since my priority is to finish the Scrambler build first.
But if I can get this engine to run again too I think a brat build would be cool, or maybe a cafe racer but I'd like those bike to be 2 seaters.
They have not been stored in great location during all those year it seemed... lot of humidity and corrosion about everywhere.
My main project was to build the first CB350F as a 2 seater scrambler, and later on maybe sell the extra engine & frame, but I now had another idea, since I have tons of leftovers parts (tanks, shocks, etc.) from other projects to build a second bike with those parts.
I managed to restart the bike by rebuilding the carbs & ignition, and then completly rebuild the rest of the bike: re laced wheels with new rims, tires, changed the fork seals, made a handmade scrambler seat, treated the gas tank, etc. so it's starting to look cool IMO.
Only things lefts to do are "finish up" work like installing turns signals, new drive chain, pods (carbs already re-jetted) and final tune (carb sync, etc.)
For the second engine however I'm not quite sure if it seized or not... It sat for a long period without spark plugs, nor carbs & exhaust... I tried gently turning the crankshat nut behind the points cover but it didn't move and the bolt quickly broke inside, luckily I was able to remove it entirely so I just have to install a new bolt. I then spray some fogging oil in the cylinders, left it for a day. Then I tried to connect 12v power directly on the starter and it did crank a bit and I could feel (wind) from the spark plug hole so I guess the piston did move in the cylinder. I sprayed a lot more fogging oil then left it as is, haven't tried anything else yet since my priority is to finish the Scrambler build first.
But if I can get this engine to run again too I think a brat build would be cool, or maybe a cafe racer but I'd like those bike to be 2 seaters.