Re: CB450 "The Doctor" First time build
UPDATE
Its been a while, but I bought a house and moved to the bike to its new home for more intimate work. Big bonus
Lets see what we've missed.
-Master cylinder wept, rebuilt it, still wept. Bought a new one, rebuilt the caliper, put in a speed bleeder, bought a vacuum bleeder, bled it out, its all good.
-spent a lot of time on a ground problem. turns out it wasnt anything to do with paint or powder coat, it was the bulb plugged into the speedo grounding out or something in the frame of the gauge. What a pain. Regardless, I think I am dumping the gauges and putting in something special once I get my order.
-once I had that solved, I was trying to start it. No problem. Fired up so quick I had to shut it down as I wasnt ready for carb adjustments and such. Sounds like a champ. I think I need the carbs synched as the idle can get a little shifty. Ill take care of that in the spring.
-the reason I wanted to start it (and couldnt because of the ground issue, it wouldnt turn the neutral light on) was so I could warm it up and try to get the clutch plates broken free. Thats not happening. I need a new battery as well so I gave up on it for now. I am going to remove the side cover and rebuild the clutch. She deserves it, so its gonna happen.
- I finally, I think, made up my mind on some signals, gonna dump the headlight ears, gonna get rid of the fork gaitors, and do something about the exhaust.
- exhaust....well the CB doesnt cut it, so I whipped out the CL exhaust and put that on. SEXY. I was going to cut off the mufflers and mount up some universals but then I felt guilty and decided to not do it right now. The reason being that the whole system is in such good shape that it would be a crime to chop it up. I am looking into building a custom one now, try to mimic or create something different instead, and then probably offering this system up for bids for a handsome amount. Or if I get lazy and carefree, Ill just cut off the mufflers put on a more righteous sounding set of muffs.
I think thats it for now. On tap is waiting for parts, and exploring other exhaust options. Thanks for watching.