I got the bike in yesterday after waiting 27 days for it to be delivered since date of purchase. During those days, I spent them lurking on this forum and a few others. After a trip to Tokyo, Japan I fell for these small bikes. As soon as I got back I started the search for one and settled on a little cb160. This is my first build, so feel free to post up any suggestions you may have. I started to tear the bike down to get the frame ready for powdercoating. Apparently it has been painted alot. I believe the original color was red, then school bus yellow, green, two shades of blue and finally black. It looks like all the cables have to be replaced due to their age. The wiring in the headlight bucket was a mess and it took me awhile to sort that out. I'll have to figure out a better way to wire this thing when I build it back up. I'll try to keep this thread updated but I'm torn between work, my mba program and this lil project. But I'll do my best to take pics and keep this thread updated.
I'll be checking the compression and pulling the motor and start inspecting that next.
This is a picture of the bike that the seller took when it was up in Michigan. It made the journey down to Woodstock, Ga after 27 days.
No baffles and the bottom of the pipe is well rusted through. I have replacement pipes from a CL. So I have to mount the brackets from this set onto the new pipes.
This is about as far as I got today. I'm considering relocating the battery, but I haven't figure out how to accomplish that yet. I may get a smaller dry cell and hide it under the seat.
Tank is in pretty good condition as well as the pads. There is some rust in the tank, which I'll need to remove. Poco Bastardo in the background keeping me inspired.
Mr.Sheeperz overseeing the work aloft his dank-o-licious cafe seat.
The old air filters to be replaced with K&N goodness.
I'll be checking the compression and pulling the motor and start inspecting that next.
This is a picture of the bike that the seller took when it was up in Michigan. It made the journey down to Woodstock, Ga after 27 days.
No baffles and the bottom of the pipe is well rusted through. I have replacement pipes from a CL. So I have to mount the brackets from this set onto the new pipes.
This is about as far as I got today. I'm considering relocating the battery, but I haven't figure out how to accomplish that yet. I may get a smaller dry cell and hide it under the seat.
Tank is in pretty good condition as well as the pads. There is some rust in the tank, which I'll need to remove. Poco Bastardo in the background keeping me inspired.
Mr.Sheeperz overseeing the work aloft his dank-o-licious cafe seat.
The old air filters to be replaced with K&N goodness.