vandito.cb
Been Around the Block
i'm a little late on starting a build thread here, but i figured i'd start one to keep track of my progress, or lack of.
rewind a few months, say...january...i purchased a 1981 cb750f, my 8th bike, first one older than me. i made the mistake of not taking "she ran before i parked her." with a grain of salt and while financially fucked up, started digging myself a ditch i didnt know I was in.
it needed an airbox and a full brake overhaul as far as I knew, but little by little (being in the middle of two jobs, loved ones passing and few tools and no indoor workplace tends to slow things down) i began thinking "i don't like this. let's change it." or "I'll replace these later down the line so let me just get them out of the way now."
i essentially began spending more money on mostly visual things rather than focusing on getting it running.
fast forward a few months to now...i'm in a more stable job, therefore a little more financially stable than I was when I began so parts come in almost twice a week. I'm impulsive so a good chunk of things I order end up sitting either in a corner or a box because I decided otherwise.
so in the time I've owned uma (fucking slut), i've changed/replaced/added:
biltwell tracker bars
emgo oem style grips
new throttle tube
a new headlight to replace the non-existent previous one
swapped the F tank (i hate the swoop if side covers aren't there to compliment it) for a C tank
rebuilt what was left of the rear brakes
new clutch lever/perch
new front MC, lever and perch
kerker 4-1 (still haven't ordered a muffler)
removed all bodywork
new headlight/killswitch in one
pollak momentary ignition switch
ripped out the harness, removed everything that will likely save my life and did all new connectors (still not 100% done)
and a million other parts laying around that i havent had time or proper tools to get on
i used to have a deadline as to when I planned on having her on the road, but with everything going on, it became too stressful to set a hard date so I've slowed things down a bit, but i hope to have her road-worthy sooner than later.
i'm not entirely sure what direction I plan to go with it either, but i brat something would be the general direction of what i'm shooting for...i like ugly things that function.
the night I got her:
rewind a few months, say...january...i purchased a 1981 cb750f, my 8th bike, first one older than me. i made the mistake of not taking "she ran before i parked her." with a grain of salt and while financially fucked up, started digging myself a ditch i didnt know I was in.
it needed an airbox and a full brake overhaul as far as I knew, but little by little (being in the middle of two jobs, loved ones passing and few tools and no indoor workplace tends to slow things down) i began thinking "i don't like this. let's change it." or "I'll replace these later down the line so let me just get them out of the way now."
i essentially began spending more money on mostly visual things rather than focusing on getting it running.
fast forward a few months to now...i'm in a more stable job, therefore a little more financially stable than I was when I began so parts come in almost twice a week. I'm impulsive so a good chunk of things I order end up sitting either in a corner or a box because I decided otherwise.
so in the time I've owned uma (fucking slut), i've changed/replaced/added:
biltwell tracker bars
emgo oem style grips
new throttle tube
a new headlight to replace the non-existent previous one
swapped the F tank (i hate the swoop if side covers aren't there to compliment it) for a C tank
rebuilt what was left of the rear brakes
new clutch lever/perch
new front MC, lever and perch
kerker 4-1 (still haven't ordered a muffler)
removed all bodywork
new headlight/killswitch in one
pollak momentary ignition switch
ripped out the harness, removed everything that will likely save my life and did all new connectors (still not 100% done)
and a million other parts laying around that i havent had time or proper tools to get on
i used to have a deadline as to when I planned on having her on the road, but with everything going on, it became too stressful to set a hard date so I've slowed things down a bit, but i hope to have her road-worthy sooner than later.
i'm not entirely sure what direction I plan to go with it either, but i brat something would be the general direction of what i'm shooting for...i like ugly things that function.
the night I got her: