HondaCB650

How's this for tank color? The inside is spotless!

One further comment on the starter clutch. Mine was damaged because the screws that hold it together came unscrewed! Scraping the screw heads against the next part while spining.

Welcome, you won't find much activity erre, but there's a lot of good info.
I found this on SOHCforum.

If you get into the bottom, check the starter clutch, I had to replace mine (cheap on ebay) there is a tutorial on here.

And now back to our regularly scheduled nonsense. I wanted the open-triangle look without the hassle of pods and jets, so this is my system to hide the filter under the seat and duct the air through the stock distribution box. The custom parts are fiberglass cloth and epoxy, spray painted black. The...

Oops! That last one is out of order, so I'll put the rest here so there is some context.
I couldn't remember how I took the clutch nut off, so I had to make a tool to put it back on. I used what was in the cut off box. Spacer from aluminum on the lathe.

Clutch nut torqued to 36 ft/lbs

Test fit,time to start wrestling with this one.

I got most of the wiring on but still needed to wrap some of it. That's done.

Battery box.

There is a strap that goes from the top of the hook to the bottom front of the motor. The balance is close.

Install the hook,


Line up the placemt,


Install the bolts,


Remove the hook.

A little more today...

We have the beginnings of assembly.

Welcome to the forum Vintagerider, this may be the quietest forum that isn't dead yet, but we're still trying to keep it alive. Congrats on the starter cllutch repair, if it doesn't hold, the clutch I got came from a small 3 wheeler (atc 125?) At a good price and it was perfect. Are you here in the ...

Welcome from Buffalo! We look forward to your adventure.