My CB650
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:17 am
Hi All, I have been lurking here for a few weeks so thought I would say "Hi" and let you see My CB650.
So what I bought at the begining of September 2017 was a 4 boxes of parts and a frame with an engine on a crate.
Here is what it was supposed to look like when it was last assembled. From my undersatnding the bike hadn't been run for a very long time and was stored in a leaking shed which had resulted in the engine seizing up. Another engine had been sourced by the previous owner and rebuilt by one of his mechanical friends apparently a Yamaha Tech? .. The parts included in the deal were supposed to add up to 90% of the bike.
The parts missing were head light, seat and a few other annoying parts which would come to light as the build progressed and some I am still trying to find even now.
So I had the frame shot blasted and had done welding on a few parts i wasn't happy with then I painted it.
This was a mistake as I later ended up welding a loop and brackets etc.. But anyway you can see from the picures the story so far really.
The rest of these images are in no perticular order..
I bought a small secondhand mig welder, This was is my first time mig welding.
However I do need a little help with the
I will update some more later.
Heres a video of the first time the engine fired up
https://youtu.be/7dDeL4PT0uQ
Rich
So what I bought at the begining of September 2017 was a 4 boxes of parts and a frame with an engine on a crate.
Here is what it was supposed to look like when it was last assembled. From my undersatnding the bike hadn't been run for a very long time and was stored in a leaking shed which had resulted in the engine seizing up. Another engine had been sourced by the previous owner and rebuilt by one of his mechanical friends apparently a Yamaha Tech? .. The parts included in the deal were supposed to add up to 90% of the bike.
The parts missing were head light, seat and a few other annoying parts which would come to light as the build progressed and some I am still trying to find even now.
So I had the frame shot blasted and had done welding on a few parts i wasn't happy with then I painted it.
This was a mistake as I later ended up welding a loop and brackets etc.. But anyway you can see from the picures the story so far really.
The rest of these images are in no perticular order..
I bought a small secondhand mig welder, This was is my first time mig welding.
However I do need a little help with the
I will update some more later.
Heres a video of the first time the engine fired up
https://youtu.be/7dDeL4PT0uQ
Rich