I’m adding a vintage Lockhart oil cooler to my 79 cb650 for several different reasons. Read the below article. It def outlines a couple of my reasons. Side note: To make the oil cooler set-up work on most old 70’s 4cyl hondas, you need a special adapter plate which sits between the engine and the […]
Cleaned everything as best I could, then I took the head and cylinder jugs to Mar automotive in the near northeast. They cleaned and checked everything, installed my new valve seals, cleaned up the combustion chamber, intake and exhaust ports. They also said I had 1 leaky valve, so they fixed that too. Turned out […]
I’m rebuilding my 79 cb650 engine. The engine leaked a shit ton of oil from the rubber o-rings around the head gasket. (Common 4cyl problem on old Hondas.) My engine fins have always been completely covered with caked on oil, grease and dirt. If you didn’t already know, the engine fins are what cool your […]
Simplifying the redundant stock wiring harness on my CB500T was absolutely necessary in my mind when I started planning out my build. I ditched the stock handle bar switches and replaced them with 2 toggles to control power to the lights and coil seperately. Here’s a basic overview of the light switch… a lo/kill/hi switch. Besides being able to […]
Do your forks leak oil? Mine did. This is about the same on all old 70 honda cb cycles. * For a complete, exact step-by-step tutorial, consult a real manual. I’m just gonna give the basic steps. Step 1 – Find a 17mm bolt. You have to loose the bolt on the top of the […]
See y’all at the BP.
A good story of blasting across the US on a cb550. http://www.dimonvlad.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/dimon-megapost/ Devyn, you’ll appreciate the cigarette lighter installed in triple tree/gauge bracket.
Adam kept bustin my balls for having the original brake cable all long and stupid, so I finally bucked up and bought a new stainless steel braided line. I guess I didn’t read the fine print in the eBay post because when I got the package in the mail, there were 3 cables, bolts etc… […]
The 500T is back in action! Thanks to everyone who helped out with parts, advice, and just the whole process.
Laid down the final paint, Rustoleum oil rubbed bronze. Came out better than I expected and depending on how fast this cures I might have pictures of a running bike! ha
Yesterday me and Ben hooked up his new helmet (thanks to Chris again) and I built him a new taillight and license plate bracket. I thought it look pretty clean.
I lowered my Head light (thanks to Chris), removed my tach and made a bracket to center my speedo. Looks a lot more compact and clean. Also placed the new tailight which I’m super psyched on. I finished painting a lot of stuff on my bike this weekend. Its going to come together this week […]
… was a rough cookie. He blew the engine, and then bought another engine to swap in. He’s been workin on gettin it together. I rode the cb650 there. Then Ricky showed up.
…on the cb650 the other night right before a ride. I found a used set on eBay for $27. Got them in the mail in a few days. lubed them with various cleaning / greasing shit cleaned the throttle sleeve and put a thin layer of grease between the sleeve and the handlebar to keep […]
I’m always curious as to how people mount their custom seats. Well, this is my design. I welded 3/16″ steel bar and tapped them out for M10 1.25 screws which mount from the top and will be covered by the seat padding.
Got the cowl welded up and excess cutoff. Still needs some more final shaping with the hand file and then it’s ready for paint!
This isn’t the biggest update but it shows what I’m working towards. I’m using the back half of a rusted out 500t tank to make my seat cowl. I wanted to slim it down so I cut out a 1 3/4″ section and welded it back together. Mock up.
…was super tall from Honda. I could barely touch the ground flat-foot on it!!! So, I found a seat on eBay that was real slick looking that was said to fit the 1970-1974 cb450. This is the dude’s eBay store: http://stores.ebay.com/hondaclassic31 He def has some real sick seats for a lot of different bikes. Anyway, […]
This is the beginning of my solo seat on my cb500t. I’m going for a super low, slim and minimal seat that fits with the curves of the tank. Cutting out paper templates to get certain measurements. Laid out the design on 16 gauge sheet metal. muscled some bends. Stance
Based on some things I’ve been seeing lately from Adam and Shinya, I’ve been psyched on the bare metal look. I think it fits my 650 well. The 650 is a little rough around the edges and sounds nasty with the pod filters and 4-1 exhaust. So the raw metal tank with a few minor […]
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Published - Feb 15, 2020
Trip to Pittsburgh to Wheel Mill. Washed up for sure. Ilford Delta 3200 film.