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Pigford · #16 PostAuthor: **Pigford** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:05 pm

Thats a big old exhaust box :shock:

Bet she's a blast to ride around your neck of the woods :twisted:

Back to my old heap - and after a quick spin on it around my works yard to warm it up then I changed the oil & filter.

Goes surprisingly well considering how long its been standing at the back of a garage!!!!!

Next I had a look to see about cleaning the carb out...

Top view...

...errrrm, I think its in there - somewhere.... ??????? Think you need to remove the rear wheel, air box, then you can get at it :??

But before I delve too deep..... I set about ripping the seat & arse end off..

........ and tried to re-lived my BLUE PETER days.....

Gonna sort out a single seat unit then set the grinder to the bastard... let the battle commence :twisted:

saxon46 · #17 PostAuthor: **saxon46** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:20 pm

its a yoshimura exhaust type thing.....I thought it was a bit OTT.....like rocking horse shit apparently........but stand behind it you can feel the pulse's from the motor a couple of feet away :shock:

Pigford · #18 PostAuthor: **Pigford** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:08 pm

Been playing in the workshop this week - and started on the front end......

The forks are in pretty good condition - decent chrome, no threads damaged, just the seals leaking a bit :roll:

So I got hold of a seal kit and some cheapo gaiters - only Â£7 off eBay !

The first fork stripped down OK, but the damper bolt (bottom of fork) on the last fork was a real PITA :evil:

I spent a whole lunchtime getting the bolt out - the dampers are round on the inside and I tried the old "whittled-down" broom handle first - No luck..... :shock:

So in the end I ground a sharp end on some 16mm studding and whacked that in to hold it whilst the "rattle" gun did its thing... H**** must have had an excess of Loctite to use up at the end of the 80's !!!!!

Anyhow, its all done now - belt & braces job as its got the dust seals and the gaiters fitted :wink:

I also stripped & cleaned the front calliper (its only got 1 :wink:

) and fitted new pads........ Just need to clean up the wheel & yokes then I'll start on the back end :!:

#19 PostAuthor: **Ginger Bear** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:48 pm

Piggy........

.............. have you 'fessed up' to Mrs P about this one yet

Pigford · #20 PostAuthor: **Pigford** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:09 pm

Ginger Bear wrote:Piggy........

.............. have you 'fessed up' to Mrs P about this one yet

Kind of - errrrrr yeah, but no, but yeah..... :??

HARRY4448 · #21 PostAuthor: **HARRY4448** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:27 pm

Whatever you do don't say that its a mates and his wife can't ever know or I'm fixing it for a mate.
The other half will see right through you.
I have seen female officers reduce men to tears in an interview room with just a stare.

Scarey.

Rich · #22 PostAuthor: **Rich** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:50 pm

Pigford wrote:
Kind of - errrrrr yeah, but no, but yeah.....

we'll take that as a no then :roll:

Pigford · #23 PostAuthor: **Pigford** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:33 pm

Well, Mrs P now knows all about this bike.... :rollpin

...so spent the last weekend decorating the spare room :roll:

So..... bike in one piece again - only doing a general tidy-up, so trying to keep it cheap & easy :!:

The rear cush drive rubbers were a bit slack... so I did my old trick of using an old bicycle inner tube to "freshen" it up a bit.... just cut 5-off and slipped them over the hub arms.

I painted the hub & drum plate & swingarm & shox... roughly rubbed the spokes down a bit & it looks a lot better now....

...and thats a new chain & sprocket set too......!!!!

I painted the forks & engine casings silver & have now started chopping the seat up :shock:

Rich · #24 PostAuthor: **Rich** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:33 pm

you want to cut the front mudguard up as well while you're at it

ADRIAN H · #25 PostAuthor: **ADRIAN H** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:07 pm

Rich wrote:you want to cut the front mudguard up as well while you're at it

needs to cut more than the front mudguard. . . . Only joking :lol:

Not sure where this one is going, eager anticipation for the end result though. Good luck. :lol:

Pigford · #26 PostAuthor: **Pigford** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:37 pm

Direction Adrian - errrm, NONE whatsoever :??

So heres the front end all finished & better than it was !

The worse bit about these bikes (apart from the manufacturer) is the tank :!:

So I tried a different one for size...

The exhaust is a bit shot - but I have some old Z900 down pipes from a NETA system which I have taken a hacksaw to :twisted:

A bit is phaffing and I think I can make some decent pipes - if Dave (ExhaustCraft) can be persuaded to assist me in making a collector box and link pipe :wink:

Pigford · #27 PostAuthor: **Pigford** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:15 pm

So I chopped up the old NETA headers.......... removed the BELL-ENDS (snigger) cut them open and reverse fitted them on the header......

....Also finished making some collars out of 6mm ally plate....

...and tried them up for size...

WATCH OUT DAVE (EXHAUSTCRAFT) :twisted:

ADRIAN H · #28 PostAuthor: **ADRIAN H** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:30 pm

What do you think of this baby ?

http://classicbikes.actieforum.com/t961 ... this-cb750

Rich · #29 PostAuthor: **Rich** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:35 pm

Pigford wrote:So I chopped up the old NETA headers.......... removed the BELL-ENDS (snigger) cut them open and reverse fitted them on the header......

....Also finished making some collars out of 6mm ally plate....

...and tried them up for size...

saw they looked shit and chucked them in the skip

Pigford · #30 PostAuthor: **Pigford** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 7:14 pm

Cheers Rich - actually should have been: "saw they looked shit & matched the bike" :wink:

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