Revival project

[guntherrex]

Well, been on here for a while, not too frequent but I think it's time to start posting some stuff.

Last year I bought a CB-1 for the missus, since it's small, light and cheap  (yes, I'm dutch)

So, I picked one up for 300 euro, general condition looked a bit tatty but it was kept indoors bij the PO and he supplied fresh oil and coolant with it (never got around to fixing it himself) Battery was dead, so couldn't check the engine. Front brake was seized completely, had to take off the caliper to move it as all. forks were leaking, everything else worked. this was how I got it:


So, new battery, turns over, doesn't fire. Carbs gummed up? you bet!


after that, electrics failed. Digging deeped I discovered more and more crap and bad modifications. So I got a new reg/rec and and a new wiring loom. That needs to be placed. In the meanwhile I replaced the rear brake caliper, the radiator and revised the front brakes. Checked valve clearanced and changed oil filter, oil and coolant. wow, I did more than I thought I did now that I look at it All this in the back garden, which is not perfect.

So now I have it in the garage, let playtime begin!


first order of business: rebuilding the forks. Now everything on this bike seemed to have been screwed in by king kong or a relative. This is how the fork caps looked:

So: no way I got them off without butchering them completely. Now I had some forks from a gsx-750f hanging around, so tried those (also 43mm)



Fit like a glove, except that the brakes won’t fit without a lot of hassle, so decided to try the stock forks first. Stripped em without taking the tops off. Fortunately, both allen bolts came off without a problem, 1 missed the copper ring  Decided they could use some new paint:


After that filled em with 500ml of oil (was probably a few cc’s in the internals) the wrong side around (remember, we’re working on a zero budget here )



Cleaned the wheel and the disc, fitted it all back up



So that’s it for now. Plan is to change the loom out, get the clean carbs in and see it it will work. Will also clean up the exhaust while it’s on the bridge for some new paint, and strip off the passenger pegs and shorten the front pegs for the missus little feet  Hope to fit my DIY lightweight battery, and try to take off as much excess stuff as possible for a clean look.

Hope to have amused you guys, will post updates when ready. If you got any tips/warnings/comments, let me know!

[a_morti]

Forks are 41mm. Filling them upside down is brilliant.

It's just good for us to see another of these lovely bike being brought back from the dead. Dank u!

If you can find a pair you can use adjustable fork caps off vtr1000f and maybe other to add preload adjustment. It helps a bit but won't completely compensate for the weak springs.

[guntherrex]

ah yes, had the 43 from the zrx in my head It's a pretty nice bike to work on. I think I used up to 200Nm on the caps and they still didn't budge, so they'll just stay where they are for now, but thanks for the tip  The missus weighs just over 50kg, so shouldn't be a biggie.

[cbtje]

do you also use motor-forum.nl?

i live a  north of amsterdam.

[guntherrex]

aye i do, but the CB-1 topic is not very active there. I do keep an eye out of course 

Saw your bike there too, nice work on the seat

Right now the front engine support is drying after some paint, exhaust is off for blasting and coating. Was surprised the thing came off so easy, but looks like there were no gaskets in there either. It looks crap  Will make it all better soon 

[guntherrex]

boy do I hope at least the engine is in good shape.... Been digging a little deeper, getting the exhaust off, removing the wiring loom and swinger and the mudguards at the rear. Lots more bodgy connections to be corrected. Also cleaned up the fron engine mount a bit. Didn't bother getting it in newish shape

top tip: loosen both rear engine mounts if you want to get the swinger out without grinding off some angles off the spacers like the idiot before me did



all undressed now...



both bushes for the bearing and axle were hacked up by the previous owner, needle bearing looks a bit rusty... what do you guys think?



after that I figured it was time to take something off.... feel good. Now to smooth things out and paint

[guntherrex]

allrighty then, more work done

cleaned the worst corrosion off the subframe and the swiner and cleaned up the cut-offs on the frame.


then for a little paint to make it look pretty again :

[guntherrex]

slowly putting it back together now. Also swapped the rear brake switch for one with the rorrect connector on it and cleaned off even more crap on various part... easy weight saving 







any of you guys tried polishing the aluminium side covers?

[a_morti]

Looking good!
The side panels come up nicely but take a lot of work to keep, if you let them see rain it's not worth it.

[guntherrex]

allrighty, was thinking the same thing. And we have a lot of rain here  Best just give em some paint or just a good clean for now and get this thing running first, as was the original plan 

[Daveontheedge]

Looking good!
The side panels come up nicely but take a lot of work to keep, if you let them see rain it's not worth it.

Keep them covered with a good coat of wax and they shouldn't bee too bad. Don't bother with a clear coat as it won't stick to a polished surface though.

[guntherrex]

yeah, clear coat won't work. Been checking a lot of pics t maybe find a colour that works, but I think the stock colour fits best with the stock frame colour, so I'll just keep it like that for now.

yesterday fitted the freshly painted gear lever and the sprocket cover, damn cold in the shed 

[guntherrex]

had a boring weekend, so worked on the bike a bit. Got some progress on the electrics, also found out the wiring loom I put in might be a bit better than the previous one, but there were some big flaws in there too. Biggest was the wiring to the key lock, those were comepletely bare by some short.

Didn't feel like taking the entire loom apart o peeled em back and then put in some new contacts and closed it up. If it won't work I'll rewire the bugger

After that the wiring fitted perrty decent in the headlicht, not too easy to put the light back on though....

does fit with some persuasion

rear wiring was cut off too, so fixed that as well



today found me a second hand relay and got me some exhaust gaskets so I can fit the exhaust afted blasting and painting I'm getting good at getting the carbs on and off.... hope I won't need that skill too often 

[cbtje]

I was thinking about wrapping the alu side covers  with brushed alu wrappingstuff.

[a_morti]

I know it's a budget project, but try these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-Way-Pin-6-3mm-Locking-TAB-Connector-Plug-Socket-Kit-/170575508626?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item27b717b492