Honda-SOHC

Today i thought i would spend a few hours in the garage on the F2 , so i went out and got my cylinder head out, this head has been getting me down as it had a seized bolt which the PO had just drilled through, and left the really rough corroded head fused to the aluminium.
The bolt i am talking about was one of the four bolts under the rubber pucks ( the ones people usually forget and hammer the shit out of their head breaking off fins before realising), anyway i had tried all sorts of things to get this out but it was corroded in there real bad and was in such an awkward place to access, i had an idea  to get an easy-out in the top of it and jam it in tight then turn the head around and tap it through from underneath, after many attempts i won the battle and got it out. A proper eureka moment!
Also there are a few stripped threads in the head one of them a cam tower fixing bolt thread, so i for the first time used my helicoil kit  drilled it out and inserted a new helicoil thread, i am so chuffed that i have got out there in amongst all mess and done something constructive,its back to full on enthusiasm for me , and to add to the excitement DS emailed me yesterday, and the box of new goodies i ordered quite a while back is on its way so i can crack on with the rebuild.
Pete
the remaing peice i managed to get out

Hi Superblod, welcome to the site there are quite a few of us F2 owners on hear, me being another one of them, i am building up 2 at the moment, one will be a standard rebuild/ restoration, the other a lovely red cafe racer with many period after market additions and a tuned engine, i am surprised there are so many F2's about 30 + years later considering how many people slate them off for having useless engines, i have nearly all the bits i need now to completely rebuild 2x F2 engines, but as insurance i have also aquired myself a F1 engine just incase .
I personally love the look of the F2, i just cant wait to be able to ride them.They are sneaking up in value and are bound to become quite collectable in years to come, even the spare parts are fetching quite a bit now.
Do you have any pictures of your bike?
Pete

I think this guy selling the KO thinks he has got the bike equivelent of the Mona lisa, personally i think it is a crock of shite, i quite agree Ash the cost of restoration would be very high, also that bike needs all the important hard to get parts replaced so it is really over priced
Pete

Very nice frame, i love it when everything is clean and new looking like that, you could build the bike in the house without making any mess if the missis would let you, a friend of mine did with his gt750 kettle, right there in his front room. i built a DT400mx in my bedroom once in a rented house before i was married
My frame has also been powder coated and is sitting there waiting for me to get stuck in ,
Pete

I looked on DS at spares for k0 models and it seems just about everything is available,  for 3k you could do a reasonable restore on one. it seems 10k is what they fetch in restored condition, so i would think its a bargin or is it just me.
Pete

Ok i have a plan and i am thinking positively i made up a list for my white board, i will put each section of the below list on the board one at a time, and tick off when done , below are what i think is the remaining things to do, no doubt there are some forgotten bits but its a good start. and at the end of doing all these jobs comes the good bit of fitting it all together.

pete

 Brakes Front & Rear
1) clean and prepare calipers and brackets
2) paint calipers and brackets
3) rebuild calipers with new parts
4) strip and clean front master cylinder
5) paint master cylinder
6 rebuild master cylinder with new parts
7) polish brake lever

 Front forks
1) strip forks
2) clean parts
3) prepare fork lowers for paint
4) paint fork lowers
5) reasemble forks using new seals & oil

 Front mud guard
1) remove and treat any rust
2) seal and paint underside
3) polish topside

 Clocks
1) strip clocks
2) prepare for paint and mask up
3) spray clock casings
4) polish chrome lowers
5) prepare and paint brackets
6) reasemble

 Seat
1) strip base and treat surface rust
2) prime and paint base and hinges
3) recover seat
4) fit tail unit and side rails

 Tank
1) treat surface rust to underside and bottom edges
2) spray underside and touch in bottom edges
3) fit new tap and polish

 Engine
1) drill and helicoil broken studs in cases
2) clean up cases
3) mask and spray cases
4) install new rings on pistons
5) hone bores
6) helicoil cam tower threads in head
7) resurface head
Cool fit new guides
9) grind in new valves
10) clean up head and respray
11) reasemble gearbox using new seals and 1194 sealant
12) reasemble pistons, barrels and head
13) reasemble cam tower, cam and rockers
14) reasemble generator
15) reasemble points
16) reasemble clutch
17) prepare and spray engine covers and rocker cover

Yep if i had a couple of barns i would do exactly the same, and fill them up with bikes, i would say the way banks are performing these days it is a safer bet to have a barn full of classics than money in bank
Pete

Yes good advise from all of you, i put the same post on the US sohc foum and also got some good advise, i have had a good think about this situation and have decided before i do anything else i am going to manage my space a bit better, i have made a start by building a lean too roof going down the side of my house and joining it up with my garage,that gives me some more dry area to use, i am also going to have a bit of a clear in my garage and workshop as there is nothing better than having it all neat and tidy,
when the space situation is under control i am going to tackle one bit at a time, say for example start on the front brakes and each time i go out to do something make sure if finish that bit even if it is only one small bit, then once i have a complete overhauled front brake assembly, i can move on to say the rear brake components, taking one small bit at a time until that is done,and gradually move through each part of the bike.
As well as the cold i have identified the other big problem, which is basically when i do something wrong or something breaks or i totally mess something up, it knocks my confidence and pisses me off so much that i cant get exited about doing anything else to the bike, and this feeling seems to last a long time, so i am now going to do everything as logically as i can and take my time and get it right first time so that i don't depress myself as i have been doing.

Yoshi when i have had a good clear up i will give you a shout and we will have a beer and a chat while looking at the mess i have got myself into.
Pete