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CB650 "Parts Bin Special"
andy120t:
...probably worth adding that my entire seat cost me under
beermaker:
Loving this thread Andy, your project is looking really good! I've just joined and am restoring a rusty chassis and lump and two boxes of bits into hopefully a shiny CB650 Nighthawk (was going to keep it original, but just seen a CB650 hardtail chop on ebay which has caught my fancy!) Feel very inspired by your articles and picked up some good tips along the way! Please keep it coming!
Cheers
Philip
andy120t:
Progress at last after 6 months of a new job and a tiny baby restricting my time in the cellar. I've now installed new head bearings & front wheel bearings & mounted the yokes & forks - piccies to follow over the weekend!
andy120t:
...it's been an age since I posted, not least because my PC died and I lost all my piccies and my build log and my spreadsheet of costs. So I'm rather cross.
Brief update now - as I'm extra cross since I just wrote a long update then accidentally deleted it....grrr!
CB650 calipers are too deep for my spoked wheels so have sourced a set of GPz400R ones. Held my breath when they turned up as they are still deeper than I imagined but they are single piston only and don't appear to catch the spokes. I'm in the process of mounting them / making mounting plates so will soon see!
These will be combined with the master cylinder that came in my box of parts which is a CB one, although the reservoir on this is rather large and plastic & looks awful - so I'm thinking of sourcing an all alloy one. These appear to be shallower but I don't know which bike they are off so if anyone knows please let me know.
I've also poached the wide handlebars from another bike - about 88cm wide & these look great, howeve they have a fairly shallow rise and foul the air top-up valve on the top of my forks. One of those 1980's technological advances (air-assist forks) that ended up going nowhere and are now causing me irritation! Thats all for the moment - piccies to follow once the camera works again!
andy120t:
A few piccies to summarise where I have got to.
New head bearings going in:
Sourced calipers from a GPZ400R :
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