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75 CB400 "Dad's old bike" project
Pops400:
Thanks Julie (and Mike! Sorry, I missed that one first time round.)
Don't worry, Julie, she's a hardy lass. ;) That's her racing fleece, it pretty warm. Overalls on order.
Pops400:
A frustrating, but quite fun morning on the bike today. Julie, you will be glad to know the girl's overalls arrived during the week. ;)
Took the girl up this morning to carry on stripping the bike down and the damn rear guard swallowed another hour of time and half a tin of WD40. Rounded and rusted, nothing on this bike wants to come apart easy, so progress is PAINFULLY slow. >:(
Was just having a chocolate hob-nob break, when my wife turned up with coffee and hot chocolate and her camera. She likes her photography, so told us to just crack on and used the morning to get some practice whilst we set about it. I know the progress isn't exciting or quick, but thought I'd share the pics anyway, to keep the thread and motivation going.
Abandoning the plan to get the mudguard off, set about getting the back end off instead and decided to use the time to teach the girl a bit.
First lesson, how to split a rusty chain! ::) [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
Then Jess was put on WD40 duty while I got to getting enough rust off to start getting the chain split. Think I may need shares in the damn stuff at this rate. :-[ [ Guests cannot view attachments ] [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
Finally split the chain and left it to Jess to knock the link out and get it free. Good girl. :) [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
Pretty much everything needed the use of the all purpose multi tool (big 'ommer) and copious quantities of WD40 and Bicep... [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
Pops400:
I have no idea why the photos have all gone on sideways. I accept no claims for neck injuries whilst viewing this post. :o
Pops400:
My good lady wife went all arty for this one. ;D [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
Pops400:
You have no idea how long it took just to get to the point where we could get the b****y wheel out! Pretty much everything sheared, bent or took an hour to coax. Bless me girl, she was patient and calm and got the honour of rolling our prize out. [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
Thank the lord for that. Something moved. [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
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