Exhaust is on

Yay, a small step but it's the little things that eventually add up.
Got the exhaust on. It just took a little massaging the pipes into the exhaust ports.
Should seat nicely once its run in a bit.

New Developments

So after a very long break, house things getting in the way.
(The house owns you, you never own the house)

The really cool 1978 Goldwing is now off to a better place, after making its way around craigslist.

I've finally gotten the engine for the 1976 CB750F into the frame.
This took a bit of doing, and some unfortunate events with broken engine studs. Which required me to pull the engine back out, tear it down again and then rebuild with new studs, cam chain ( cause I might as well) and some non-burnt out valves, and stronger springs.




So a lot of work has happened on the 750 since the last post, there's still a far amount left.
I just need to start working through the immediate list:

Rear Sets
- Fabricating the rear set brackets, I want to avoid having to weld a fixed bracket to the frame

Electrics
- The rats nest that is old electrics, will be meeting a swift end with the addition of a solid sate rectifier / regulator instead of the mess that was the older semi-discrete electrics without the rectifier / regulator in one.

Exhaust
- Well it looks as if the 'Fits 1976 CB750 models' descriptor on the exhaust I want to use is slightly exaggerated. This will require some more looking into, possibly the exhaust studs can be taken out for the exhaust to fit.

hmm a big washer and I don't remember where it goes

Electrolysis cleaning

Yup electrolysis cleaning.
Non-destructive...just kinda slow sometimes. For those curious for the details. Simply apply a low voltage ~ 12 - 24 V DC to the rebar in an ionic solution. There's a product called Arm and Hammer washing soda it works well and is biodegradable and not horribly caustic. The rebar is negatively charged. The engine block ( or metal you want cleaned ) is positively charged. Don't let the + / - touch. Then fill the tank up with water / washing soda and let the electricity do the work. You'll need something with a decently high amp rating ~ 2 to 10 Amps. A large battery charger works well for this.

Making progress I think

So I had my angle grinder with the cut off disc in hand and decided I'd get closer to getting the seat mounted.


Now you see it...Now you don't.





I'm hoping it doesn't come back to annoy me later on in the build. I've also marked off the end where I'll be chopping as well and then putting a brace at the back in the form of a hoop or a straight cross-piece.

And I was decently ambitious, I got the Gordon Frame kit mostly installed. Kinda sloppy on some of the cuts but it gets the job done and it should be pretty decent looking.

On Wheels

Finally got to put the frame on wheels and roll it around a little bit.

Makes for the first big step towards the end goal of a completed project.

Well shit....

Good news first.

New brake pistons from: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280446507526

From germany to us, all 4 for a good bit less then oem. And on top of that it's stainless steel.
Which means these won't rust again.

I also picked up an handy motorcycle jack, currently holding up the 750 F project.

Bad news.

After bleeding the brakes on the goldwing, I jacked up the bike and spun the wheel and noticed that the rotors were warped.
So that's one part. The other part is the carbs need to be cleaned out again...
The idle is off and even on choke I can barely keep the bike running.
Just meaning that there's gunk in the idle circuit on the carbs...I'll try running it a bit more to see if it clears out, but I have my doubts.