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I like those small block fours. Sounds like it needs a lot of poo poo though.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I like those small block fours. Sounds like it needs a lot of poo poo though. Yeah, saw the bike today, it's not in terrible shape, just needs the usual wear items - tires, brakes, maybe fork seal, maybe just cleaning up of the slider surface. We'll see what the deal is with the electricals, that's the only sticky spot for me at the moment.
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Apr 13, 2015 19:51
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Z3n posted:Yeah, saw the bike today, it's not in terrible shape, just needs the usual wear items - tires, brakes, maybe fork seal, maybe just cleaning up of the slider surface. IIRC he said the turn signals didn't work. Those should be easy to trace to a bad connection, failed relay, or bulb. Were there other sparky issues?
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Apr 13, 2015 21:14
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Tamir Lenk posted:IIRC he said the turn signals didn't work. Those should be easy to trace to a bad connection, failed relay, or bulb. Were there other sparky issues? Overcharging, but has a fresh battery. Will need to spend a little time chasing electrical stuff, but that's not the end of the world 
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Apr 14, 2015 01:18
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Z3n posted:Yeah, saw the bike today, it's not in terrible shape, just needs the usual wear items - tires, brakes, maybe fork seal, maybe just cleaning up of the slider surface. If there are issues with the charging system I'd be inclined to replace the whole thing with parts from Rick's. Hondas of that age blow out often.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Did you mess with the swingarm at all? I'm curious how the shop decided it needed bushings. Noticeable play in the rear end or something? I'm curious on that front as well - waiting on pulling the rear wheel to inspect it properly. Assuming that the rear swingarm pivot is seized to gently caress and replacing it will involve pounding it out and replacing the pivot bolt. Could have grabbed it and checked it out then, but  when I'm standing in the street chatting. That Ricks replacements are available for the vintage stuff is good to know - obviously, holding off on buying parts that might be good until we can really tear everything down..
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Apr 14, 2015 02:54
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Z3n posted:I'm curious on that front as well - waiting on pulling the rear wheel to inspect it properly. Assuming that the rear swingarm pivot is seized to gently caress and replacing it will involve pounding it out and replacing the pivot bolt. Could have grabbed it and checked it out then, but If the charging system can keep the stator but needs new reg/rectifier bits, I had great luck with dumping the regulator and rectifier off my old Suzuki and replacing it with the R/R off a 2009 CBR. I don't recall all my research details from the time, but that particular R/R (according to various EE types on GSR) was pretty ideal for heat management and salvaging the very badly designed Suzuki charging system. Even more so, after I made other wiring changes to adopt a single-point ground point, routing all of the ground paths through the R/R, and eliminating Suzuki's retarded "run one leg off the stator through the headlight switch on the handlebar" wiring. Also that R/R was fairly easy to find on eBay for cheap. HTH
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Apr 14, 2015 17:33
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Tamir Lenk posted:If the charging system can keep the stator but needs new reg/rectifier bits, I had great luck with dumping the regulator and rectifier off my old Suzuki and replacing it with the R/R off a 2009 CBR. I don't recall all my research details from the time, but that particular R/R (according to various EE types on GSR) was pretty ideal for heat management and salvaging the very badly designed Suzuki charging system. Even more so, after I made other wiring changes to adopt a single-point ground point, routing all of the ground paths through the R/R, and eliminating Suzuki's retarded "run one leg off the stator through the headlight switch on the handlebar" wiring. Also that R/R was fairly easy to find on eBay for cheap. Yeah there's a certain brand of MOSFET R/R that people often recommend for replacements/upgrades. If that's the problem, definitely going to recommend we go that direction. I'll scan the wiring diagram to make sure there's no rear end backwards designs like that in the CB, thanks!
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Apr 14, 2015 21:22
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Ugh. I need to get a tank for my 80 CB400T after it got damaged over the winter in the storage place. Trying to find one that's not rusted to hell or already dented as gently caress is such a PITA.
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Apr 23, 2015 15:16
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Chris Knight posted:Ugh. I need to get a tank for my 80 CB400T after it got damaged over the winter in the storage place. Trying to find one that's not rusted to hell or already dented as gently caress is such a PITA. What kind of damage did you get?
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Apr 23, 2015 15:44
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Tamir Lenk posted:What kind of damage did you get? Guy I store it with said a pretty big dent, I haven't seen it myself yet since we're arranging delivery of both of my bikes at the moment.
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Apr 23, 2015 20:19
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Tamir Lenk posted:What kind of damage did you get? So there's the tank: 
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drat. That sucks. Doesn't look like something you could pull and/or patch with some bondo etc.
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May 4, 2015 06:05
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That's a welded stud and hammer job. It "could be fixed". You've got a honda there, so your tank is most likely "just one year" or maybe two years. I'd take it to a body shop and have them give you a quote.
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