Thinking about a new project

CasterTroy · 10-02-2009, 10:54 AM

Doesn't run.....owner doesn't know why....but might be a great winter project...OR it could be a money pit

z06boy · 10-02-2009, 10:59 AM

Damn cool looking machine though.

Particle Man · 10-02-2009, 11:02 AM

wow... if the price is right you'd be crazy to pass that up Troy

karl_1052 · 10-02-2009, 11:10 AM

Saweet!

jalaan1 · 10-02-2009, 12:48 PM

good lookin cafe.

shmike · 10-02-2009, 12:50 PM

Is that a CB?

Looks like it.

If so, I'd grab it. Parts are plentiful.

HurricaneHeather · 10-02-2009, 12:56 PM

Um....um....buy it.

Mikey · 10-02-2009, 03:19 PM

Fucking do it. A cafe racer build is my next project, and the CB is a great platform. If that is a CB, it probably won't take much to get it running- those things were over-engineered tanks.

goof2 · 10-02-2009, 03:38 PM

Does the engine spin? With that exhaust, if the previous owner didn't rejet the carbs it might have been running lean. It looks like a well sorted bike so I would think that was taken care of, but the color of those headpipes may indicate otherwise.

I can't tell, but if it is a CB engine I would think parts would be cheap. There are a number of CB750 motors on ebay for $200 or less. The difficult part (bodywork) looks done. Whatever is wrong with it shouldn't take a lot of money, just time. That is kind of the idea for a winter project though.

CasterTroy · 10-02-2009, 03:45 PM

It's actually a CB550

Quote:

im pretty sure the problem either has to do with the starter or the transmission. when i try to start it electrically, it just clicks and when i try to kick start it, i get about 3/4 of the way down before the kick start just stops. i know it's not the battery because ive fully charged it

10-02-2009, 10:54 AM	#1
CasterTroy ................ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NC Posts: 3,028	Thinking about a new project Doesn't run.....owner doesn't know why....but might be a great winter project...OR it could be a money pit __________________ “Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.” Viktor Frankl

10-02-2009, 11:02 AM	#3
Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	wow... if the price is right you'd be crazy to pass that up Troy __________________ I'm not "fat." I'm "Enlarged to show texture." Handle every stressful situation like a DOG: If you can't eat it or hump it, pi$$ on it & walk away.

10-02-2009, 11:10 AM	#4
karl_1052 sergeant hatred Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ottawa Moto: The bus Posts: 2,723	Saweet! __________________ My wife was afraid of the dark...then she saw me naked and now she's afraid of the light.

10-02-2009, 12:48 PM	#5
jalaan1 orangina Zed Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LI, NY Moto: '12 Z1000 Posts: 700	good lookin cafe. __________________

10-02-2009, 12:50 PM	#6
shmike Follower Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5,549	Is that a CB? Looks like it. If so, I'd grab it. Parts are plentiful. __________________ Racing For Smiles

10-02-2009, 10:59 AM	#2
z06boy Letzroll Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lake Norman area, NC Moto: 07 Red R1 & 07 Blue R6 Posts: 5,265	Damn cool looking machine though.

10-02-2009, 12:56 PM	#7
HurricaneHeather AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney Moto: '98 Honda Fireblade Posts: 3,696	Um....um....buy it.

10-02-2009, 03:19 PM	#8
Mikey Raving Lunatic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Antonio, Texas Moto: Concours 14 ABS, ZX6E Posts: 902	Fucking do it. A cafe racer build is my next project, and the CB is a great platform. If that is a CB, it probably won't take much to get it running- those things were over-engineered tanks. __________________ Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

10-02-2009, 03:38 PM	#9
goof2 AMA Supersport Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,756	Does the engine spin? With that exhaust, if the previous owner didn't rejet the carbs it might have been running lean. It looks like a well sorted bike so I would think that was taken care of, but the color of those headpipes may indicate otherwise. I can't tell, but if it is a CB engine I would think parts would be cheap. There are a number of CB750 motors on ebay for $200 or less. The difficult part (bodywork) looks done. Whatever is wrong with it shouldn't take a lot of money, just time. That is kind of the idea for a winter project though.