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Originally Posted by HurricaneHeather
I can't see your pics, so I am subscribing to this thread.
My FIL has a....shit I don't remember the year, but it's a CB550 that I want to take from him. The poor bike has been sitting outside under a tarp for years.  I just haven't had the time to drive up to Missouri with a truck and trailer to pick it up.
This isn't it, but it's the same one. |
good luck getting it! that thing looks like it would be a better starting point than the cm is, at least you have a flat seat!
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Originally Posted by unknownroad
You bastard! Whenever I do that I end up with a POS with a seized engine 
What is that, around a 1980? Looks like almost everything except the engine and drivetrain would interchange with one of my CX500s.
A tip: Harley Sportster OEM shocks. They're cheap as hell on ebay because all the RUBEs replace them with Progressives, they're available in a variety of lengths, and I bet they'll swap right on. Just have to swap the bushings from your old shocks.
Also, if you can pick up a Trailtech Vapor (or hell, even a bicycle speedo) you'll lose about 50 pounds off the top of the bike by ditching the gauge cluster. |
its an 82' and yeah i think honda in those days used the same frame for a variety of different bikes. i saw a cx a few weeks ago that looked just like it used to. interesting that they were so hot to clone triumph and guzzi in the eighties
have you tried pouring seafoam or maybe pb blaster in the cylinders overnight? that usually can do wonders for unsticking things. actually i should prob run some seafoam through this old bastard...