Alan F.
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Some more new parts, some dirty & some clean. I was lucky to get that steering damper apart after a few weeks with Seafoam Deep Creep.
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Black Friday - a Red 1965 Honda CB160
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Alan F.
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More progress, had a hell of a time loosening the swingarm pivot, so with a new, sharp file and 20 minutes...
I picked up a nice used pivot bolt to reassemble with, it'll get useful grease zerks first. I picked up some Honda Cloud Silver, then decided the fenders should stay the way they are.
I picked up a nice used pivot bolt to reassemble with, it'll get useful grease zerks first. I picked up some Honda Cloud Silver, then decided the fenders should stay the way they are.
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MrWellAdjusted
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They look good. I looked them up, they're inexpensive.
Alan F.
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Fenders, $15 inop horn from eBay that was just misadjusted, the tell-tale-tag on the wiring harness its really a 65, and tapered roller steering bearings whether it needs them or not.
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Alan F.
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And they're quite light as well, between that and reports of good handling in wet or dry conditions I thought they'd do well.
Alan F.
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That's about as far as I got, before I bought my Royal Enfield Interceptor then work picked back up. I've been cleaning up the forks, but I'm not banking on being able to get them apart. Seals are good so I'll probably drain them and fill with kerosene to clean them out before choosing a fork oil weight to fill them with.
To soak each fork whole I picked up a plastic tube with silicone end caps marketed at the sports collectibles crowd for displaying baseball bats, fits great and doesn't use too much Evaporust.
To soak each fork whole I picked up a plastic tube with silicone end caps marketed at the sports collectibles crowd for displaying baseball bats, fits great and doesn't use too much Evaporust.
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Alan F.
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Alan F.
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I guess I just flooded this thread with pics and not much explanation. Just parts cleaning so far. Some new consumables purchased but the only parts I've replaced are two broken spokes and the swingarm pivot bolt that I filed the nut off of. I bought cables and steering bearings, a speedometer drive seal, new cable adjusters for the handlebar perches and some NOS brake shoe sets.
Today I took the 2nd of the two assembled forks out of its Evaporust soak, gave it a good soap & water rinse & dried it. Took a few photos and popped the dust seal out, stood both forks back up & filled the chrome seal tubes with fresh Evaporust again, I'll let that stuff do it's job for a while. I still think the seals are in good shape and I'm not gonna fight to get these forks apart. I'll just drain & fill with kerosene for a while, then drain & fill with fork oil and call them done. At that point I'll give them a coat of CorrosionX. There are some obvious spots where the original paint has flaked off, I'm tempted to repaint but if I paint one thing I'll have to paint everything, so no. I'll have to find a new clamp bolt and new drain bolts with crush washers.
Today I took the 2nd of the two assembled forks out of its Evaporust soak, gave it a good soap & water rinse & dried it. Took a few photos and popped the dust seal out, stood both forks back up & filled the chrome seal tubes with fresh Evaporust again, I'll let that stuff do it's job for a while. I still think the seals are in good shape and I'm not gonna fight to get these forks apart. I'll just drain & fill with kerosene for a while, then drain & fill with fork oil and call them done. At that point I'll give them a coat of CorrosionX. There are some obvious spots where the original paint has flaked off, I'm tempted to repaint but if I paint one thing I'll have to paint everything, so no. I'll have to find a new clamp bolt and new drain bolts with crush washers.
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Alan F.
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Some free time today to make a little progress, I tapped 1/4-28 threads into both ends of the swingarm pivot (I'd previously drilled them out to 7/32") cleaned out the chips with brake cleaner then verified clean with cotton swabs before adding grease zerks with blue loctite.
This is one of the few modifications I'm making to this bike.
This is one of the few modifications I'm making to this bike.
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I see vacation funds disappearing
Alan F.
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Actually I bought most if not all of the parts I'll need for this bike in 2021 or early 2022. I had no idea how much money I'd save.