CB-1 Mk2
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 3:52 pm
Since the demise of Photobucket, there doesn’t seem to be many people posting projects on the forum so I figured I’d start this thread using Flickr to host the images & hopefully inspire a few of you to do the same.
Ok, so here is the latest project a CB-1 mk2. Although I’ve worked on a mk2 before, this is the first one I’ve owned, although it was never really planned for it to come into my possession.
Back in the summer it was posted on the Facebook page and the owner was looking for some help getting it back on the road after a minor crash. The bike had gone down on its left hand side but what caused the damage was that it went under an oncoming vehicle which smashed the clutch cover. As he was fairly local I offered to pop over and help him make a list of parts needed that I should be able to supply from my stash of bits.
As the parts list grew and the amount of work and money mounted up, he decided that it wasn’t worth repairing and that he would sell it for parts. A deal was struck and the bike was wheeled into the back of the van and then sat in the shed for quite a few months until I was finally able to get round to sitting it on the bench and looking at it. The plan was for it to be a little project over the Christmas break but life in general and my other bikes had other plans……
DSCF0774 by pod_70, on Flickr
DSCF0772 by pod_70, on Flickr
The plan is to go through the bike sorting out any issues and get it back on the road again. It’s only going to be a clean-up and repair rather than a full on restoration. Sure I’ve said this before about other projects….
Ok, so here is the latest project a CB-1 mk2. Although I’ve worked on a mk2 before, this is the first one I’ve owned, although it was never really planned for it to come into my possession.
Back in the summer it was posted on the Facebook page and the owner was looking for some help getting it back on the road after a minor crash. The bike had gone down on its left hand side but what caused the damage was that it went under an oncoming vehicle which smashed the clutch cover. As he was fairly local I offered to pop over and help him make a list of parts needed that I should be able to supply from my stash of bits.
As the parts list grew and the amount of work and money mounted up, he decided that it wasn’t worth repairing and that he would sell it for parts. A deal was struck and the bike was wheeled into the back of the van and then sat in the shed for quite a few months until I was finally able to get round to sitting it on the bench and looking at it. The plan was for it to be a little project over the Christmas break but life in general and my other bikes had other plans……
DSCF0774 by pod_70, on Flickr
DSCF0772 by pod_70, on Flickr
The plan is to go through the bike sorting out any issues and get it back on the road again. It’s only going to be a clean-up and repair rather than a full on restoration. Sure I’ve said this before about other projects….