I know Radman is a closeted restorer. Are there any other VJMR’s (Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Restorers) here on the forum? My father (age 72) and I have purchased 2 (two) 1983 Honda CB1000 Customs and are busily about our restoration of a daily driver for him.
The keeper is a 26K mile example with Hondaline luggage (all three pieces in very good condition.) The donor is a 60K bike that is providing a Hondaline Fairing and lowers, a few chrome bits, engine covers, mint condition plastic parts, etc.
I am removing the rims from the keeper and bringing home under the guise of “cleaning them up”. They are going to be cleaned up and fitted with a new set F11 and K627 Qualifiers as it would have come from the factory. The old man says the tires are good enough for him….but they aren’t good enough for me! Once we get the fairing off I may have that repainted too, unbeknownst to him. Finding the original Hondaline colors may be a chore.
The air shocks are in good condition, exhaust pipes on both bikes are in excellent condition. They tend to be the most problematic areas on these bikes I have found out. The fairing has a CycleSound housing in it. I have found a couple of NOS Hondaline speakers, just need to find a Hondaline stero for it. Hoping an older Goldwing unit will work.
We have plenty of work to do, rebuilding calipers, new brakes, refinishing rotors, flushing brake lines, lubing cables, greasing suspension points, fork oil change, general cleanup, polishing and buffing, plugs, wires, tuneup, etc. Basically disassembling the entire bike and then reassembling it with clean, repaired or replaced components. We have a May 1 target date for completion. Dad would like to make its first public exhibition at First Thursday as there a usually a number of vintage Pac Rim bikes there with their owners. We hope to be able to sell the donor bike at the end as it will be a complete running bike, just that all of the best components cosmetically will be on Dad’s keeper.
So far I have found the original sales literature, parts fiche, factory service manual, original tool kit with the plastic tire pressure gauge that rarely lasted a month before it fell apart. Dad would like the Hondaline adjustable backrest, so I am on the internet quest to locate a mint or NOS part. That becomes part of the fun of the project.
The keeper is a 26K mile example with Hondaline luggage (all three pieces in very good condition.) The donor is a 60K bike that is providing a Hondaline Fairing and lowers, a few chrome bits, engine covers, mint condition plastic parts, etc.
I am removing the rims from the keeper and bringing home under the guise of “cleaning them up”. They are going to be cleaned up and fitted with a new set F11 and K627 Qualifiers as it would have come from the factory. The old man says the tires are good enough for him….but they aren’t good enough for me! Once we get the fairing off I may have that repainted too, unbeknownst to him. Finding the original Hondaline colors may be a chore.
The air shocks are in good condition, exhaust pipes on both bikes are in excellent condition. They tend to be the most problematic areas on these bikes I have found out. The fairing has a CycleSound housing in it. I have found a couple of NOS Hondaline speakers, just need to find a Hondaline stero for it. Hoping an older Goldwing unit will work.
We have plenty of work to do, rebuilding calipers, new brakes, refinishing rotors, flushing brake lines, lubing cables, greasing suspension points, fork oil change, general cleanup, polishing and buffing, plugs, wires, tuneup, etc. Basically disassembling the entire bike and then reassembling it with clean, repaired or replaced components. We have a May 1 target date for completion. Dad would like to make its first public exhibition at First Thursday as there a usually a number of vintage Pac Rim bikes there with their owners. We hope to be able to sell the donor bike at the end as it will be a complete running bike, just that all of the best components cosmetically will be on Dad’s keeper.
So far I have found the original sales literature, parts fiche, factory service manual, original tool kit with the plastic tire pressure gauge that rarely lasted a month before it fell apart. Dad would like the Hondaline adjustable backrest, so I am on the internet quest to locate a mint or NOS part. That becomes part of the fun of the project.
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