1982 Honda CB900F Barn Find - Restoration - Engine Detail
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2023
- Cleaning, painting and polishing the engine to give it a bit more cosmetic curb appeal. No-one likes a dirty engine.
Painting the cases
Polishing aluminum
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I have the desire to restore some bikes, but not the budget anymore, so i just keep my 1 or 2 bikes i own running, and ride. But luckily i can live vicariously through your channel :)
Thanks for staying with me in these journeys!
I recommend you keep a large Garden Sprayer filled with the cleaner solution you prefer. Much easier to dispense than a hand trigger sprayer. I keep an assortment of these garden sprayers for various liquids I use. Just makes life easier. Simple Green diluted with water is my #1 dirt remover.
Rotary metal bristle brush attached to your drill makes life easier for removing crud, rust, paint from any surface. Keep an assortment of them for various projects.
I miss my '81 cb900 custom. I did the same thing with the engine. It was a beautiful bike. I just got scared with an incident and decided right then that my motorcycle days were over. I hastily sold it and made a deal with myself to never ride again. I wish I still had that bike. Even Harley guys thought it was cool and never gave me any crap when I parked next to their pieces of junk. It had shaft drive, adjustable air suspension, and a dual band transmission. At 80mph I was cruising at about 4k. I had no fairing or bags but still took it on long trips. It was a beast. My best was a 500 mile trip in 5 hours with 5 stops for gas along I-10. I was going over 120 mph for most of the trip. I didn't even take my helmet off to run in and pay for gas. Before I was at the end of each entrance ramp I was already going well over 100. The 85 mph speedo was pegged the entire trip.
I was 25. Now I'm 58. I'm glad I lived through that part of my life, but I sure do miss that bike. I hope it wound up in the capable hands of a man like you.
Thanks for commenting and sharing your story Paul. The CB900’s were /are a lovely bike
Nice work. Good job 👍
Thank you !
You have a nice collection of bikes. Remember these from when they were current they never really court on round my area but thing lack of dealers might not have helped.
Thanks !
Nice job, looking good!
Looks great! I'm going to start working on a 900F. I'm curious why you left the front sprocket on? Wouldn't it be easier to clean that area with the sprocket out of the way? And I assume it's going to get replaced anyway?
Also, is that a specific tape you used for masking?
While I've done a fair bit of regular maintenance on my Vulcan S, this will be my first experience tearing a bike down and putting it back together... looking forward to learning a ton!!! So glad to have found these videos! Thanks so much!!!
Thanks for watching. No strange or wonderful reason for leaving it on. Just one of those steps I forgot, and since it was in good shape I never went back to remove it.
Tape is auto body masking tape, it tends to stick better than the household painters tape
Thank you, from BC!
Hi If its hard to get an engine down how do you drop a whole bike to ground level.
Hi there, I’m not sure what you mean, can you clarify?
Sorry but got to say not a big fan of the silver paint on the cooling fins. Other then that about like the way I do it. Thanks man for the vid and keeping the old bikes alive!
I hear ya. I suppose you could sand the fins back to bare aluminum and clear them. They’re supposed to be just bare aluminum from the factory I believe.
Nice work but bit concerned Yu never really go that engine running sweet r u doing all this labour for nothing or u may b confident this engine will run well again nice ol bike in their day
Vapour blasting would quicken much of your work tho I don’t know how much they r to set up
@@karlvanboxel561thanks for the comment. The engine itself is fine. Compression is great, valves are all shimmed etc. Carbs do need more fettling though , which is the reason it needs a bit more tuning. Pilots need to be drilled tapped and removed and carbs need balancing. I’m not concerned. Certainly no reason to abandon the build.
See episode 8 at the 33 minute mark
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Yea idk either. Be nice to have a vapour blaster.
Sorry you said it is hard to get the engine to ground level if you wanted to jet wash. How do you get a whole bike out of your 1st floor work shop.
Ahhhh, yes, my bikes are on the second floor of my building. Building is built into a hill so I can ride around the back up a ramp to get my bikes in and out. The high part of the hill is at the back. So riding or rolling bikes out is easy, carrying an engine down, not so much.
I see that makes sense, I make blanking plates for inlet/outlet from wood or metal seal breather and jet wash whole engine then dry with airline takes a lot of the hard work out. Excellent job on the cb900 by the way I'm in London UK looking for a 900 to restore myself.@@true-moto-resto
@@tinietiptoes7682couldn’t agree more…i usually leave the engine in the bike, block all intake/exhaust areas and pressure wash…waaaayyyy easier in my opinion. Just bought a 1981 Cb900f with factory Hondaline fairing w/27k miles for $800…engine needs a complete rebuild as 3of4 compression #s are low then resto-modding the bike to match my ‘82 CB750F
Plenty of work done on the engine and its looking good, just one thing though, the edge of the fins on the cylinder head should be polished and not painted.
Yea I know, I took a short cut.