Honda CB500 Barn Find - Will it run?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ค. 2018
- In this video we got my old CB500 running after sitting for almost 40 years. You will see this bike on the channel again at some point but stay tuned for our next big project unveiling.
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Honda certainly know how to build a starter motor.
Honda the best.
No shit, that’s what I was thinking all video. Makes me feel a lot better about how I’ve treated mine.
I can’t believe you haven’t got a sonic cleaner. Essential in my opinion for carbs in this condition especially . Nice bike, I recently did a ground up on one and sold it. Beautiful bikes
That is one good looking old bike.
I had a CB 350-four. My buddy's Suzuki 450 blew it doors off until we hit top end. Then the 350 would slowy pull ahead.
The 4 cyl Honda's were sweet engines.
Please keep the 73’ CB500 original. 🙏 It is too pretty to convert into something it’s not.
nothing is sacred!
You right!
Absolutely. Don't want to see yet another CB Cafe bike...
The man can do whatever he damn well pleases with his motorcycle.
This is America - No idea what a classic is ... Just look at all the waste here. Fan, electric lighting when its full daylight, fridge in the garage .... The land of consumption dummies.
Back in 72 my bride to be rode a Honda 450 all around 3 western states, never missed a beat, it would kill me today! Nice job and brings back memories of all my tinkering and 56 years of riding.
getting a 80 CB500 tomorrow I'm excited to restore mine back to life me and my dad will have a project to work on together 🙏
Thanks for this video. A lot of the parts looked very similar to my old CB400F. Brought back a lot of fond memories.
Always enjoy this man's thorough approach. It's a great feeling when an old engine bursts into life after decades of silence.
Bought a new CB500 in June, 1972. It was a great starter bike -- easy to learn on, and fun to ride.
Totally Stoked on that fun little video. Love your positive and inspiring attitude!
Yes, she runs!
My first big bike I rode was a CB500, back in early eighties. Been a while but I will never forget the power it had!
Awesome stuff!
Don't toss the seat pan, strip the old foam off but keep the pan.
Definitely. I'm missing the entire seat from a cb550.
Really like this video, longer and more explicit on what you're doing
Hi Taylor. Just fitted one of the 12” shorty mufflers to my 1974 550. Looks great and sounds even better. Thanks for the tip. Wayne.
Thanks for the video! I just scored a 70’s 500 four chopper as a barn find as well. I’m hung between painting the springer front end due to a good bit of surface rust. I want to keep it as original to the 70’s look as possible. These are some amazing motorbikes.
This would be cool as a just a restoration to original instead of a mod. These are neat bikes.
I enjoyed the video. I was cheering you on. Start little Honda start!
if i've learned one thing from watching quite a few of your vids, it's that old hondas never die. no matter how forgotten or neglected, show'em a little love, and like sleeping beauty, they'll wake right up and give you a smile.
Bought a CB400F new back in 76, it was a screamer! Tons of fun for a newly married 20 year old, worked at Vetter Fairing at the time. Was going to put one on it, but we had a baby, and I got into the "death wobble " @ 105mph, decided to sell it and got something heavier. Still that bike was a great starter bike, still riding at 65.
Phenomenal video! It gives me the confidence to pick up a non running (clean) CB! Thanks for the info!!!
1st time viewer man,very interesting work with a great outcome through troubleshooting.Will be watching to see how the bike turns out thanks!!
I had a cb500 in 1985. Lovely bike. Even back then I had someone leave a note on it asking me if it was for sale. Not had that with any other machine.
Nice bike!!That was cool I was excited to when I heard the engine.
I have a 71 cb500 same color can't beat that sweet aging
Hey, I love your vids! Thank you for all of the inspiration to do my own build.
Thanks! Good luck on your project.
All the CBs were very good bikes.I have an '80 750c & I absolutely love it. Way way more than my sportster!!
This bike came out when I was 17. I bought a Cycle and Cycle Guide magazine every month and pined for one of these and for the '73 Kawasaki Z1. Congrats man. Do it justice.....
That sleeping vintage monster.. You awake it..
So cool😍😍
I had a 1975 Honda 500T twin and loved it..What a great engine!!!..Actually used it to tour out west for a few months in 1976 and it did really well..
The "T" was touring right, so it had 6 gears?
It’s just nuts to me how these old CBs will most often spring back to life with just a little bit of fettling. New battery and carb rebuild (along with flushing other fluids etc.) will typically have you back on the road right quick!
It's a Honda.
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Just stumbled on your channel
Excellent I’ve subbed and look forward to this being rebuilt and documented
Greetings from England 🏴
I’m super stoked to see what the next non Honda bike is going to be. I love watching all your vids man. Keep up the awesome work
I will reveal the new bike as soon as the current barn to brat bike is done.
nice to see things brought back to life . thank you
Not much I love more than seeing old bikes come back to life. You should've taken some footage of how dirty it was when you got it!
Yeah really wish I would have done that. It was so bad I wanted to hose it off before I even took it off the truck.
Nice video Taylor!!
Love your show keep up the gd work bud building cafe racer can't wait the bike finshed
Wow, another classic Honda, try to keep it standard, it looks cool 🙏
Very interesting, I had a CB550F 40 years ago!
Great new project! I'm actually visiting Austin, watching this episode, waiting to go to a sales presentation and wishing I could skip that and come help you with those awesome CBs. Love your channel - keep up the great work!
Its running! Thats a great start.
Got a 500 in the 80s tried to go to work got down to 20mph smoking and a dude with a Mohawk hung out the window of a car laughing at me.Fuel leak ran out of ⛽ walked to a station filled a couple of pop bottles with gas and got it to the station.Got home and parked it for good.
Those are beautiful bikes. I’m new to the channel but have enjoyed this video. I am a subscriber now. One of the better channels, in my opinion. Very tasteful.
Thanks!
This vid was awesome as I learned a lot to take into my 550 Four 🤙🏽
I bought one new in 73 it was a nice bike. It ran well and I finally sold it to a kid in 78, he tried to semi chop it with some 6” over stock forks and 6 bend pull backs a sissy bar and a fat rear tire. The long story short it eventually killed him. It apparently was very unstable.
I had a CB 750 in 1979 and sold it for more than I paid for it to a collector in 1990 those were some solid machines
Shiner in the beer fridge. Been a fan, now I'm a subscriber!
My first st bike was a CB550-4 w a kirker 4-1 pipe loved that bike
I would return it to 100% original using as many genuine honda parts as possible
The cool thing is I already have almost every part I would need from past projects.
I tried to do this some time ago... but one of the issues is that the parts are so old. I remember buying a headlight casing OEM for my 73' CB 350 and when I installed it the casing cracked. The rubber parts are also disintegrating at this point.
Do you use non ethanol gas after you rebuild the carbs ?
Pops and bangs are always great!!
my first vehicle was a 1975 cb 550/4, bought it for 300 bucks. rode it to school and a long time after i graduated. loved that bike.
my dad had a cb 550/4 ran great and never broke down
Those Hondas were the most reliable objects
great video love the bike cannot wait till next one
When I got into riding motorcycles at 16 or 17 i quickly went into sportsbikes and could never understand what made all the old folks like those weird looking 30, 40 or 50 year old bikes.
Not that I get older I start to realize that at some point in time those where to the young folks back then what a S1000RR or a ZX10R is for the boys today, and that is freaking cool.
Just recently I saw some pictures of someones first motorcycle tour. Germany to Italy in 1979, on 250 two-strokes. Seeing those guys 40 years ago beeing literally no different then me and my friends where 5 years ago just made me happy.
People dont change and neither does ne love for bikes.
Good job bringing it back to life! Carburetor cleaner from a spray can will work great as a starting fluid, and because it burns slower, more like how gasoline burns, there's no risk of damaging engine bearings and connecting rods, like there is with ether (starting fluid) which is much more explosive. Good luck with it, love the old inline, carbureted 4's!
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This is great videos taylor🤘🏻🤘🏻
You damn Honda Classic Junkie! Proud to be apart of this elite club. lol Just started my two CB900 Customs after sitting for yearssss!
Original, except the exhaust. My 74 model had 4 mufflers. Nice video.
I got a 1981 Honda cm200t for $350. My first bike! The previous owner thrashed it, and so I don't feel too bad about playing around a bit with non-original parts. It didn't run and, and then it slipped out of gear, but I managed to solve both of those problems. I've learned a bunch!
Love your videos! Watching from Malawi
I have woned about 12 CB's over my 50 years of riding CB350 Four CB500 Four, CB450, CB550 Four CB750 and CB900 but the CB500 has always been my favorite bike...
Great video! It’s everything I do and satisfaction but without getting my hands dirty. Very cool 😎
Your getting there ...thanks for sharing .
23:37 I love hearing old engines wake up from the dead!
Very cool! Keep up the great work.
Rode a 1983 Honda CB900F Super Sport back in 1990 for a couple of years... best bike I’ve ever ridden, aside from my first brand new bike I bought in ‘76.... a brand new Yamaha RD400c; that was a totally different driver, of course, but still dream of the many miles I put on it way back in time.
In 1974 here in the UK I owned from new, a two year old very troublesome Norton 750 Commando 'Combat' (very combative) Interstate which after several minor and major reliability problems I was considering trading in for something I had not owned before......a Japanese motorcycle. A friend of mine who always bought British bikes had 'thrown the towel in' and now owned a Honda CB500-Four offered me a test ride and what a revelation to me that was, not fast but 'quick' , smooth, oil-tight, and easy to handle. I've not bought a British bike since, just Japanese and Italian and now a BMW.
I saw the shiner Bock and immediately subscribed, Texas forever
I have a golden retriever named Shiner too. :-)
Wow i love this content! Just subbed, good job!
I have so much history with acN50ff scoots. Great bikes Honda built the beat thing with this bike
I had one of these as my first motorcycle back in 1993. I wish I would've kept it!
cb500/550 - great project bikes!
Fezzler61 cb500/4 is a much better bike than the famous 750 really. Really great bike for the era there still looks amazing all this time later such a sweet little smooth engine.
You lucky man. I used to have Honda 400f in the eighties.
This year I insulated my garage door, installed weather stripping, and put in a 14k BTU dual hose portable AC unit. The best $300 I ever spent.
I love your video as a frustrated mechanic who end up different carrier. I prefer the Honda 500 and roar sound..
I had a '72 model 500 Four, sold her after 80 000 kilometers (50 000 miles) on the clock, never a moments trouble while touring most of South Africa!
I now have a '97 Honda Steed VLX600 with almost 100 000 kilometers (60 000 miles) on the clock and she still pulls like a beast after 23 years! I have kept her in origional condition and still looks as good as the day I first bought her!
Im from maryland but that is the best casual beer to drink. Nothings finer than a shiner!
I have a 1974 Honda cb550 four it sat for 30 years I cleaned the carbs an points an started right up also the pipes were completely rotted off got some nice 4 into 2 slip on mufflers
no matter what item is broken missing ect .. i happen to have one of those laying around haha love it :D
this bike looks so good stock i would just bring it back to life.
thanks for the video!
AWESOME VIDEO TAYLOR !!!
U always hav awesome content always seems to be helping me with my GS750 build
Ur videos always seem to correlate with my current build hahahah
Sound quality like no other even with all the fans on lol
Thanks!
1. Assume all carbs are dirty and all idle air passages (the fuel supply at idle) are clogged shut, because they are the smallest, and gas with ethanol wicks up into the tiny passage, and then dries out, leaving resin to block the hole. Only a thin guitar string and carb cleaner can open them.
2. You can always find out if a bike is worth rescuing by using starter fluid in the spray can into the intake. If the bike can fire on starter fluid, then it will usually run once you've sorted out the carb cleaning.
A bike that starts on starter fluid has both spark and compression, leaving only the timing and fuel air mixture left to diagnose.
Timing can be both the advance, or the timing chain adjustment. Easy to miss on some older bikes.
That pipe corroded because water accumulated there when a tarp was placed over it, years and years ago. Probably a cotton blanket. Only touched that place on the bike, and of course, the seat.
I have a 74 Honda 350 4. Been working on it slowly. Going to be a cafe racer
I enjoyed this video. My first bike was a Honda 550-Four. It had a sad ending. The man I sold it to used it to jump hills and trails off road. The bike did not survive that afternoon/evening.
they were not design for off road
Hi just come across your channel 👍🏻 I had a bunch of CB Hondas back in the 70s and I loved them for touring round Britain 🇬🇧 train spotting lol 😆 An investment in a ultrasonic machine I’ll clean those carbs brilliant 👍🏻 Stevie 🏴
Past 2 bikes I’ve worked on that starter switch has had a weird film on the contacts and as soon as I hose it down with brake clean and steel wool they’re reliable
great vid guy
SHINERS!!!!! My favorite craft beer!
I had a cb 750 a when i was young Loved that bike Wish i could find another to play with
I bought a '74 CB450 2-cyl back around 1978. That thing vibrated like hell. I took it on a long road trip (just a few hours) and had to stop once in a while to just be able to feel my hands. I don't know about other models in the same period, but that 450 had a terrible handling problem. Once I was going 50mph on an expressway and hit a manhole that was a little deep (like a pothole) and my front end started flailing violently side to side and I was sure I was going down. It was a miracle that I pulled out of it. Later I sold it, and the buyer DID lose it and nearly killed himself. Then I got it back and a young friend wanted it for a project but I told him DO NOT put it back on the road. Of course he did, hit a small rock or something and ended up in the hospital with serious injuries. So, if you have an older Honda street bike, be aware that they can be rather unsafe in certain conditions.
I have a cb450 needs wiring, hopefully get to it very soon
I had a 1972 CB500 was fun to ride
love the patina. just getting it running and replace worn out parts and keep it a survivor....
Man bro it's so hard to find a good Barn find like this in California.
Classic Honda's are great. I have 3 of them.
Good condition for its age.If it was me, I would spray some oil into cylinders and manualy turn crankshaft with kick starter slowly.Then before trying to ignite would clean carburators regardles.
Nice vid dude but I reckon you need to make sure those carb jets are properly clean (especially the pilot jet) and also take into account you are starting the bike with no air filter connected so hence, sucking too much air in.
Hope you get it running sweet man.
S W E E T. understood next build will probably be something else... I would watch this CB500 build. 🔧
Well done! A well made video! I think it is great how you 'move forward " and skip the less important and maybe repetitive stuff while leaving in the interesting stuff. It results in a very good video! Thanks I am looking forward to the next one!
my brother had one in the 70/80.s never drove it , but good memerioues..
First bike I owned was a CB500T (twin cylinder). Bought it for a song, sold it for a whimper. Kinda wish I still had it.