Project "Busted Knuckle"
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:40 pm
OK...so I've thought about it and I decided I would go ahead and document what I am about to do: take a perfectly good 1980 Honda CB750F SuperSport...tear it apart...repaint it...clean and paint the engine...and put it all back together.
A little background on me. I'm married (13+ years), have one child (son, 3-1/2), and love anything that moves. I used to be partial to old cars...had a '66 Chevy BelAir (dropped a 502 into that old girl). Had a '64 Dodge Polara 500 (original 318 Poly engine w/aluminum dual-quad intake). And most recently had a '68 Chevy C-10 pickup (350/350). Right now (the wife don't know it) but I'm searching for an old 30s/40s hunk of metal so I can make a rat-rod hotrod out of it. But that's our secret.
I no longer have any of the above mentioned cars. See, I'm in the U.S. Coast Guard...and as such, I move every 2-4 years. Usually to a different part of the Country. Alaska (3x), Kalifornia, Virginia, Ohio, Mississippi, and Michigan (home State). And hauling around a project car/truck that doesn't run? Not fun.
Last time I rode a motorcycle was...oh...about 25 years ago. But it was time to do some lookin' around again. So, I picked up this '80 CB750F SuperSport for 425 bucks. Runs great, looks ok, stops great, and the price was dead-nuts on.
OK...so a little too much bike for me, at this point in my riding career. So two weeks later I pick up a great '78 Honda CB400TII Hawk. The perfect bike to get my "riding legs" back with. And a great bike for commuting.
As you can see, I didn't waste any time starting to strip the paint off the panels on the Hawk.
Here's a picture of my garage/shop where I'll be doing the work on all the bikes. As you can see, I've got a bit of a thing for bicycles, too.
The one hanging from the ceiling was made by me (built the frame) when I worked as an apprentice for an Italian framebuilder, while I was stationed in Cleveland.
The one hanging in the stand is an old 1967 Schwinn Paramount. A true, classic racer. Was my dads bike, I bought it from him and am restoring that as well.
You can also see the front of our (wife and I) tandem. We ride about 2000-3000 miles per year.
A little background on me. I'm married (13+ years), have one child (son, 3-1/2), and love anything that moves. I used to be partial to old cars...had a '66 Chevy BelAir (dropped a 502 into that old girl). Had a '64 Dodge Polara 500 (original 318 Poly engine w/aluminum dual-quad intake). And most recently had a '68 Chevy C-10 pickup (350/350). Right now (the wife don't know it) but I'm searching for an old 30s/40s hunk of metal so I can make a rat-rod hotrod out of it. But that's our secret.
I no longer have any of the above mentioned cars. See, I'm in the U.S. Coast Guard...and as such, I move every 2-4 years. Usually to a different part of the Country. Alaska (3x), Kalifornia, Virginia, Ohio, Mississippi, and Michigan (home State). And hauling around a project car/truck that doesn't run? Not fun.
Last time I rode a motorcycle was...oh...about 25 years ago. But it was time to do some lookin' around again. So, I picked up this '80 CB750F SuperSport for 425 bucks. Runs great, looks ok, stops great, and the price was dead-nuts on.
OK...so a little too much bike for me, at this point in my riding career. So two weeks later I pick up a great '78 Honda CB400TII Hawk. The perfect bike to get my "riding legs" back with. And a great bike for commuting.
As you can see, I didn't waste any time starting to strip the paint off the panels on the Hawk.
Here's a picture of my garage/shop where I'll be doing the work on all the bikes. As you can see, I've got a bit of a thing for bicycles, too.
The one hanging from the ceiling was made by me (built the frame) when I worked as an apprentice for an Italian framebuilder, while I was stationed in Cleveland.
The one hanging in the stand is an old 1967 Schwinn Paramount. A true, classic racer. Was my dads bike, I bought it from him and am restoring that as well.
You can also see the front of our (wife and I) tandem. We ride about 2000-3000 miles per year.
