Bobber Restoration – Day 0
I recently picked up a 1981 Honda CB900 C. It’s in pretty rough shape, having sat on a driveway for a year or so. Here’s a couple pictures:
Starting point of the bobber.
Back side view of the bobber.
The bike has troubles starting, the tank has tons of surface rust, and that’s just the beginning of the problems. It’ll be fun to figure out what all’s going on. In addition to the overall fix-up, the previous owners had begun turning the bike into a bobber and I’m really liking the style; so I’m going to see what it’s going to take to finish all of that up.
In the past few days of working on the bike I was able to clear up a couple issues immediately. The wires to the solenoid weren’t doing very well, so I re-terminated a couple of the wires and made a better connection.
View of the wiring to the solenoid. Quite a mess.
I’d like to find a housing for the wire connection (without having to rewire the entire loom), so I’m on the lookout. In the meantime, I’ll likely heat wrap what’s there just to protect it a little bit from the elements.
In addition to this, I drained the oil and replaced it and the oil filter. The bike fired up, but there’s some noticeable tapping, as well as one of the headers being stone cold. It’s not going to be a quick project, but once it’s done you can tell this bike is going to be fun.