Blogs of the various bikes FM Bike Works is looking at.
Well We’ve got a new bike in the garage to work on. In this case it’s a butt ugly Yamaha XS400. I picked this one up pretty cheap. The tank has a few spots of rust on the inside and needs some engine work, however it runs well and should […]
Read MoreI hadn’t really planned on doing work on the CB today, but I had a few questions plaguing my brain. I spent a good portion of last night wondering why half the engine stays cold. I decided it was time to check the ignition and the timing. First I […]
Read MoreIt’s been a little while since my last update. I had some time today to see if I might be able to get some bugs worked out on the CB900. A few days ago I decided to take the bike around the block to see what the current status is. […]
Read MoreWith a few spare hours over the last weekend I managed to get the CX500 back together. There are many things that I still need to address but I wanted to try and at least see how it was going to come out with the new bars on it […]
Read MoreWell there has been a lot of progress lately on the Honda CX500. I’ve got the frame painted with nice hard 2K: After that I got the new rubber mounted on the painted wheels, they look great! And I’ve got the new MAC 2 into 1 muffler dry-fit. I’ll seal […]
Read MoreWell I just finished painting the wheels. I’m going to allow the paint to harden a bit before I pull the tape off and clean up the edges. Hopefully things come out just smashing.
Read MoreI’ve finished the micro-battery. It’s a lithium ion high discharge fast recharge batter pack. It outputs about ~14v and has a maximum amperage discharge of 24 amps at 14 volts, which should be plenty to get the CX started. It isn’t designed to provide long term headlight and blinking with […]
Read MoreThe CX500 new MAC 2 into 1 exhaust arrived. Looks pretty good on the floor, I can’t wait to hear it on the bike.
Read MoreWell this weekend has been reasonably good and I’ve made some nice progress on the CX500. I’ve finished rebuilding both the carb pack as well as the gauge cluster. Lucky for me there were no problems with the carbs. The rust was front a screw and it has been replaced.
Read MoreWell I had a small amount of free time today so I pulled the carb pack off the CX500. I was a bit worried I might damage something (like the insulators) but everything came off without a problem. Upon opening up the float bowls I noticed right away that they […]
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