[jsilva30]

my work on the kat has been delayed i purchased another bike, 1975 honda cb360t, i plan to make that into a cafe when my kat is done. For an Update however im starting to put the bike back together and its going smoothly i should get sum pictures up soon!!

[jsilva30]

Bikes coming back together cleanly and the carbs are done being cleaned thanks to arsenic for the hex screws for the float bowls they fit fantasticly!!

[jsilva30]

Same here. I'm in my early 30's and I've always loved the old air/oil cooled sportbikes and cafe racers. I hugely respect modern bikes and their tech, but they are too "shrink-wrapped" mechanically for my tastes. I like something I can fully service on my own. A big thing I love is to "modernize" a classic. Thats what I am trying to do with my slingshot 750. Update the suspension, bodywork, and upgrade the engine. But do it in such a way that the core of the classic machine is still intact. Somthing modern, but that I can work on easily.

Couldn't have said it better myself im only 17 and the 70's CB and the 80's katanas and GS are my favorite bikes.

[thenastiestnate]

Thats exactly why i want one is to make it a cafe. It's weird im young but my favorite bikes are all older than I am haha.

Same here. I'm in my early 30's and I've always loved the old air/oil cooled sportbikes and cafe racers. I hugely respect modern bikes and their tech, but they are too "shrink-wrapped" mechanically for my tastes. I like something I can fully service on my own. A big thing I love is to "modernize" a classic. Thats what I am trying to do with my slingshot 750. Update the suspension, bodywork, and upgrade the engine. But do it in such a way that the core of the classic machine is still intact. Somthing modern, but that I can work on easily.

[jsilva30]

Thats exactly why i want one is to make it a cafe. It's weird im young but my favorite bikes are all older than I am haha.

[thenastiestnate]

So can I tell my wife I caught it from you(unless it spreads like v.d.) so she'll get of my back about it? Already have a garage full of atv's and now the bike and still looking for more.

Sure

Too late ive already been looking for another project preferably an old honda cb jus havnt caught any luck when i find one. And this first project i got for free and so far have put about 50 bucks into it soo not much money lost at all!!!

Love old CB's and GS's. They make killer cafe bike projects.

[jsilva30]

Just try not to catch the disease man. I've got an addiction to buying jacked up bikes and trying to fix them up. You never come out ahead money wise. But damn, you can't beat the feeling when you actually get one going well again.

Too late ive already been looking for another project preferably an old honda cb jus havnt caught any luck when i find one. And this first project i got for free and so far have put about 50 bucks into it soo not much money lost at all!!!

[phantasm]

Just try not to catch the disease man. I've got an addiction to buying jacked up bikes and trying to fix them up. You never come out ahead money wise. But damn, you can't beat the feeling when you actually get one going well again.

So can I tell my wife I caught it from you(unless it spreads like v.d.) so she'll get of my back about it? Already have a garage full of atv's and now the bike and still looking for more.

[thenastiestnate]

Just try not to catch the disease man. I've got an addiction to buying jacked up bikes and trying to fix them up. You never come out ahead money wise. But damn, you can't beat the feeling when you actually get one going well again.

[jsilva30]

Great news that its coming along nicely!

Thanks im hoping to start getting it back together by the end of the week.

[ITSSLOW]

Great news that its coming along nicely!

[jsilva30]

Update the bike is in good shape im going to test the starting motor with a battery charger. The new harness and everything is ready once this test is done im going to start re-assembly!!

[jsilva30]

great thanks man i appreciate the help.

[05RedKat600]

It's kind alike this stuff: http://www.slidewright.com/stripped-...pound_svsg.htm

Except it comes in a film canister and not a tube.... or you can get some valve grinding compound. It's basically the same stuff.

[jsilva30]

Take a dremel tool with a cutoff wheel. Grind a slot in the screws, use a flat blade screwdriver to remove them.

At the auto parts store, you might also be able to find some compound to help with that. I can't remember what it's called, but it's basically some fine grit suspended in a fluid, typically mineral oil. Dip the screwdriver tip in it, and then try and get the screws out. It works for me most of the time. I hardly ever have to use it though.

Great thanks ill definitely try that.