BACKGROUND
Younger brother has a CB900FA, just like the one I used
to have—'cept blue. It was originally a Police bike, bought as a fleet
for a CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting) conference held
here around the time when these were new. Until then, the cops were on
CB750s. They must have been pleased with the upgrade :)
Anyway, he pulled it apart a long time ago, always planning
to do it up a bit. Somewhere along the way he bought himself a new Fireblade,
and, well, the old 900 was left in boxes around at mum's for what seemed would
be the rest of its life.
In an act of extraordinary generosity, it has found its
way to my place, still in the boxes, but with a workshop manual to help me put
it all back together. We have *most* of it to work with. The motor was taken
to a mate's place for some tinkering, but nothing was ever done. I should also
mention that this is not a restoration project, merely an inexpensive
(I hope) way back in to motorcycling.
In the meantime, I've stripped the frame and plastics,
and will proceed to freshen up the old girl a bit.
I've taken the head in to have the valves fitted, and
by coincidence, the mechanic is
the same guy that pulled it apart ages ago. Spooky eh? Here's hoping he can still
read his writting identifying the parts :)
THE PROCESS
I've put together a little 'slide-show' of the process of the first rebuild, and you can see it here.
