CB160 Blue on White maybe

[ballbearian]

Another cheap-skate repair on the rubber eyelet on the rear brake cable guide.

And finally a coating of the good old Liquid Tape.

Not shown is the prior repair of the rubber stalk that had come off the metal band. I drilled a 1/8" hole through the band and used a counter sunk sheet metal screw up into the stalk. Then the eyelet let go on reassembly. I've got a bushel basket of rolls of that doorbell wire from my old job of installing garage door operators and sensors. I've stitched together all kinds of parts and stuff then coating it in JBweld or, in this case, Liquid Tape.

 

[Flyin900]

Yay for liquid tape it has worked wonders for me too. Glad the oil finally came up to the head area. It sounds like it is almost time to go varoom... varoom soon.

 

[ballbearian]

Yay for liquid tape it has worked wonders for me too. Glad the oil finally came up to the head area. It sounds like it is almost time to go varoom... varoom soon.

Yes, it's good stuff. There is a product called Shoe Goo that comes in black that is a bit thicker and tougher, used to repair the soles on hiking boots. that I also use on footpegs and the like.

Still waiting for oil on the left intake, but I guess that is the end of the line in the oil passageways. I will be excited to finally light it up.

 

[Flyin900]

When reassembling a motor the Permatex red assembly lube is what I use on all cam lobes and journals and oil in every bearing race, so there is some protection for the moving parts initially. It sounds like your there with the oil on the rockers on the one side though.

 

[ancientdad]

It sure does take time to get the oil up to the head. I had to stop for a recharge on the battery and to add more oil. Since the oil level went from max to min, I knew it had to be going somewhere. Finally saw drops on the exhaust adjusters and a drop forming on the bottom of the intake rockers where the shaft goes through.

That's always a good feeling.

 

[wentwest]

Yes, it's good stuff. There is a product called Shoe Goo that comes in black that is a bit thicker and tougher, used to repair the soles on hiking boots. that I also use on footpegs and the like.

Still waiting for oil on the left intake, but I guess that is the end of the line in the oil passageways. I will be excited to finally light it up.

I'm a big fan of Shoe Goo! It's been useful many times. I learned to keep the tubes of glue in glass bottles, with a tight lid. You can wrap them in plastic but they still evaporate, but inside glass they only evaporate some, then stop. When you open the bottle it smells, but the Shoe Goo still works.

 

[ballbearian]

I cheated, a little, and put the bike on a block under the right center stand to lean it left. Not sure that made any difference but I got drops from that left intake rocker, finally.

I'm being optimistic and putting everything back on for the start up. I will re-adjust the timing, That should be quite different.

Also finished the fat dent on the front fender and repainted. It's not perfect but hammered out pretty good and a real thick coat of primer that cured for a month and a quickish 800 grit sand. Passes my muster and matches the rest of the bike finish. The blue doesn't quite match and neither does the white but the rust is gone and so I'm happy.

 

[ballbearian]

I'm a big fan of Shoe Goo! It's been useful many times. I learned to keep the tubes of glue in glass bottles, with a tight lid. You can wrap them in plastic but they still evaporate, but inside glass they only evaporate some, then stop. When you open the bottle it smells, but the Shoe Goo still works.

Right, a glass jar helps a lot. Another cool and similar material is a good Butyl (commercial, if possible) roofing caulk. We used it in construction building glass store fronts. Residential grade exterior silicone is not very good.


My Liquid Tape can was getting a little thick and I saw acetone on the back of can info, so I added some and stirred. It worked, nice and thin again. Hard to put that in the shoe goo tube, I'd think.

 

[ballbearian]

Fire in the hole!

(7) Tom Hanna | Facebook

Short vid of first start. Pretty wet out so no test ride today.

 

[2wheel]

Fire in the hole!

(7) Tom Hanna | Facebook

Short vid of first start. Pretty wet out so no test ride today.

didnt see the vid in your link. How did it go?

 

[ballbearian]

didnt see the vid in your link. How did it go?

It went good. No billows of smoke for a change and the motor revs when it's supposed to, not surging from a floppy cam chain.

The vid is not at the top of my Facebook page, but it's there.

 

[Flyin900]

Not a FB member myself though glad to hear it went well. Neat little motors for sure.

 

[Yakeye]

Fire in the hole!

(7) Tom Hanna | Facebook

Short vid of first start. Pretty wet out so no test ride today.

Sounds Great !!!!

 

[2wheel]

Sounds good. Nice job on the whole bike.

 

[stl360+450]

It went good. No billows of smoke for a change and the motor revs when it's supposed to, not surging from a floppy cam chain.

The vid is not at the top of my Facebook page, but it's there.

I'm not a FB member, but I'm glad to hear the first start went well even if I can't check out the video. I hope you get a dry day for the first ride soon!

 

[Alan F.]

I'm not a FB member, but I'm glad to hear the first start went well even if I can't check out the video. I hope you get a dry day for the first ride soon!

Same for me, any chance of a YouTube upload in the future?

 

[ballbearian]

Same for me, any chance of a YouTube upload in the future?

Sorry, everyone for the Facebook link, it was all I could think of at the moment. I guess I need to bite the bullet and learn to post on Youtube. I just tried to load it to our Imgur thing and I think I jammed it.

 

[ballbearian]

This is from Imgur.

Nope didn't work.

 

[Flyin900]

Hey it’s got a matching blue top on the seat. No joy on the audio, yet it looks good.

Like I said before my phone still has a rotary dial, so not exactly up on all this new tech stuff.

 

[ballbearian]

Rotary? You have my admiration. I need someone like Avery here to teach me tech-fu and I can help him keep track of his balls.

 

[Flyin900]

Rotary? You have my admiration. I need someone like Avery here to teach me tech-fu and I can help him keep track of his balls.

Well I’ll fess up and admit it does have push buttons and not rotary, yet not a tech guy, or social media. Yet from what I understand the new place to find bikes now is on Facebook Marketplace these days.

 

[ancientdad]

This is from Imgur.

Nope didn't work.

Imgur used to do video with audio, but now they apparently only do short (1 minute) videos converted to gifs

 

[ancientdad]

I guess I need to bite the bullet and learn to post on Youtube.

If you have a Gmail account, you automatically have a YT account. Instead of logging in at Gmail.com, go to YouTube.com and log in using the same credentials as your Gmail account (and you can have as many Gmail accounts as you can think up addresses for) and follow the prompts once in there to upload a video.

 

[ancientdad]

Sorry, everyone for the Facebook link

It works and does have audio, the volume might start at zero but you can adjust it. Those pipes are surprisingly loud, I just watched it and commented on FB (from my late father's account that he never used)

 

[ballbearian]

If you have a Gmail account, you automatically have a YT account. Instead of logging in at Gmail.com, go to YouTube.com and log in using the same credentials as your Gmail account (and you can have as many Gmail accounts as you can think up addresses for) and follow the prompts once in there to upload a video.

Yes, I forgot my Gmail passwords and they want my cell phone number to send a fix and I'm just stubborn because I only use this computer.

 

[ancientdad]

Yes, I forgot my Gmail passwords and they want my cell phone number to send a fix and I'm just stubborn because I only use this computer.

So open a new Gmail account and give the other Gmail or any other email address as the recovery address. You can get around the phone number, I've never given Gmail my number and I probably have over 10 Gmail accounts for various purposes.

 

[ballbearian]

So open a new Gmail account and give the other Gmail or any other email address as the recovery address. You can get around the phone number, I've never given Gmail my number and I probably have over 10 Gmail accounts for various purposes.

Thanks Tom, I will try to merge with the modern world.

 

[ballbearian]

1st ride

Put about 10 miles on. What a gas. Stumbles just a bit on take off, but goose it and slip that beefy clutch, no problem.
It idles good but there was some grit when I pulled the drain screws ( I had to, no gas, and the drain hoses were blocked). I'll run it awhile, then clean out the petcock trap and bowl drains again. The PO had already cleaned the tank so I just hoped it would be good, or good enough.

Even ran down to the election board to get a mail in ballot for my wife and got a shot of me and our new delegate candidate, Brenda Thiam. She only lives couple miles from me so that was good to meet her.

More warm weather for a couple days so I'm excited to enjoy the fall riding.

 

[2wheel]

Put about 10 miles on. What a gas. Stumbles just a bit on take off, but goose it and slip that beefy clutch, no problem.
It idles good but there was some grit when I pulled the drain screws ( I had to, no gas, and the drain hoses were blocked). I'll run it awhile, then clean out the petcock trap and bowl drains again. The PO had already cleaned the tank so I just hoped it would be good, or good enough.

Even ran down to the election board to get a mail in ballot for my wife and got a shot of me and our new delegate candidate, Brenda Thiam. She only lives couple miles from me so that was good to meet her.

More warm weather for a couple days so I'm excited to enjoy the fall riding.

Nice

 

[ballbearian]

Nice

A Greencastle run sounds like a good break in distance. I wanna see your new honey. Got any time before Tues when the rain returns?

 

[Yakeye]

I still love that seat from the first time you posted a picture !!! It probably wouldn't look right on another bike but on yours it is just too cool !!!!

 

[2wheel]

I still love that seat from the first time you posted a picture !!! It probably wouldn't look right on another bike but on yours it is just too cool !!!!

Agree. 100%

 

[2wheel]

A Greencastle run sounds like a good break in distance. I wanna see your new honey. Got any time before Tues when the rain returns?

yes. Thursday? After some preliminary checks I put some fuel in the cylinders and it fired right off. I have the carb in the ultrasonic cleaner at the moment.

 

[ballbearian]

I still love that seat from the first time you posted a picture !!! It probably wouldn't look right on another bike but on yours it is just too cool !!!!

Thanks, it is different. Fortunately it is not too bad, comfort wise. The padding inside is just starting to disintegrate and shed fine dust out. I was preparing to keep it only for display (not my thing, I like to ride em), but now I'll just re stuff it when the time comes. Someone went to a lot of effort to make that cover, like the gold beading between the top and side panels and the full stitched pleats. I'm a sucker for nice handmade workmanship.
It just feels sort of dress military, like Navy or Marines, which is cool. I just never earned more than scallywag status.

I suppose it's like kids when they grow on you, even though you might not have picked them in the beginning.

 

[ballbearian]

yes. Thursday? After some preliminary checks I put some fuel in the cylinders and it fired right off. I have the carb in the ultrasonic cleaner at the moment.

Wow, that's great. I'm not much in the mornings, so when the sun is high Ok?

 

[2wheel]

Wow, that's great. I'm not much in the mornings, so when the sun is high Ok?

I get home from work at 4. Does that work?

 

[ballbearian]

I get home from work at 4. Does that work?

That's fine. I'll PM my cell so you can send location.

 

[ballbearian]

What is the sound of popping when decelerating? I know my exhaust is quite loud but a normal soft popping with real mufflers is now a staccato mag dump. I've not been concerned on the other bikes but now it makes me wonder if it is anything that needs addressing.

 

[stl360+450]

What is the sound of popping when decelerating? I know my exhaust is quite loud but a normal soft popping with real mufflers is now a staccato mag dump. I've not been concerned on the other bikes but now it makes me wonder if it is anything that needs addressing.

My understanding is that the popping is detonation of unburnt fuel facilitated by outside air being drawn into your relatively open exhaust. Baffling or some absorptive material may help.

I had shorty pipes on my 360 for a while and noticed that the popping would go away with a slightly open throttle on deceleration. I wonder if this would work on your machine.

 

[Flyin900]

What is the sound of popping when decelerating? I know my exhaust is quite loud but a normal soft popping with real mufflers is now a staccato mag dump. I've not been concerned on the other bikes but now it makes me wonder if it is anything that needs addressing.

it is usually a lean condition caused by the sudden closing of the throttle valve. Newer design carbs use an air cutoff circuit to control that condition. If your running a less restrictive exhaust and non original air filters or modded air filters that will exacerbate the condition. You could try a larger slow jet and enriching the air or fuel needle circuit too.

 

[ballbearian]

Thanks guys. I get to carb work at some point and this is good input when I do.

 

[ballbearian]

The swiss cheese cheesy headlight ring has to go. I bought it on ebay because it had intact lamp mount tabs and mine were broken. Sure, the seller said it was rusty but after I soaked it in evaporust there was a dozen pin holes in it. I didn't want to weld it or JBweld but I had to try because the ebay $20 one was really bad

I rolled up some aluminum foil to put behind the broken tab and clamped it in place for welding and welded a washer on the other lamp mount.
It only blued the chrome on the front in a small 1/4" spot.
Like a goodly portion of my skills, I'm an amateur, but sometimes it works.

 

[ancientdad]

Making the most out of what you have on hand.

 

[Flyin900]

Yes that looks the same as the CL175 headlight rim and CMSNL had a NOS piece a few years back when I restored mine, yet not cheap. Unfortunately that rim style is more unique to the 60's models, so the more common 70's rims don't fit.

Looks can be deceiving, as your rim is a unicorn used only on the CB160 and CL160, so a good fix save for sure.

 

[ballbearian]

Yesterday's ride cut short a bit due to low voltage. I just put in a SAE charging pig tail to make it easier to check without removing seat and side covers. A Sparck's Moto rec/reg is on it's way.

Up to 40 miles on build now and a bit of a mid range stumble will get resolved in the replacement carbs or I'll get the originals cleaned and fixed.

 

[ballbearian]

The rec/reg is not here yet and Charles and I are going for a ride regardless so I'll just charge it up good and get rippin.

 

[bilbikek411]

Hows your outdoor temps doing now ?

 

[ballbearian]

Hows your outdoor temps doing now ?

Low 40's tonight. Mid 50's in the day.

 

[ballbearian]

Aaaand the sealed beam died! And the bike too. Cut short our Saturday rare warm (50 degree) ride, actually had to fetch it with the old van, 10 miles out (no extra fuse). I shoulda noticed the slight flicker on the garage wall while warming it up. The low beam failed last ride so I had bought a NOS Beck Arnley (made in Japan) aftermarket sealed beam and it was sitting in my shop.

Now that I think about it, I may not have a failing charging issue due to shorting headlight filaments but will eventually put in the Sparkx moto reg/rectifier unit.

It was fun while it lasted. The bike now has about a 125 miles on the rebuild so it's ready for oil change and valve/timing chain readjustments. It is getting faster and faster, what a screamer (to me).

 

[wentwest]

Looks like the bulb inside broke off.