Knoxes
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I'm not gonna bother with trying to migrate all that content, so here's a quick synopsis:
I bought 3 bikes in April, 2013 for $400 total. Two were 71 CB350's and the other was a late 60's 175. Only one was titled.

They had last been registered in 1981 and had been sitting under those tarps since then.
This is what I wanted to build:

I had no mechanical or riding experience with motorcycles. I gave the 175 away, so it's out of the picture.
Both 350's had holed pistons, rods were welded to the wrist pins, cams were mostly garbage, lots of rust and even bugs in the crankcase. But I tore them down and rebuilt one good engine:

Started on the frame and made a roller, built new wheels -

Wired:

Had a seat built and tank painted:

Lots of other assembly and we're basically up to date:

Six years of work truncated into about a dozen picks and 100 words.
I just have an ongoing battle with the clutch. It's been weeks and weeks of tweaks and new parts, and re-adjustments, assembly and disassembly, etc. And it's still not working properly. Intensely frustrating. It's the only thing stopping me from being able to ride. *sigh*
Edited to add that this doesn't begin to cover the amount of work that I had to put in - nor does it even touch on my ignorance about motorcycle restoration. And lastly, most importantly, it doesn't begin to acknowledge the amount of help that I received to get it this far. Couldn't have done this without you guys.
I bought 3 bikes in April, 2013 for $400 total. Two were 71 CB350's and the other was a late 60's 175. Only one was titled.



They had last been registered in 1981 and had been sitting under those tarps since then.
This is what I wanted to build:

I had no mechanical or riding experience with motorcycles. I gave the 175 away, so it's out of the picture.
Both 350's had holed pistons, rods were welded to the wrist pins, cams were mostly garbage, lots of rust and even bugs in the crankcase. But I tore them down and rebuilt one good engine:

Started on the frame and made a roller, built new wheels -

Wired:

Had a seat built and tank painted:

Lots of other assembly and we're basically up to date:

Six years of work truncated into about a dozen picks and 100 words.
I just have an ongoing battle with the clutch. It's been weeks and weeks of tweaks and new parts, and re-adjustments, assembly and disassembly, etc. And it's still not working properly. Intensely frustrating. It's the only thing stopping me from being able to ride. *sigh*
Edited to add that this doesn't begin to cover the amount of work that I had to put in - nor does it even touch on my ignorance about motorcycle restoration. And lastly, most importantly, it doesn't begin to acknowledge the amount of help that I received to get it this far. Couldn't have done this without you guys.
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