Don't hate me because I have a motor

[Kitsune06]

Here's DG's bike...

I got it for her for her birthday, a few months early so I could get it up and running, but what should've taken a few days has taken a few months because the parts are a pain in the a$$ to come across and expensive to boot.

1980 Honda CB650 Custom
Work done: valve job, various cleaning etc, cleaning all the jets in the carbs because they were gummed up... Ran on cyl 1 and 2. 3 and 4 fired occasionally, when the throttle was opened. The pilot/idle jets on 3 and 4 were gummed about shut, so they're "getting the love"... still have to order the (EXPENSIVE!) gasket kits for the carbs and rebuild the butterfly throttle thingum (so professional!) to get 'er put together again, and then ideally hook 'er all up to make her run pretty again, and assess the slow oil leak at the head gasket. It's stopped after refilling it (maybe it needed to swell the gasket again?) but we shall see.

Aluminum engine blocks- You're *going* to strip a screw... just wait.