Continued
That didn't happen. The dang thing would not start. Now that being said I couldn't just ride around like a normal motorized bike would because I removed the pedals and original bike chain (not that they worked anyway). So I needed to pop start the bike or ,as I had hoped when I bought the pull start, just start it like a lawn mower. Neither worked. Once or twice I got a good pop but never got it running. The pull starter failed and was grinding against itself so I ended up removing it. I was frustrated and it was time to go back the drawing board. What is the trifecta that I needed to get the motor running?
Fuel, air and a spark.
Fuel
Well the fuel line was connected. I was told by a friend that the fuel filter wasn't worth putting on so I removed that. but as far as I could tell the fuel situation was in good order.
Air
I took apart the carburetor the air filter was clean and the choke mechanism was working properly.
Spark
This is where it got interesting. The wire to the spark plug could be unscrewed from the spark plug cap and I realized the wire was not reaching the screw that linked the wire from the electric box I stripped the wire and put it all back together. Now I knew for sure that the wire was connected.
I attempted to start it again and got some promising noises from the engine but still no riding for me.
Then something weird happened. I heard the engine giving off a deeper louder and angrier sound when I tried to start it. With this as my new inspiration I tried hill starting it again and this time the engine roared to life. When I returned from my victory lap glowing with triumph I discovered why the engine had suddenly become louder. The end of the exhaust pipe had come off. It was the cap with the small hole in it circled in red in the picture below.
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However, the next time I tried to start the bike it would not start and finally I discovered why. The valve that attached the fuel line to the carburetor was a piece of junk. When I disasembled it the small rubber stopper inside was shredded and the little pieces that had torn off had blocked the holes which allowed fuel to flow into the carburetor. I cleaned it out and instead of replacing the valve I just screwed a piece of rubber over the area where it had been. Then it sprang to life again.
In the process of all of this I had broken 2 spokes on the rear wheel and therefore the wheel had become bent. I replaced the rear wheel with a 26" wheel I took off an old bike. In order to do this I needed to remove the rear break assembly.
Now it was time for the fun part, adding body panels and a subframe to mount them on.
I basically started with a board along the bottom and added a foot rest made from a pipe 3/4 inch in diameter and 1 foot long. Next I made the rest of the subframe using scrap wood around the house. Finally I cut the rest of the body panels and attached them to the subframe. I made the head out of wood and did the curved parts with bondo.
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Lastly, I painted the whole thing black and this was the end product my own Honda CBR 600RR.
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In the end this is more a motorcycle than a motorized bike but hey I think its really cool and I hope you do too!
