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As you all know I have been off for a while with other projects, the main one being the remodeling of my house, I also play bass guitar in a rock covers band, which this time of year gets busy with bike festivals, as well as a full time job as a bike mechanic. But last year a good friend found a 1981 Honda CB900F sat in a back garden in a very poorly way, and being suckers for a challenge we bought it home and completely stripped it to its last nut and bolt for a full restoration. It is now time to start the pain staking job of putting it back together!!
It is like a partwork as we spend most of our time waiting for new parts to be delivered, so I thought you would like to see how a pair of bike enthusiasts spend their time and lots of their hard earned cash on a 1:1 scale partwork!! 
Here are a few pics of it before we started.   And stripped!     Next will be the where we are now with the build pics.
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Heck that takes me back, I had the faired version, a red 900F2 bol d'or
Only trouble with the 750 and 900, a badly adjusted cam chain often destroyed the engine 
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Never mind the bike, what type of rock do your band cover? J “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Good luck putting the 900 back together it looks like my old Kwack 1000 three years ago, I rebuilt mine and a mate did a stage 2 on the engine for me go,s like stink Looking forward to seeing the end result  Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
Next Build ?
When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Hi jase, we have a female singer so it opens up a whole range of stuff, Nickelback, Thin Lizzy, Cream, Halestorm, AC/DC to mention a few!! [/quote] OH OK, was just trying to get a mental picture of weather you were denim wearing Status Quo or big hair and heels of Skid Row cool stuff we really need a rock horns smiley “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Man those pistons dont look too happy.
Carl
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darbyvet wrote:Man those pistons dont look too happy.
Carl
Hello Carl. They took an age to free off so I could remove the cylinders. A rebore and new pistons were certainly the order of the day!
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Here is the frame, frame parts and swing arm all powder coated.   Wheels painted and new boots.  And the tank and panels painted in the original colour of black, and they are original Honda decals not copies. 
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looking sweet Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Very nicely done looking forward to seeing the end result  Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
Next Build ?
When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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Hi Nem, You certainly know your Job Nem, look's brilliant. Regards Old Rocker. Work in progress: Tombstone (Scratch) - San Francisco 2. -The Mayflower ( scratch by plan).
OcCre- Santa-Maria (Kit).
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The next job was to strip and clean the gearbox and replace any worn bearings and paint the casings, luckily the only bearings that were needed replacing were on the primary shaft.         
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