New Rubber time for the CB-1

[Captain 80s]

Been on the lift for a bit while I have found ANYTHING else to do than set up the Station of Pain and shuck some tires. Have almost rebuilt a 1992 VFR off to the side in the time I've been avoiding it.

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I have been bad and must be punished...

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Not too bad coming off actually, pleasantly surprised.

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[Captain 80s]

Don't even remember what tires I bought for the CB-1, I was snatching tires up a while ago while I still could before the supply and prices went to shit.

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Oh.... Michelins! Cool!

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[eyhonda]

I got one of the No-Mar changers but removing tires is still quite an effort. Putting on new ones is a piece of cake. Have you considered one? If you want, I have pieces of a HF changer if you want it to make a custom tire changer. It has the Mojo blocks to prevent marring. Just PM me.

[Captain 80s]

Buttoned up. Mirrors and a battery.

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[eyhonda]

Nicely done, Cap! I see you tucked the tail light. Love the Yosh exhaust. Any exhaust is hard to find on these bikes.

[Captain 80s]

Nicely done, Cap! I see you tucked the tail light. Love the Yosh exhaust. Any exhaust is hard to find on these bikes.

Thanks Eric, I created that exhaust with stock headers and a Yoshi slip on for a CBR600F2. It was very close, but worked out good. I'm actually going back to the Sudco headers I have for it since I found the correct Sudco muffler for it. The original muffler that was sold with the kit was a large diameter non-rebuildable race unit that just wasn't right (because the correct one had been pilfered by their sales dept).

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Nice. Mounting tires is one of the less fun things we have to do working on motorcycles. .

[tian647]

Is that a factory color? I only ever remember blue (and maybe black?) which is nice, but that looks great in red and I don't usually like red.

[Captain 80s]

Is that a factory color? I only ever remember blue (and maybe black?) which is nice, but that looks great in red and I don't usually like red.

Nope, well not for this bike. I restored this for my wife and wanted a color that wasn't stock, but could look like Honda did it maybe for another market. 94 - 97 VFR Pure Red with extra gold metallic and Factory Honda decals Frame, swingarm, triples powder coated. .

[eyhonda]

I always liked that shade of grey. The new PC color matches the factory wheels. The red makes it look like its from the RoW market.

[Hawk04]

Wow - stunning!

Surprised you're still running the rubber brake lines.

[Captain 80s]

Wow - stunning!

Surprised you're still running the rubber brake lines.

I built it for my wife a lifetime ago, when it wasn't that old. The brakes actually still work really good, but I plan on replacing the front line when I update the front suspension soon.

Spent the day on it yesterday, goddam is it fun. The new tires are amazing, this thing rails.