What should I do with this?

The bike, not the dog.
It's an '81 CB650. I bought it a few years ago with the intention of using the engine on our off road mini buggy. I may still do that, but am having thoughts of just buying a bigger buggy. If I do that, I then have to figure out what to do with this. After I bought it I took the time to get it running and it ran well. I did think the carbs might need going through, so I took them off. That's how it sits right now. What say you?

Are you waiting for a sign?

Get yourself a leather jacket and some hairspray...

OK seriously. No:

Maybe:

Yes:

Hell yes:

Wheelies and burnouts.

pinchvalve wrote: Get yourself a leather jacket and some hairspray... OK seriously. No: Maybe: Yes: Hell yes:

I"m bravenrace, and I approve of this message.

That red one is a whole lotta berk-yeah.

im in cleveland..give....errrr donate it to me

While I love the one in the third pic, I think I'd be looking to do something more on the cheap with this one. I'm just trying to decide if it's worth doing anything with, or should I just sell it and get something else.

It's a CB650, not an exciting bike on its best day. You've had it sitting there for years, so you don't seem very interested in it.

I'd think finding something else to play with would be a better idea.

In reply to foxtrapper:

Good point. Although it's been sitting because I've not had time to get around to the engine swap project. So up until recently when I started rethinking that project, I had no reason to think about doing something else with the bike.

As it sits, that black/red stripe bike is a particularly affordable build with OE wheels, fork legs, and such. Keep the stock tank, if it doesn't leak. It's all about the seat and handlebar or clip ons, man.

I'm blown away by how many clunker bone stock CB's are running around Daytona these days as commuter bikes.

Also, I recently bought Season 2 of "CHiPs" on Apple TV. Those are Kawi's but whatever.

In reply to Steve Chryssos:

What do you mean by affordable? I'm not up on the price of bike parts, but it looks like there's more money into that one than I'd want to put into mine. If you had to guess, what would you ballpark the price to be to turn mine into that, assuming the engine and trans are good to go?

bravenrace wrote: In reply to Steve Chryssos: What do you mean by affordable? I'm not up on the price of bike parts, but it looks like there's more money into that one than I'd want to put into mine. If you had to guess, what would you ballpark the price to be to turn mine into that, assuming the engine and trans are good to go? Edit - I was looking at the red bike while you were talking about the one above it. But I'm still clueless as to prices. What would you (or anyone else here) estimate the price would be to make mine into either one of those? I'd do all the work myself.

Oh, that's easy. Drive to bookstore get a copy of Motorcycle Classics and scan the ads. It's one of my favorite magazines. besides, well you know.....

Conversion is more affordable that you might expect and particularly modular / incremental.

http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/

I went from this -

To this -

Cost was just over $3,000 including the cost of the bike, a parts bike, cost to paint and polish and some tools that I bought for this bike.

I could have done it for a lot less, but I replaced lots of stuff just so I didn't have to worry about it later.

It is a 1975 CB360

I

In reply to Rusnak_322:

That's a nice bike! And thanks for listing the cost - that helps.

Stunner! That's a lot of cool for $3K.

In reply to bravenrace:

give it to me. i will make it sweet.

In reply to AngryCorvair:

Give me $400 and I'll give it to you free.

thats it? more details?

Well I don't know much about it. I'd have to check to see if I even have a title for it, as I only bought it for the engine. The electrical is kind of messed up. I had to play around and jumper some things to get it to fire up, but when it did, it sounded great. The carbs are off it right now, but I can easily put them back on. I've never ridden it and don't have any idea what it would take to get it on the road. I still haven't totally decided what to do with it, but I paid $400 for it and if I don't use it, that's what I'll want for it.

Since it runs, that would be an easy cafe project. Hotwing Glass http://www.hotwingglass.com/ sells those EMGO fairings for $65 plus shipping. Drag bars $25, new tires $125 and get it running good, ride it and see how you like it, then do the seat etc at your leisure. Or, if you decide you don't want to keep messing with it then you can sell it a lot quicker and for more $ since at that point it's rideable.

In reply to Curmudgeon:

Good points. What about electrical? Are full harnesses available for these? My recollection is that the wiring is pretty screwed up, and I don't really have the time or desire to sort it out.

I'm sure a harness can be found, but it's usually not cheap. Bikes are actually pretty simple compared to a car and like British or Italian cars 90% of 'wiring' problems are actually connector corrosion. Wiring problems on Jap bikes are not common unless a DPO (Dreaded Previous Owner) has been hacking on the thing.

I'd say look it over, see whether you can repair it or not. If wires have not been cut/spliced chances are it will be pretty simple. Time: take an hour or so each week, don't try to do it all at once and most important: start a 'log' of each repair you do, saves a lot of trouble later.

In reply to bravenrace:

What did that last bike start its life as???

Or the last two...