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A project I took on a couple years ago. A 1981 CBX1000 the customer purchased online out of state and when picked up would barely run and almost didn't make it home. This is my shop. Starting on the bike. Igniton spark units missinstalled. Turnsignal mounts wacked.
Seat mounting studs stripped. Repaired. Engine mounting threads stripped in frame. This happens from not correctly aligning engine after it has been raised back up from removing the carburetors.
Speaking of the carburetors, note mis-routed fuel line and inappropriately small inline filter. This is the way the bike came to me. The clutch cable is loose. The cable was also badly frayed. This is usually from incorrectly handling the cable, using pliers for one thing.
Broken cam end cap. Pinched oil cooler hose. This happens from not installing the engine correctly. The result.
Mushroomed drain plug sealing washer. Also the plug itself is buggered up. More. More.
Bald rear tire. Supertrapp exhaust wacked. More.
Had to remove the baffles and repair the mounting threads. More. New thread inserts.
The front axle was installed incorrectly. That's oil on the front brake discs. The reason, fork seal oil leak.
More. More. More.
Note the oil all over the brake caliper. More. Newly set up forks.
Grubby brake master cylinder. More. Redone.
One of the oil pool plastes is installed incorrectly. It was hammered in even and broken. Carbs are a mess. Cable tied float bowl vents. Mikuni jets in these Keihin carbs!
One of the six floats upside-down! How can someone do this? Carb manifold clamp. More.
A happy customer. He rode the bike back home to Austin, TX in something less than 24 hours.