My Baby Dream
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:45 pm
I know this is not a bike for the 305 forum, but it's close, so bear with me, I was looking for a "hobby" to keep out of my wife's hair, so I went to the local bike shop to see what he had that might interest me. I should tell you I have never worked on a motor bike before, but have repaired a number of mopeds. I asked the guy at the bike shop what he had. He told me that upstairs in the old barn that I would find some old bikes in the far corner. I crawled over a number of scrap bikes and found 5 CA150's in pieces. There were 5 frames and only 1 engine and many many pieces. I bought the whole lot, and took them home and got down to business. I took all the restorable pieces and put them in pile A. The rest in pile B. I then bead blasted frame and all sheet metal including engine. Painted engine silver and high temp black. Then finished with clear coat. Frame was undercoated then finished with recreational white. Exhaust system and wheels needed to be rechromed, but I was on a very limited budget, so I painted them.
I took a compression test on engine and it within spec's so I overhauled carb, did a tune up and set the valves. I could give more details, but i'll leave it at that. I took the bike when completed to the local show and shine, and got peoples choice award. This year I got the mayors award. I will try and attach pictures. My CA78 resto is almost complete. I will post story and pic's in this forum later.
I took a compression test on engine and it within spec's so I overhauled carb, did a tune up and set the valves. I could give more details, but i'll leave it at that. I took the bike when completed to the local show and shine, and got peoples choice award. This year I got the mayors award. I will try and attach pictures. My CA78 resto is almost complete. I will post story and pic's in this forum later.