Check out the progress on my GL1000 build/customizing!

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 2:54 am

If your interested in the build go here: http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=44800

I know this is a CBF site, but most of you know my projects and how they come out. So here's a small update. Oh by the way she has some CB750F take off parts from my Super Sport

Well I have had some time to get intimate with this bike and try and make her run and look a little better. Hear is a run down on what I've found and fixed so far.

1. I wanted some lower bars so I went with some super bike bars. I had some shorter cables off my 79 Cb750F SS so I used them to clean up the excess. I had to shorten the return cable free play by about an inch and a half. I cut it and re-soldered an end on it and it worked great. I did run into some electrical anomalies once I got everything back together. Apparently the PO was not well versed at electrical and had some wires crossed which caused the headlight to go dim. So instead of looking for the crossed wired he jumped the Tail Fuse with the Headlight fuse. Shocked

It was a quick fix and everything worked including the turn buzzer.

2 Once I had everything back together it wouldn't start, it kept flooding. It even ran out the exhaust. Well I knew right away it was a stuck needle or float was too high. So off with the carbs. Once I got them open they were surprisingly clean and I knew someone had been in there. Why did I know this? Because there were two float hinge arm that were repaired by someone. I even discovered they used a nail for a hinge pin. Some people shouldn't be allowed to work on bikes. Any way I managed to track down the open needle valve causing the problem, which was actually an incorrectly adjusted float. I found several nails as hinges in there. I managed to make some new hinges out of.078" piano wire, which is the same size as the stock hinges. I also line bored the repaired hinge posts to make sure there was no misalignment. I got that all back together and she fired right up. I did manage to set the timing and balance the carbs per Randakk's recommendations. It runs awesome now.

3. I had some leaky forks as well that needed to be addressed, so I ordered up a the seals from Honda. Once I got the forks apart, just as I expected someone was in there before and jacked them up as well. I has some forks from a later model GL1100 that I was going to use on my CB750 that looked like they would work. So I cleaned up all the innards of my GL forks and was going to use the later models because they were just a little taller and I had a fork brace that would work with them. All of the insides of the older GL forks were the same. I repainted the triple clamps and forks black. While I had the triples off I installed an "All Balls" tapered roller bearing kit while I was in there too. I also cleaned and polished the fork tubes and everything else and reassembled them. One other upgrade I was going to do, was to use the front master and brakes off my CB as they had braided lines and were like new. I ran into a problem that I bet no one here knows about? The 75 and 76 discs and calipers are offset on the fork legs just a little to the left than later model GL's. How did I discover this you wonder? When I went to put on my caliper hangers from the CB they did not line up with the discs. I even tried the stock 76 GL's and the same was true. I compared both lower legs and the 76's were machined offset to compensate for the RH speedo drive. I wouldn't have believed it. Go look at your disc's relative to the fork legs inner side and you can see it. No problem I just brought the fork legs to work and machined the inner lugs to compensate for the offset. Worked like a charm. So now I have the CB brakes on the GL.

4. I finally got the seat cover installed that the PO gave me with the bike and gave her a well deserved bath and shine.

CB1100F Joined: May 13, 2005 Posts: 3217 Location: NE OHIO

Looking Really GOOD

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:06 am

Here's some of the issues that encountered in the process.

Carb jerry rigging from the Previous owner.

[img]http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x246/1dog2dog/GL%20Issues/IMG_0136.jpg/img]

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:28 am

Nunzio:

Looks awesome man! Nice work. Is that paint original or did you re-do it?

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:18 am

It's original,but it's not as nice as I would like it. It's going to get completely stripped down to the frame and redone.

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:26 am

Beautiful job

Hawk Joined: May 02, 2011 Posts: 421 Location: Toronto

As your cbf, very impressive.

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 12:39 pm

Looking good, Nunzio. Make sure to post pics and updates over on the NGW site too.

I've been accumulating GL parts, a titled frame, and powder coating as I go. The plan is to build a '78 in the "backwards" mode - in other words, have all the parts finished before I even start.

Keep up the great work. These bikes are just as addictive as the F's!

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 2:43 pm

THAT is a very nice bike! Cliff.

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:13 pm

That's a nice old girl....Well done!

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:28 pm

Nunzio wrote:

I know this is a CBF site, but most of you know my projects and how they come out. So here's a small update.

Always look forward to your project reports. Very inspirational.
Nice work on the bike. Looks fantastic.

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 6:39 pm

tomk1960 wrote:

Looking good, Nunzio. Make sure to post pics and updates over on the NGW site

I have been, they are a different bunch over there, not so easily excited or impressed. That is not my goal, just thought I'd get more reaction on my build.

It's going to look bad ass when I get done with it.

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:46 pm

Looking Great !

Dan

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 4:27 am

Nice bike! Wish it were mine Smile

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:51 am

stoutblock wrote:

Nice bike! Wish it were mine Smile

Yea, It may have been if the wife didn't come around and see the value. She really likes going on rides with me on this.

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:05 am

CLEAN WING!
TWEEKER

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:57 am

I know most of you probably seen my work on my 750, but I thought I'd update you all on my GL project.

Go Here:
http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=44826
and here:
http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=44800

Here's a video of the bike running after the carb rebuild and a sync.

Link

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 5:56 am

If you interested in the build go here: http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=44800&start=45

Twinstar Joined: Sep 04, 2012 Posts: 69 Location: Maryland

Love how the float pin was replaced w/ a nail by the previous owner. Classy

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 4:04 pm

Nunzio wrote:

If you interested in the build go here: http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=44800&start=45

Nice work.
The gloss black on the backs of the gauge housings looks fantastic.
Why did you specifically choose the SEM rattle can Gloss Black over all of the other paints / methods?
With your equipment and skills, you have lots of professional ways to do a gloss black finish.
I need to repaint a CBX non-metallic headlight housing in gloss black and I'll use your SEM prime & gloss black rattle can process.
For the gloss black, does the SEM can & nozzle work best with many light coats, or thicker, fewer coats?

Barry

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:24 am

Very nice indeed. Thats a good find. Don't care for yeller too much but I'm sure you'll get that taken care of in time.
Keep us posted.

David

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:09 am

Hi Nunzio:

Nice work.

I read the build threads on the GW forms. Great stuff!

Are you still having the idling problem? FWIW I have something very similar on my 84 ascot. Ascots have a well documented problem with coils where the bike will run fine until you stop then it won't start again for a half hour. the problem coils will bench test fine and have no obvious reason why they're a problem but in the end new coils fix the problem. The prevailing theory is that once the coils heat up there's some kind of a short or open circuit that doesn't revel itself when the coils are tested at a cooler temp.

In my case, the bike runs fine at all speeds until it gets warm then it runs fine at all speeds except it won't idle and will stall when I pull up to a stop. Problem is worse when it's hot out. I swap in another set of coils and sure enough the problem goes away (I have yet to permanently fix the problem as new OEM coils are expensive).

You may find those 750F coils are a bit goofy - I don't think they're all that great even when new.

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:23 am

I have the idle problem sorted out. I do need a new battery for the GL and that's most likely the culprit, it doesn't hold a charge. Even on a charger.

The coils are from my 750 and they are like new. Never had a problem with them.

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:31 pm

Nunzio,

I really like the bike... Nice work. I looked at one of the NGW posts and I think you were describing the House of Kolors paint you are using for the bike. Are you (did you) paint it red? Can you point me to a post where you describe the painting process. I am interested in how you mixed other paints with the kandy color to achieve a certain effect.

Thanks.

Scott

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:46 am

Why did you specifically choose the SEM rattle can Gloss Black over all of the other paints / methods?

I've been using SEM products for years, they just have that factory finish. Not too perfect. You want to put down a good coat, let it flash off and lay it down like you want it to look. This stuff dries pretty fast. My750 has a lot of the SEM finishes on it and people thing it was still original fresh.

Best thing is to test on a piece of cardboard or something first.

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:49 am

sbparks wrote:

Nunzio,

I am interested in how you mixed other paints with the kandy color to achieve a certain effect.

Thanks.

Scott

If you keep a watch on the GL thread I'll be posting the paintwork and how I do it. It's going to be a CBX themed paint job. Candy Glory Red. It should start happening this week with the prep work.

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:14 pm

Nunzio,

Thanks. Will do. I saw the posts on the House of Kolors paints that caught my attention. I just wanted to know more.

Thanks

Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 12:36 am

Lots of progress, now it's time to reassemble.

http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=44800

Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 11:35 am

Jim, just wondering why you decided to paint instead of coat the wheels.
I know you are a master painter but doesn't the durability factor come into play.
Reading the whole thread, the Wing site seems like a good bunch of guys.

Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 5:19 am

smurdoch wrote:

Jim, just wondering why you decided to paint instead of coat the wheels.
I know you are a master painter but doesn't the durability factor come into play.
Reading the whole thread, the Wing site seems like a good bunch of guys.

Powder coat is okay, but it's difficult to touch up and change colors. I've always used Imron on all my wheels, last forever and rarely chips, never dulls.