It came like this.
The whole bike looked like this.
Some wet/dry emery, steel wool, and elbow grease
and she looks like this.
Everything but the swingarm, engine, and oil tank came off
and the frame sprayed with engine enamel.
Cleaned and polished carbs, rebuild not needed yet.
Re-did the gauges.
Stripped, sanded, bondo'd, and repainted the tank.
Got some vintage looking Honda emblems to go where
the old ones would have gone. The previous owner
removed them and filled in the void with bondo.
Open wired the bike to make sure everything worked.
40 year old electrical tape had bonded with the frame,
the harness had to be stripped and cleaned.
Re-configured the harness to run up both sides of the bike,
shortened it, got rid of the plastic junction box on the frame
and all wires relating to it.
A smaller battery allowed some room under the seat
for the new fuse box and regulator/rectifier. One reason to
re-configure the harness was because components have been moved.
Wrapped the pipes partially.
Those cheap headlight brackets work very well
as license plate brackets when modified.
Thanks for looking. Obviously as we all know these projects are never really done.
I still have plenty to do, hope to get it done in a couple of months. Will post some
more as time permits. Thanks to everyone for posting your knowledge, and thanks
to those which make it possible.
Enjoy your rides and may your nuts never rust.
Daren