Headgasket Woes
After my Honda CB500 was (mis)diagnosed to suffer from a blown headgasket, I trawled the net looking for more information on the topic. What’s a headgasket The headgasket is the seal between the cylinder head and the engine block. It [...]
Halfords.com 5% off Voucher Code!
Unless you’ve got some sort of treasure cave filled with car / motorcycle restauration and bodywork related products somewhere close to your house, chances are you’ll need to buy a lot of stuff from Halfords for your automotive projects. I’m [...]
Exhaust & Engine Repaint
As people who have read previous posts on this blog are aware of, I’m trying to respray my 1996 Honda CB500 to make it look a bit less aged. You might imagine that if I repaint the body panels and [...]
Motorcycle Tank stripping
Before you can even begin to consider painting or even priming your bodypanels, you need to make sure they are in a good state. Since I had bought a cheap tank from eBay for my Honda CB500, I’d pretty much [...]
Honda CB500 Replacement Spark Plugs
A few months back I tried to start the CB500 in the cold, and stupidly switched on the choke before switching in the engine on. This little mistake turned into a big nuisance as the engine started, coughed and stopped [...]
CB500 – Our livingroom looks like a work shop already…
Well, I’ve been a bit busy lately, blowing some cash on bits for the bike. And even if I say so myself, I’m quite pleased actually. Let’s recap what I’m trying to achieve; My 1996 Honda CB500 is looking a [...]
