Looking for skilled home mechanic in Dunedin

[racingtothecafe]

As with any first time restoration project, bit off more than I can chew. Pulled the bike apart and new paint job but that was the easy part. Due to lack of time/space, the parts have sat in the shed for a year now.

With the uni break soon, looking to get back into it. Will be sorting out the pieces soon and ordering any missing nuts and bolts. Could definitely use some help putting it back together.

But, as with any project, it's way over budget, so going to the pros is out of question. Best I can hope for is someone who can help out over evenings/weekends in exchange for some beers, feed and change. Can bring the parts over if it's more convenient.

If that sounds like you, hit me up.

Cheers

[Crasherfromwayback]

Hey mate. Not that this is any help now...but in the future, take pictures of things BEFORE you pull them apart. Makes life much easier when trying to put it all back together.

Happy to try and help via here or email if you want to show pics of what you have etc.

Pete

[FJRider]

What was the bike you pulled apart ...???

[AllanB]

What was the bike you pulled apart ...???

If it's one of those original sand cast crankcase Honda CB750/4 I'll offer him a grand for the boxes of parts ...

[Crasherfromwayback]

If it's one of those original sand cast crankcase Honda CB750/4 I'll offer him a grand for the boxes of parts ...

I'll offer 11 hundy!

[Akzle]

give brian a call

[racingtothecafe]

Hey mate. Not that this is any help now...but in the future, take pictures of things BEFORE you pull them apart. Makes life much easier when trying to put it all back together.

Pete

For what it's worth, I did take a lot of pictures.

But as with any experience, I realised in hindsight that it was nowhere enough. Even with pictures, the main issue is how long it takes me to do things. Took me ages to undo some of the trickier bits and I reckon it'll take longer still to put it back together, like the clutch/brake/cooling system, with all those niggly parts. Won't hurt to have experienced supervision.

What was the bike you pulled apart ...???

It's a v4 Sabre.

If it's one of those original sand cast crankcase Honda CB750/4 I'll offer him a grand for the boxes of parts ...

It is a Honda, and 750 too! But a chunky looking v4, not one of them sleek sexy CBs. I wanted something with decent 2 up touring potential and from what I read, the v4s seem to be pretty good for that.

give brian a call

Any chance you could pm me his contact info. Or even his handle will suffice.

[T.W.R]

It's a v4 Sabre.

What's the top end like?? they've got a terrible tendency to do nasty things

Probably cheaper to find a replacement motor out of another Sabre or a Magna and mix n match parts swapping out anything that looks dodgy

[Crasherfromwayback]

What's the top end like?? they've got a terrible tendency to do nasty things

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Soft cams wannit?

[T.W.R]

Soft cams wannit?

something along those lines....insufficient hardening or the likes....some were remedied but not many....double dot punch marks on the bottom of the cylinder casing IDs the ones that were

[Crasherfromwayback]

something along those lines....insufficient hardening or the likes....:

And typical of Honda, cams ran directly in cyl head from memory.