NEW ARRIVALS FOR THE 81' HONDA CB650
Just a quick update before the weekend get's here…I got a few items in the mail this week for the CB650. There is a website you've probably seen advertised to you while you've been on Facebook or Youtube called the MOTORCYCLE SUPERSTORE. I've never ordered tires from a website before but I figured I would check out the prices anyway. As it turned out, they were able to offer some pretty competitive deals because they have so much inventory. I went with these Kenda K671 tires because they were affordable and included free shipping right to my door. For both tires I think I paid about $139.00 dollars total. I'd recommend that site to any other new bike builders. Hopefully I am able to get them put on tomorrow. I was also planning to paint the wheels black, but I'm not sure how the weather will cooperate. If it's raining, I may have to wait till next week.
That rear wheel is a 16" and the front is a 19" so there is a pretty large size difference, but once they are on, I think they will have a good look. I went away from the really aggressive tread with these because I'm not going for that dirt bike look. I wanted these to handle well for this much faster bike.
Yesterday, these side covers showed up in the mail as well after a little EBAY drama. I ordered these almost a month ago and still hadn't received them, so I had to open a case against a seller but luckily the order just slipped through the cracks and he wasn't trying to screw me. Thankfully they showed up because side covers for this year of bike in this great of condition are EXTREMELY hard to find. The original ones that came on the bike were in great shape but I made the mistake of trying to strip the paint off of one of them and it completely warped the plastic. Yes, I made sure to purchase the paint remover made for plastic but it didn't matter. I would suggest just leaving the original paint on these even if you plan on painting them. Just use a good primer and paint them whatever color you wish. Or leave it to a professional. At any rate, these will be getting painted black and I can finally move on to the next phase of the build.
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