Honda Xbr 500

fupduck

i wanna strip and recondition this bike , i know absolutely nothing about motorbikes

Any body got any tips, hints advice?

all gratefully received

thanks:)

madrab

buy a haynes manual
do a motorbike maintenance course
use the correct tools
& get help from someone that knows what they are doing

madrab

http://xbr500.co.uk/ might be a good place to start

David Silers is a good place for honda spares http://www.davidsilvers.com/

The Doktor

what they said...
But, I think totally stripping a bike is a bad idea. Specially if you know nothing about bikes.
Get the bike running. Do a bit at a time. Always have it that you dont have to do too much to get the bike running again.
For example, work on the engine first, get it working well mechanically. Next move on to all the other mechanical bits, get everything working.Then start to get the engine cleaned up well.
Move on to cleaning up the wheels etc.... And lastly get the tank and panels painted.
Otherwise you will end up with a pile of bits that you cant put back together like so many of these projects I have seen.

fupduck

Thanks for the advice lads , as far as i know there isnt too much mechanically wrong with the bike , (it was in daily use up until about 4 months ago) im hoping now that ive got some hints on where to start , that i can be riding this summer

Thanks again, much appreciated

madrab

dont forget to post up some pics