The old 3 legged dog – the 1974 CB125 is sold. We got $610 for it on ebay. Taking out the $50 fee that ebay charges these days, that leaves us with $560. Not too bad at all.
Still more faffing around the the caliper. I decided to hit it with a grinder to try and ‘free up’ the easy out. That didn’t work. I then decided to try and hit it with a centre punch and drill again. After a few good wacks, the easy moved down slightly. Encouraged by this, I got a nail punch and belted it with all my might. The easy out moved down about 2mm, and i tried to get a screw driver in there to get the bleeder screw out. This didn’t work, so I hit it with the punch again. Then the unthinkable happened. I broke the tip of the punch inside the bleeder screw.
So we now have a caliper with a broken bleeder screw, with a broken easy out AND a broken nail punch inside it. How are we doing?
Ona positive, we have a nice set of rubber fork gaiters from ebay;
Hey mate,
Amazing blog, I’ve been reading as much of it as I can! I actually thought you guys were in the US because of how cheap you guys are getting these bikes. it’s unbelievable! I recently purchased a 1980 CB125 off eBay for a cafe racer project. I have to ask though. are all these bikes from a wreckers or something? because seeing you get a CB125 for $80 just killed me!
Cheers mate!
Thanks for the comment.
We’re in Melbourne, and finding cheap bikes is definitely a challenge. We tend to find the bikes on trading post, gumtree & eBay. We look for bikes that need a bit of work .. Something we can add value to. Most of all, you need to act quickly as the really cheap bikes don’t hang around.
The CB125 was a ripper bike, and we were reluctant to sell it. We just needed the money unfortunately.