Getting sidetracked - CB400 café seat prep

Sick of not making any progress on any of my current projects, I got distracted.

I pulled out the cb400, yanked the battery and all the wiring from the seat area, and I took a grinder to it.

These tabs are now gone.

Sorry I didn't get any close up shots of the aftermath.

With these tabs out of the way, I'll be working on fabricating a café style seat soon.
Don't worry, I'm going to take a grinder to those spots and clean everything up later.

I'm still debating on whether or not I want to keep the seatlock. I'm thinking I won't, but it's not gone yet.

CB400F up and running.

So I took a day off from working on other builds to get the CB400F up and running.

It still looks awful, but at least now it runs.

Here's a list of what I did:

• Changed oil
• Cleaned and oiled air filters
• Cleaned and rebuilt carbs
• Adjusted valve tappet clearance (not easy without the special tool)
• Set ignition timing
• Sync'd carbs and adjusted air screws

I still need a new chain, tires, battery, sparkplugs, proper headlight bracket, mirror, shorter clutch cable, and a speedometer would be nice. It's a long way from being street-able, but I'm happy with the progress so far.
I think I'll treat myself to some new tires and sparkplugs in the near future so I can do a plug chop in order to get the carb settings just right.

Add a couple more to the pile...

So, I think I may be a wee bit addicted to bikes.

I picked up another '75 GL1000 last night and I'm headed out to snag the ever elusive CB400-4 this evening.
Pictures coming soon.

*Update: 7/28/11*

Credit to the P.O. Phillip Kelly for the pics. I was too lazy to take pics and too eager to start tearing it apart.

It's already had the carbs and filters removed for cleaning, new bushings for rear shocks, clubman bars instead of those clip-ons, new left-hand control with a new clutch lever and cable (now it's tight as a tick instead of stiff as a brick with a sloppy lever.)