@@nunyabuziness8421 Yea, I gotta say though, if I ever get sent one ‘a them American Powertrain TKX’s, I’d definitely indulge. Wouldn’t mind building a race car with free sponsored parts and such.
@@randomguy1807 By the smart conduction of the visual narrative; the conscious choice to not talk and just show the best scenes; the intelligent use of the camera and lenses; the zoom-ins at the best moments; the well-balanced capture of sounds and a bunch of other details. In general, the vídeos from this guy easily stand out from the sameness of other channels.
I really enjoy the way you make videos. It give me nice ideas for my footages and the envy to improve the general aspect of my work. Few can really appreciate the efforts you deploy to film in tight spaces or with poor lighting conditions. I do.
Im 61 and ive got my 71 CL350 mothballed right now. Im gonna be retiring over the next few years and getting it back on the road will be so much fun. They are so easy to work on.
I really appreciate your "belt and suspenders" approach to fixing the wiring. Yes, you can get it to work (temporarily) by twisting the wires together or just using a crimp connector, but it never lasts. 34:32 Good to see that you're wearing your safety slides. PPE is so important!🤣 The fact that you could do this much work with basic tools, common sense, patience and (I'm assuming) a shop manual shows why "Right to Repair" wasn't even a thing 50 years ago. I appreciate your craftsmanship, both in the repair/refurbishment and the quality of the video and editing.
It's relaxing to watch you work. Great video. I'm sure I'm not the only person recalling bikes of our youth. I had a CB 360T and CB 750K in the 70's. Keep them coming.
Love your vids! Some of my most fond memories are going to salvage yards and scoring some great parts! Used to drive my VW thing to the VW salvage yard and spend all day in the hot and humid Oklahoma summer, it was work but it wasn’t! Enjoy your youth and keep the great vids coming😃
To find those places with the motherload of needs and wants. I just found one a couple weeks ago with old doors and windows. I could spend all day in those honey holes .
It is a good idea to use a cloth type of tape. I had a caravan and all the plastic tape adhesive turned into a sticky mess. I took all the plastic tape off and replaced it with cloth based tape which also binds well in a run of several wires. I had to take that off a couple of places as I was doing some upgrades and it had bound well to the back of the tape wound around the wires. Will never come apart. Good using solder and heatshrink. Cheers from Australia
That husky set is great. That was my first tool kit. Still use it all the time. Great videos man. I get excited every time I see a notification from your channel!
I enjoy your videos. Great style and you are very good at what you do. I'm like you, I just enjoy fixing things a d the junk yard is like my happy place. God bless you, my mechanical friend .
Another fantastic video. That junkjard footage was great! Hope we'll see that Harley on your channel sooner rather than later. You need one in your life!
bro you're one of a kind. appreciate amount of detail you put in your videos. Those sounds of a thing with that thing appearing like in game was awesome. I enjoyed every second.
Those 350s were dependable Hondas. I rode a 71 SL350 for years. I even rode it up my Highschool stairs only to meet the Principal standing there pointing me back down. LOL
58:00 the real reason why i watched a whole hour of a guy fixing a bike, i wanted to see the cat. Man, i like your videos so much, you always post cool videos
The "animation" style starting at 7:26 made me chuckle... parts "appearing" with sound. You definitely have a flair for video editing that rivals your obvious skill as a mechanic.
I had a 'stable' of 2/350 K4's, I could assemble around 6 or 7 complete bikes at any one time. Would tune em till they would hole pistons and spit out rings on a regular basis so most spent most of their lives somewhere on the repair and rebuild assembly line. I had a pile of over 100 friction plates all marked for their nominal thickness to 'dial a clutch'. Cam sprocket bolts will bite you in the ass, re-use at your peril! Nothing quite like a spun cam on an overlap engine doing 9 grand!
I ain't gonna do any brown nosing, but I will say you sure know how to do some grease monkeying, good to see a young man such as you that can do all that, my hat's off to you Hoss 👍👍! Keep on keeping on with what you do and I'll be watching and BTW, you've been subbed here too! 🤘🤘
Snag a gallon of Evap-o-rust. You just degrease and drop your small parts in, move onto something else, then come back in a few hours. I am in no way associated with the product, but it's life changing!
Hey Simon hows it going, just wants to say huge fan of your channel and keep on doing what you are doing!, but on the other hand i notice you deal with some rust here and there just thought i would mention that "pickling Vinegar" which has 7% acid in it works great for removing rust if you fill a pale up with it and its pretty cheap as well i think its 4 or 5 bucks Canadian a jug, but ya alot cheaper for removing rust from anything bolts small panels or whatever just let it soak in a pale for few hours and brush the rust off in most cases, just thought i would forward that info
Thank you very much for the tip. I’ve tried apple cider vinegar before with good results. Honestly though, most of the time i don’t have the patience to let stuff soak, especially when trying to meet video deadlines.
Hey man, great videos, I love your content. I recently picked up a 74 360 and bought the same mufflers off of Amazon. The reducers don’t work at all. What size pipe did you use to get your mufflers to fit?
you have all life time, center stand need PB or CR40 and heat both sometime, and then try move. first heat then spray CR-40 etc, suck in tube and help lot try open. or easy elektrolyse, add bowl water and salt and soda, then parts add wire, then add water and battery minus, and old bolt to wire and battery positive, and wait some hour. rust go to bolt and clean all part good.
Was that GTR that passed by around the 20 minute mark? Sounded like and RB engine lol This bike turned out so good man, love seeing these old Hondas resurrected and back on the road. Are you keeping the red fenders? That front fender was so cool, I'd love to have it on my cb500 chopper.
Hi Simon, had a Honda cj 250 back in 1983, 85mph. Got a cbx750 now, engine out. Is this the same yard that L A Nik goes to? Plenty of bikes in that yard. I like the cinematic editing.Might look for a cb 360 with 6 speed box, or 400 dream. 🇬🇧
Wow big difference between the Honda and the Yamaha 350's. I wonder if the Honda is just geared lower? Anyway I have always really liked the CB350. They came out before I could ride. My first Honda was a 1971 CB750.
I was cringing when I saw you throwing the fasteners on the ground in the salvage yard. Believe it or not the factory original hardware is some of the hardest things to find when you restore old Japanese motorcycles like I do. Modern metric nuts and bolts just aren't the same as the old J.I.S. fasteners. Save them or put them back on the parts you took them off. Even if they're rusty you can bring them back with evaporust.
America needs more people like this young man.
rest of the the world also...
No fancy shop nor equipment just determination resourcefulness and a good pair of brains. I love this channel! Greetings from Belgium.
I hate the sponsored will it run channels. Too many on RUclips w fancy shops and deep pockets
@@nunyabuziness8421 Yea, I gotta say though, if I ever get sent one ‘a them American Powertrain TKX’s, I’d definitely indulge. Wouldn’t mind building a race car with free sponsored parts and such.
Came across your channel a few days ago.
What a breath of fresh air. No commentary, just wrenching etc.
Many thanks. 👍
A coffee, a joint and a SimonFordman video is a pretty nice way to spend an hour. Thanks for making these!
Heck yea
I'm always blown away by the artistic quality of your videos.
How do you think it’s artsy?
@@randomguy1807 By the smart conduction of the visual narrative; the conscious choice to not talk and just show the best scenes; the intelligent use of the camera and lenses; the zoom-ins at the best moments; the well-balanced capture of sounds and a bunch of other details. In general, the vídeos from this guy easily stand out from the sameness of other channels.
That bike yard / breakers is a place of beauty. Thanks for another great bikeumentory.
I really enjoy the way you make videos. It give me nice ideas for my footages and the envy to improve the general aspect of my work. Few can really appreciate the efforts you deploy to film in tight spaces or with poor lighting conditions. I do.
Thank you very much, I'm flattered. Your channel is great, makes me wish I was better at my French.
Excellent choice in cheap mufflers, I ran a set on my Guzzi V7III. You made a real honest bike of this one.
Thank you. Yea I was super happy with the sound for an $80 pair.
Im 61 and ive got my 71 CL350 mothballed right now. Im gonna be retiring over the next few years and getting it back on the road will be so much fun. They are so easy to work on.
Simon you are a time traveler from the 70's and that's a good thing. Keep up the great work!
35:16 at least you've said the begining of a word ! High quality content on you channel, quite hypnotizing ! Thank you
Simon says
@#$&%
I've spent many hours working on my 79 CX500, so this was super relatable. Love it.
Awesome videos, you guys are the American version of the RUclips channel Flexiny. Keep up the great work.
That pause at 20:15 is my kind of thing. CB s are loveable machines in what ever the condition they are❤. Excellent video 👍
Here’s another reason why when I receive a SimonFordman notification my day becomes a whole lot better! Wonderful work, greetings from Iowa!
Greetings!
I really appreciate your "belt and suspenders" approach to fixing the wiring. Yes, you can get it to work (temporarily) by twisting the wires together or just using a crimp connector, but it never lasts.
34:32 Good to see that you're wearing your safety slides. PPE is so important!🤣
The fact that you could do this much work with basic tools, common sense, patience and (I'm assuming) a shop manual shows why "Right to Repair" wasn't even a thing 50 years ago.
I appreciate your craftsmanship, both in the repair/refurbishment and the quality of the video and editing.
Thank you very much
It's relaxing to watch you work. Great video. I'm sure I'm not the only person recalling bikes of our youth. I had a CB 360T and CB 750K in the 70's. Keep them coming.
I just finished building my own 71 CB350 this year. Fun little thing around town. Definitely turns some heads
Love your vids! Some of my most fond memories are going to salvage yards and scoring some great parts!
Used to drive my VW thing to the VW salvage yard and spend all day in the hot and humid Oklahoma summer, it was work but it wasn’t! Enjoy your youth and keep the great vids coming😃
Thank you!
Watching this makes me miss my 74 cb450, loved that bike 🏍
I really enjoyed the videos on the CB, the style and video quality is right up there with the best. Thank you! 🇦🇺
To find those places with the motherload of needs and wants. I just found one a couple weeks ago with old doors and windows. I could spend all day in those honey holes .
Y ahora que vimos todos los vídeos. Estamos deseando más!
Very talented editing !
Thanks for putting up the new video. I have watched all of your videos, so I was getting itchy for a new one. Great stuff.
It is a good idea to use a cloth type of tape. I had a caravan and all the plastic tape adhesive turned into a sticky mess. I took all the plastic tape off and replaced it with cloth based tape which also binds well in a run of several wires. I had to take that off a couple of places as I was doing some upgrades and it had bound well to the back of the tape wound around the wires. Will never come apart. Good using solder and heatshrink. Cheers from Australia
Thanks for the tip. Yea, the plastic/rubber stuff always leaves sticky residue when it comes off.
That husky set is great. That was my first tool kit. Still use it all the time. Great videos man. I get excited every time I see a notification from your channel!
I love this type of work! Watching those videos I feel I am working with this bike. Hope to get my CB125T running like this one.
These videos are definitely a real treat to watch, THANK YOU ! 👍
The bike turned out great. Another great video.
I enjoy your videos. Great style and you are very good at what you do. I'm like you, I just enjoy fixing things a d the junk yard is like my happy place. God bless you, my mechanical friend .
You brought back a classic, a basically stock bike with tasteful mods. Great!
Another fantastic video. That junkjard footage was great! Hope we'll see that Harley on your channel sooner rather than later. You need one in your life!
bro you're one of a kind. appreciate amount of detail you put in your videos. Those sounds of a thing with that thing appearing like in game was awesome. I enjoyed every second.
i miss the times i did this in my 20s. I will get into again once my kids are older. :)
A man of few words. Actually none😂Action speaks louder than words
Most channels turn these into café racers, instead you fully restored it. I like the racers but still respect your work.
great rebuild man loved every part of it some awesome mechanics my first time watching thanks for video best wishes from england
Fantastic job. Love the content.
The pain of rusted in bulbs on full display ... love your videos, keep 'em coming and you'll build a sizable audience, I'd bet...
Yes! A new SimonHondaman video!!!
Great restoration and troubleshooting 😊
Those 350s were dependable Hondas. I rode a
71 SL350 for years. I even rode it up my Highschool stairs only to meet the Principal standing there pointing me back down. LOL
Haha
Me encantan las viejas motos japonesas, gran trabajo Simon! saludos desde Argentina.
58:00 the real reason why i watched a whole hour of a guy fixing a bike, i wanted to see the cat.
Man, i like your videos so much, you always post cool videos
Simon keep up the great work and restore, love it...God bless! 😊❤
Creative and smart. Nicely done as always. Good show!
The master mechanic at work he's a keeper handy with renches
had a 1973 cb 350 4 syncing the 4 carbs was a joy.
The "animation" style starting at 7:26 made me chuckle... parts "appearing" with sound. You definitely have a flair for video editing that rivals your obvious skill as a mechanic.
i watched the entire video in one sitting. amazing work
also i have a few questions
Fantastic work you've done there 💯 well done 👍
I had a 'stable' of 2/350 K4's, I could assemble around 6 or 7 complete bikes at any one time. Would tune em till they would hole pistons and spit out rings on a regular basis so most spent most of their lives somewhere on the repair and rebuild assembly line. I had a pile of over 100 friction plates all marked for their nominal thickness to 'dial a clutch'. Cam sprocket bolts will bite you in the ass, re-use at your peril! Nothing quite like a spun cam on an overlap engine doing 9 grand!
Real Old School . Perfect .
I hate to say it ,, but that Honda will be going long after that Harley has been turned into a Toaster Oven by a factory in China 🫤
harley made in thailand today not in US, and honda made in japan, lot betteer quality than harley. long live engines.
Отличное видео, коллекция восстановленной техники пополняется!
Great to see the channel growing. Great stuff
What a place that bone yard is, wow.
Nice work, keep going! Work, no talk!
I ain't gonna do any brown nosing, but I will say you sure know how to do some grease monkeying, good to see a young man such as you that can do all that, my hat's off to you Hoss 👍👍! Keep on keeping on with what you do and I'll be watching and BTW, you've been subbed here too! 🤘🤘
Great transformation! Nice kittie
Cool as usual. Great video and race at the end. Thanks!
This is going to be good thanks for sharing
Snag a gallon of Evap-o-rust. You just degrease and drop your small parts in, move onto something else, then come back in a few hours. I am in no way associated with the product, but it's life changing!
In Brazil we have a poor saying: there is no time to fix one thing, ruin another, but life goes on
Very good, thanks for a great upload.👍🏼
20:16 ofc he had to stop there's a beautiful ride he wants
No talking, no crappy music just a Guy working on His Bike, from the UK 👍
I wont trust that type of rectifier. I once stranded on the road due to failing rectifier. Good video.
Keep doing what you doing !
Love this channel and the cats too...
Yay! A new upload. I just made myself a late night dinner after a long day. Perfect timing.
What'd you make?
@@SimonFordman Not to brag, but chicken strips and vegetables.
Awesome
There’s something to be said about leaving a bike stock, look at all the work needed to bring the bike back from the horrible modifications.
Both the fixing and the production quality is first class. Must have taken hours and hours of editing, very impressive.
Thank you for making this kind of content
Hey Simon hows it going, just wants to say huge fan of your channel and keep on doing what you are doing!, but on the other hand i notice you deal with some rust here and there just thought i would mention that "pickling Vinegar" which has 7% acid in it works great for removing rust if you fill a pale up with it and its pretty cheap as well i think its 4 or 5 bucks Canadian a jug, but ya alot cheaper for removing rust from anything bolts small panels or whatever just let it soak in a pale for few hours and brush the rust off in most cases, just thought i would forward that info
Thank you very much for the tip. I’ve tried apple cider vinegar before with good results. Honestly though, most of the time i don’t have the patience to let stuff soak, especially when trying to meet video deadlines.
@@SimonFordman fair enough that makes sense!
While you are watching this video Simon Fordman is probably fixing an on old machine and making a memorizing video about it.
Another great video. 👍🏼
Is that the old Sport Wheels ? That place was great to search parts. Thanks for another vid.
Hey man, great videos, I love your content. I recently picked up a 74 360 and bought the same mufflers off of Amazon. The reducers don’t work at all. What size pipe did you use to get your mufflers to fit?
Thanks. it was a 1-3/4 x 11ga pipe.
@@SimonFordman you’re a life saver, thank you man
My fav bike.
Really like the content, keep em coming, please.
you have all life time, center stand need PB or CR40 and heat both sometime, and then try move. first heat then spray CR-40 etc, suck in tube and help lot try open. or easy elektrolyse, add bowl water and salt and soda, then parts add wire, then add water and battery minus, and old bolt to wire and battery positive, and wait some hour. rust go to bolt and clean all part good.
Awesome stuff as usual!
Nice job man. I liked your video. New subscriber.
very nice project and vid. thx :-)
Nice Bub, real nice!
Отличный видос Хонда это хорошо
More people watched this video than bought/played Concorde. As it should be.
Vídeo bom de assistir,pode ser 10 horas quê assisto.👍
It would be great if you had a Harley and showed us how to repair it. I would love that video.
If i ever come across the right one, you’ll see it
Was that GTR that passed by around the 20 minute mark? Sounded like and RB engine lol
This bike turned out so good man, love seeing these old Hondas resurrected and back on the road. Are you keeping the red fenders? That front fender was so cool, I'd love to have it on my cb500 chopper.
Yea I think that was. The fenders are really cool, I may hold onto them just as souvenirs or something
20:14, para de ajustar una tuerca, para escuchar el ruido de una moto que pasa, detalle muy bueno!
Hi Simon, had a Honda cj 250 back in 1983, 85mph. Got a cbx750 now, engine out. Is this the same yard that L A Nik goes to? Plenty of bikes in that yard. I like the cinematic editing.Might look for a cb 360 with 6 speed box, or 400 dream. 🇬🇧
Marvellous
The ole CB dusted the Yamaha. I just saw a mint CB360 go for over $6k on Bring a Trailer!
This one'll be for sale once the title arrives. I'm hoping to get 1/3rd of that.
I love the philosophy of this guy. Where is this motorcycle grave yard where they are restoring these glorious bikes? Anybody know?
Wow big difference between the Honda and the Yamaha 350's. I wonder if the Honda is just geared lower? Anyway I have always really liked the CB350. They came out before I could ride. My first Honda was a 1971 CB750.
Very cool, I've always wanted to try out a 750. Yea, the Honda felt geared down way more.
I was cringing when I saw you throwing the fasteners on the ground in the salvage yard. Believe it or not the factory original hardware is some of the hardest things to find when you restore old Japanese motorcycles like I do. Modern metric nuts and bolts just aren't the same as the old J.I.S. fasteners. Save them or put them back on the parts you took them off. Even if they're rusty you can bring them back with evaporust.
I did save all the fasteners.
Nice bike ✌ love from morocoo ✌ have a nice day.