Pulled the engine and started working on cleaning it up, Here is the left side before and after.

 The carb looks functional but I will go ahead and pull it, clean it, and make it pretty too. 

 Pulled the front fender.  The plastic fender itself should clean up well and I will take some elbow grease to this guy (Fender mount).

 Inspection.

Torn fork boots. Torn rear fender curtain. Lots of gunk.  Engine cover and wheels need some love.

Wombat Time

 Going to document some ongoing work on a Hodaka Wombat.

She is in nice shape overall, jsut going to do some vapor blasting and cleaning to bring her back up to beautiful. 

Cx500 piston complete

Ok. Got the piston done and it slides in like a glove...well lika a hand in a glove. Anyway, this means the brake system us ready for installation.

CX500C front brake piston

So, what do you do when the front brake piston on your project bike is a pile o corrosion and they don't sell them anymore?  Make your own out of stainless silly!  Yahtzee!  Better then the original chrome plated hunk.