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Hello everyone,
New member here, I picked this bike up about 10 yrs. ago, it was running and riding in the 90's but owner tore down for a restoration, sadly to say it's been trapped in boxes for 30 yrs. My goal is not a concours resto. but a nice clean rider, still has std. bore and every part was bagged and tagged, going to repaint and send crank off for rebuild, crank is within specs but will feel better with a fresh one. It is slowly starting to come back together, what is a good source for paint that isn't $200 pint , any comments and advice would be appreciated. Included is a pic of a SL70 I just restored. Thanks, Buddy

Can't wait to see it done. The H1B is my favorite 500.

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1969 H1, 1971 G3SSA, 1974 G5, 1973 H2A, 1975 S3A, 1975 H1F, 1973 Z1, 1988 HD FLTC, Captain America chopper, 2000 Excelsior Henderson, 1965 Bridgestone BS90

Thanks Guts, it's been sitting in the shop for 10 yrs., now that I have it out of the boxes the motivation factor has gone way up, ready to get the bodywork painted but not having any luck on paint recommendation, may take a fender to the auto paint store to see if they can match. Hoping it doesn't turn into a money pit, hopefully I can get by with a new seat, crank rebuild, new piston/rings, caliper rebuild kit, new engine seals, carb kits, new tires, new clutch kit, it adds up quick, just for the instrument cluster rubber dampers = $50 . Will have to meet the UPS truck at the end of the driveway hiding the incoming from my wife. Std. bore cylinders honed out nice and mic'd at 60mm so I should be good there, new fork tubes will arrive today, so it should be rolling by the weekend. Thanks, Buddy

Do NOT use jets/needles from carb kits!!

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Answers are here: http://kawatriple.com/

Your fenders and side covers look nice for a survivor bike. If it were mine, I’d look for a nicer used orange tank and you may be able to use yours as trade bait or sell outright. That would make it a nice survivor rider bike. Possible long shot though on finding another nice H1B tank....

BTW, love the color on the SL70 but don’t remember them being sold from Honda in that color. I do remember a year for the SL350 that color though. The SL70 is the bike I listed after as a kid but parents bought me a used CT70H. The Trail 70 served me well. Great job on the resto!

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1972 Kawasaki H2 Mach IV (Candytone Blue),1984 Yamaha RZ350 (KRR- Yellow/Black), 2004 Honda Helix (Clipper Yellow).

“Jeff and Chris are THE MEN!”
RIP John E. Evans

My H1 tank is very clean inside and no dents, so it will be off to the paint booth, in 1973 Honda had candy yellow along with a blue and red, yellow was probably the least popular color, it was my bikes original color, so I stayed true to original, here is another like it.

I was thinking there used to be a Chrysler orange that was a real close match.
Welcome to the forum by the way.

He does some nice work and last time I checked, his prices were fair.

https://leftrightandcenter.net/triple-painting/

TCP global supply for paint. They have everything and it is reasonable on price and the customer service is good too. Check it out.

Thanks H-nube, I will check them out, hope to make some progress today, has anyone tried the $120 repro seat pans? Just wondering about fitment and quality. Thanks, Hambone

Making a little more progress, got my new fork tubes, seals and dust caps, there was a lot of 30 yr old dried fork oil inside, got them cleaned up and back together, was able to source some fork oil at the local auto parts, using all the original nuts and bolts, will be starting on the engine shortly.
Hopefully I can get my crank off to triple cranks when I get my check.