No fancy shop nor equipment just determination resourcefulness and a good pair of brains. I love this channel! Greetings from Belgium.

@nunyabuziness8421

29 күн бұрын

I hate the sponsored will it run channels. Too many on KZread w fancy shops and deep pockets

@SimonFordman

28 күн бұрын

⁠@@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. 👍

Very talented editing !

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.

Great restoration and troubleshooting 😊

I'm always blown away by the artistic quality of your videos.

@randomguy1807

28 күн бұрын

How do you think it’s artsy?

@betobsbf

28 күн бұрын

@@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.

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!

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.

@SimonFordman

28 күн бұрын

Thank you very much, I'm flattered. Your channel is great, makes me wish I was better at my French.

Here’s another reason why when I receive a SimonFordman notification my day becomes a whole lot better! Wonderful work, greetings from Iowa!

@SimonFordman

28 күн бұрын

Greetings!

Yes! A new SimonHondaman video!!!

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.

That pause at 20:15 is my kind of thing. CB s are loveable machines in what ever the condition they are❤. Excellent video 👍

Great transformation! Nice kittie

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.

@SimonFordman

28 күн бұрын

Thank you very much

A coffee, a joint and a SimonFordman video is a pretty nice way to spend an hour. Thanks for making these!

@SimonFordman

23 күн бұрын

Heck yea

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

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 KZread channel Flexiny. Keep up the great work.

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!

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😃

@SimonFordman

28 күн бұрын

Thank you!

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.

Cool as usual. Great video and race at the end. Thanks!

Excellent choice in cheap mufflers, I ran a set on my Guzzi V7III. You made a real honest bike of this one.

@SimonFordman

28 күн бұрын

Thank you. Yea I was super happy with the sound for an $80 pair.

Simon you are a time traveler from the 70's and that's a good thing. Keep up the great work!

These videos are definitely a real treat to watch, THANK YOU ! 👍

The bike turned out great. Another great video.

had a 1973 cb 350 4 syncing the 4 carbs was a joy.

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 .

Watching this makes me miss my 74 cb450, loved that bike 🏍

Fantastic job. Love the content.

I just finished building my own 71 CB350 this year. Fun little thing around town. Definitely turns some heads

Thank you for making this kind of content

Great to see the channel growing. Great stuff

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 .

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.

Nice work, keep going! Work, no talk!

A man of few words. Actually none😂Action speaks louder than words

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.

You brought back a classic, a basically stock bike with tasteful mods. Great!

Keep doing what you doing !

Another great video. 👍🏼

Me encantan las viejas motos japonesas, gran trabajo Simon! saludos desde Argentina.

Really like the content, keep em coming, please.

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

@SimonFordman

Ай бұрын

Haha

This is going to be good thanks for sharing

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...

Отличное видео, коллекция восстановленной техники пополняется!

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!

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!

My fav bike.

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.

The master mechanic at work he's a keeper handy with renches

Yay! A new upload. I just made myself a late night dinner after a long day. Perfect timing.

@SimonFordman

28 күн бұрын

What'd you make?

@dadgarage7966

28 күн бұрын

@@SimonFordman Not to brag, but chicken strips and vegetables.

@SimonFordman

28 күн бұрын

Awesome

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

@SimonFordman

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip. Yea, the plastic/rubber stuff always leaves sticky residue when it comes off.

Creative and smart. Nicely done as always. Good show!

I wont trust that type of rectifier. I once stranded on the road due to failing rectifier. Good video.

Awesome stuff as usual!

very nice project and vid. thx :-)

another banger

Marvellous

49:08 more F250 content, sweet :)

@SimonFordman

29 күн бұрын

Comin up next

Is that the old Sport Wheels ? That place was great to search parts. Thanks for another vid.

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.

@SimonFordman

29 күн бұрын

If i ever come across the right one, you’ll see it

In Brazil we have a poor saying: there is no time to fix one thing, ruin another, but life goes on

Отличный видос Хонда это хорошо

👏👏👏

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.

@SimonFordman

29 күн бұрын

I did save all the fasteners.

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

@SimonFordman

28 күн бұрын

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.

@theprojectvehicle-kl6bd

28 күн бұрын

@@SimonFordman fair enough that makes sense!

I love the philosophy of this guy. Where is this motorcycle grave yard where they are restoring these glorious bikes? Anybody know?

The ole CB dusted the Yamaha. I just saw a mint CB360 go for over $6k on Bring a Trailer!

@SimonFordman

28 күн бұрын

This one'll be for sale once the title arrives. I'm hoping to get 1/3rd of that.

Take all the CD350s and build a few more.

👍

Simon, how about a little biography on you!!!?

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.

@SimonFordman

Ай бұрын

Yea I think that was. The fenders are really cool, I may hold onto them just as souvenirs or something

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.

@SimonFordman

28 күн бұрын

Very cool, I've always wanted to try out a 750. Yea, the Honda felt geared down way more.

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?

@SimonFordman

15 күн бұрын

Thanks. it was a 1-3/4 x 11ga pipe.

@hectorromero3496

15 күн бұрын

@@SimonFordman you’re a life saver, thank you man

Doing a resto on a GL1500 atm.

Бомж на бич мопеде) 😂

Surprised by how much faster the cb was compared to the xs, dohc vs sohc

@SimonFordman

28 күн бұрын

There was a weight difference between me and my friend, but since the Honda was so far ahead, I don't think it would've made a difference.

Вся техника от Матрицы

Nice bike ✌ love from morocoo ✌ have a nice day.

Hey, I am Justin from India. I own a 1971 CB350 B3 Japan ( Private Import ), I am trying to restore the bike but nothing is available locally importing parts is costing me too much! am amused to see so many scrap bikes. Is there any means to get some parts from there? if the part itself is available for cheap then I can manage the shipping may be with the help of some friends of mine .

Where can I find a motorcycle junk yard 🤔

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 🫤

35:15…😂😂😂

I’ll say it again there’s pain in doing things right.

不知版主拿得拆那些零件要錢嗎?

What camera and lens do you use?

@SimonFordman

Ай бұрын

I use a Lumix g85 with a 25mm lens on it at the moment.

Where ?

Both the fixing and the production quality is first class. Must have taken hours and hours of editing, very impressive.

Please get an air compressor. Even a cheap one. There is so much more you can do having it. Sanding, painting etc.

@SimonFordman

28 күн бұрын

I do have one, it's at another garage where I have 240v wired. One day I'll take on a more serious painting project and I'll pull it out.

@makam2089

28 күн бұрын

@@SimonFordman Great! Best of luck!

No talking, no crappy music just a Guy working on His Bike, from the UK 👍

58:12 catnip?

@SimonFordman

28 күн бұрын

Not even, she just likes the hay I suppose

You should find a cool Toyota to fix

@dadgarage7966

Ай бұрын

Fantastic idea. Maybe a 2WD pickup. Not very cool, but practical, cheap and easy to get parts for.

@gustavdemars8148

29 күн бұрын

@@dadgarage7966 Yeah good idea, that’s what I was thinking too. That or a 2012 Toyota Camry SE. Love those things. Cheers

@SimonFordman

28 күн бұрын

Dangit, Gus.

Life without tiktok

Scrapyards are such sad places...All that waste of potential..So much wrenching to be done!!

Wow sampah motor di negara mana ini bang

Ford 1965?

@SimonFordman

28 күн бұрын

indeed