I've finally found the time to begin the restoration of this 1969 CB 175. This bike was purchased new by one of my brothers, he didn't have it long when he got drafted (remember this is 1969 , there was a dust up in SE Asia at the time, a different story for another day), he was kind enough to leave me the keys and I did have some adventures on this bike, turned it into a scrambler by putting on high pipes and high bars, didn't quite make it dirt ready, I was too young and stupid to know any better. It has been kicking around the family for all these years, now that I have the room and time for such a project I decided to tackle this. Have never restored a bike before so please bear with any stupid questions, here it is before any work
Have it torn down, frame powder coated and painted parts back from the painter,swingarm is on but I cant tighten it beyond just a few ftlbs before it starts binding up, maybe I'm missing something ? any help is appreciated, the service manual from that time isn't much help,
heres the project so far
Gary

Have it torn down, frame powder coated and painted parts back from the painter,swingarm is on but I cant tighten it beyond just a few ftlbs before it starts binding up, maybe I'm missing something ? any help is appreciated, the service manual from that time isn't much help,

heres the project so far

Gary