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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #25 on: October 17, 2012, 12:12:54 AM »
Ha ha, well if you don't sell 'em to Steve, I've pondered this situation myself with my K1 when I took the gaiters off the forks and decided that I'd just grind the gaiter lip off the headlight brackets, but I found some chrome aftermarket headlight brackets in a box and used them instead. Cheers, Terry. ;D
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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #26 on: October 17, 2012, 06:09:27 PM »
the clocks look like those off a DOHC 750 or a comparable year honda bike, my 650 had the same ones.  It also had air shocks.  Not sure about the 750 DOHC's though.
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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #27 on: October 20, 2012, 06:56:34 AM »
I bit the bullet and bought a very nice Sunflake Orange K4 tank off fleabay. 

BUT THEN! Of course the day after you spend some dough on a tank, someone makes me a good offer for a gold tank (no stripe, but badges) and gold side covers :) :) ...I would have a hell of a time finding orange covers to go with that ebay tank, so I think I'm gonna buy the gold set, and sit on the orange tank.
« Last Edit: October 20, 2012, 08:37:43 AM by Greggo »

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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #28 on: October 20, 2012, 04:01:20 PM »
Cleaned and rebuilt the crabs.  Only used new gaskets for the float bowls, so here's hoping the orings still seal ;D I got everything put back together, and was ready to start her up again, but was foiled by a very leaky petcock.

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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #29 on: October 21, 2012, 12:17:44 PM »
Two tanks are better than one!

Did you buy that yellow Porche in your av too?!
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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #30 on: October 21, 2012, 12:37:04 PM »
Two tanks are better than one!

Did you buy that yellow Porche in your av too?!

No on the porsche, haven't bought one yet...yet.  Looking for an early 912 to gut, and turn into a Gruppe R car.

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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #31 on: October 22, 2012, 01:45:21 PM »
Greg,

How's the TURBO bike coming along??
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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #32 on: October 22, 2012, 02:27:16 PM »
Greg,

How's the TURBO bike coming along??


Well, not much progress...I only get a few hours a week to work on my projects, so after I made sure it runs it got put on the side burner.  I did find a Yoshimura magneto ignition system for it, so the ignition issue has been resolved, and it won't need a battery. 

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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #33 on: October 27, 2012, 02:18:36 PM »
New seat came in the mail, and while I'm not incredibly happy with it, I think it was a fair value for the price.  I had to take a hacksaw to a protruding bolt so I could attach the frame mount on the pan, and it definitely is a plastic pan...thick plastic, but plastic nevertheless.  Once on the bike, I was a little more satisfied.  It looks just like an OEM seat, and it has a nice feel to it.




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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #34 on: October 27, 2012, 03:48:16 PM »
New Tins 8) 8)  Thanks Michel!


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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #35 on: October 27, 2012, 04:24:30 PM »
Very nice, I like!
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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #36 on: October 27, 2012, 07:03:26 PM »
Very very nice!!!.......Gary
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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #37 on: November 02, 2012, 04:08:39 PM »
Carbs started leaking from the Tee's last time, so that was my first project today.  New O-rings on the tee's, and I popped the new tins on to see how they look.  The trim piece was covered with masking tape that just needs to be carefully removed...pretty happy with it ;)



I have an extremely nice orange flake tank, but the flake was too chunky to match the repainted covers.

« Last Edit: November 02, 2012, 11:12:22 PM by Greggo »

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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #38 on: November 02, 2012, 04:30:25 PM »
Hey Greggo what camera are you using? Your pictures are nice and clear.

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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #39 on: November 02, 2012, 04:32:30 PM »
Hey Greggo what camera are you using? Your pictures are nice and clear.

Thanks, it's just an iPhone 4, but it does take nice pics.

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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #40 on: November 02, 2012, 05:27:07 PM »
Bike looks good. But not Boss anymore!
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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #41 on: November 02, 2012, 08:09:31 PM »
Cool thanks.
I forgot to mention I like your bike too, especially the orange!
I see some $$$ in toolboxes as well. Nice.

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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #43 on: November 02, 2012, 09:59:29 PM »
Bike looks good. But not Boss anymore!

Depends on your definition of Boss Stev-o ;) ;D

Cool thanks.
I forgot to mention I like your bike too, especially the orange!
I see some $$$ in toolboxes as well. Nice.

Thanks BrandEn.  I forgot to mention that I upload them with a Photobucket app, then pull the IMG code, which gives me nice big thumbnails that can be clicked to enlarge. 

That's $100K in tools right there...not mine, but I get to use them ;D ;D  Those were left behind by one of my dad's mechanics because he doesn't have any space at home for them.  He'll pick them up someday, but nobody's in a hurry as long as the tools get treated well.  It helps me figure out what I need most as I build my own tool set for working on bikes too.

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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #44 on: November 03, 2012, 05:31:03 AM »
Looking good Greggo !

Is this gonna be a stocker ?








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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #45 on: November 03, 2012, 09:32:41 AM »
Deno, thanks man.  It'll be mostly stock.  I'm not going for a restoration, just making a rider out of it...too many transplant parts to go back to stock.  It starts up on the first push, and runs/idles really well after I got the carbs sorted.  I think I've gotten really lucky with the last few sets of 750 carbs, because all I've had to do is clean the jets with cleaner and wire, and blast out the passageways with compressed air/cleaner.  Doing the o-rings on the tee's with this one was the worst I've encountered.  They just seem less finicky than my 500/550 carbs.

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Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #46 on: November 23, 2012, 03:28:36 PM »
Wrestled an air box on for half an hour, replaced the clutch cable, and installed a new flasher to replace the broken one.




« Last Edit: November 23, 2012, 03:54:29 PM by Greggo »

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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #47 on: November 23, 2012, 06:53:00 PM »
Looking good!
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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #48 on: November 23, 2012, 07:10:42 PM »
Need some more cleaning  ;) joking aside, loving it the stock look.
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Re: Greggo's Boss K4
« Reply #49 on: November 24, 2012, 09:08:51 AM »
Need some more cleaning  ;) 

No point in cleaning till you're done making a mess ;) ;)