Author Topic: Pinkley's 73... First times a charm (Read 16083 times)

Pinkley · « **Reply #25 on:** March 02, 2013, 05:57:55 AM »

Quote from: iron_worker on March 01, 2013, 10:47:00 AM

8-12s ... yikes.

IW

yeah... its a job though and pays great.

JC Blues · « **Reply #26 on:** March 04, 2013, 01:33:01 AM »

Oh man yeah I definitely know what you mean. I used to work at a warehouse with 12-15 hour days with school on top. Very physically taxing

Pinkley · « **Reply #27 on:** March 07, 2013, 07:30:55 PM »

Today I got the base coat on the gas tank. Turned out mehhh... Bondo is my weakness! Found a few low spots. Nothing too crazy noticable but I notice its there.
Will post pics in the morn.

Pinkley · « **Reply #28 on:** March 09, 2013, 06:31:29 PM »

Well... I forgot to take pics of the base coat before I pit the anodized coat on.
I'll get better pics in the daylight tomorrow.

Mirror finish! Lol

Pinkley · « **Reply #29 on:** March 09, 2013, 09:17:15 PM »

Paint was.dry enought to set the tank in the frame. I'm in love with this color!

Pinkley · « **Reply #30 on:** April 08, 2013, 01:31:50 AM »

I've been pretty busy lately doing some remodeling on my house. Havent really had time to mess with the bike. Here are a few quick update pics.
New clip ons, controls, brake and clutch levers, New points, and cleaning up the covers to be ready for powdercoating...

chris mcshifty · « **Reply #31 on:** April 08, 2013, 04:51:06 PM »

What year bike is the clutch and brake lever from . They look like CGR controls

Tews19 · « **Reply #32 on:** April 08, 2013, 06:54:18 PM »

What is the plan for the stock seat? Any tears or rips?

Pinkley · « **Reply #33 on:** April 09, 2013, 12:24:35 AM »

Quote from: chris mcshifty on April 08, 2013, 04:51:06 PM

What year bike is the clutch and brake lever from . They look like CGR controls

They are actually for a Yamaha R6. I found them on cheapBay for $130. Basically cgr knockoffs. A friend of mine bought the same ones and loves them. Figured i give them a try since this is somewhat of a budget build. I would have loved to have the real deal but they are too pricey for me. $:-\$

Pinkley · « **Reply #34 on:** April 09, 2013, 12:31:41 AM »

Quote from: Tews19 on April 08, 2013, 06:54:18 PM

What is the plan for the stock seat? Any tears or rips?

The seat is in great condition other than the brackets that hold the strap are rusty. I plan one keeping it. My plan is to make or buy a one up seat using the stock mounts for when I ride. I'm going to keep the original for when the wife wants to hop on the back.

Pinkley · « **Reply #35 on:** April 09, 2013, 12:43:25 AM »

Here is a little sneek peek at the color my valve cover and other covers are going to be powdercoated.

I'm hoping to have them back by next week. It's hard to tell but the powder has a silver and blue flake in it.

Pinkley · « **Reply #36 on:** April 12, 2013, 08:20:21 PM »

Shocks from.cycleXchange.

And mocked.up with my lowering blocks

Waiting on my parts to get back from powdercoating...

Pinkley · « **Reply #37 on:** April 14, 2013, 09:06:57 PM »

So I've been waiting for a few weeks now to get my covers back... My powdercoater just had a new oven built and is waiting until he get back from vacation to mess with hooking it up. So it will be another week or so.

While I wait, I've been cleaning up the to be painted. This thing was pretty disgusting!

Just about all cleaned up.

And a few other parts that I have cleaned up.

I'll have more updates as.they come.

iron_worker · « **Reply #38 on:** April 15, 2013, 07:16:39 AM »

The back if your engine looks almost as bad as mine did. ha Thank the auto chain luber for that! Looks like you've done a good job cleaning it up.

Those controls are pretty wild looking.

IW

Pinkley · « **Reply #39 on:** April 15, 2013, 02:42:33 PM »

Quote from: iron_worker on April 15, 2013, 07:16:39 AM

The back if your engine looks almost as bad as mine did. ha Thank the auto chain luber for that! Looks like you've done a good job cleaning it up.

Those controls are pretty wild looking.

IW

Thanks!!!
It was pretty nasty! Haha!! Took my sweet time with it. I've been soaking it down with mean green degreaser for the past week and finally took the time to scrub it with a tooth brush. I'll be hitting it with a scotch brite pad and painting it within the next week or so.

Pinkley · « **Reply #40 on:** April 20, 2013, 06:04:55 PM »

I searched different sites for a stainless allen bolt kit and came across a seller on eBay by the name of AlloyBoltz. They had great feedback amd read good things about them. What was really impressing was the price. I payed a hair under 30 bucks for all of this...

And the best part, everything is labeled!!!

iron_worker · « **Reply #41 on:** April 22, 2013, 10:12:53 AM »

Wow. I paid a heck of a lot more for my kit from Cycle X (aluminum fasteners that are anodized) and they weren't labeled and pretty tough to figure what goes where.

I probably would have went with something like that if I'd known about it. Nice find.

IW

RAFster122s · « **Reply #42 on:** April 22, 2013, 10:28:46 AM »

Be sure to use silver colored antisieze on the bolts to prevent dissimilar metals corrosion.

Pinkley · « **Reply #43 on:** April 23, 2013, 12:27:32 AM »

Quote from: iron_worker on April 22, 2013, 10:12:53 AM

Wow. I paid a heck of a lot more for my kit from Cycle X (aluminum fasteners that are anodized) and they weren't labeled and pretty tough to figure what goes where.

I probably would have went with something like that if I'd known about it. Nice find.

IW

I always research my cheapest options but try not to buy junk. I'm not the type of person who has to have the best of the best. But try not to cheap out too much that it will come back to haunt me.

Pinkley · « **Reply #44 on:** April 23, 2013, 12:32:17 AM »

Quote from: RAFster122S on April 22, 2013, 10:28:46 AM

Be sure to use silver colored antisieze on the bolts to prevent dissimilar metals corrosion.

Thanks for the tip! I was actually going to research that. Wasn't sure if i should use a loctite or a antisieze

Pinkley · « **Reply #45 on:** April 25, 2013, 11:52:15 PM »

Built an engine stand today...

Still waiting on my stuff from my powdercoater... >:(Getting a little impatient!

Pinkley · « **Reply #46 on:** July 18, 2013, 09:54:52 PM »

Its been 3 months since ive taken my stuff to get powder coated. Long story short... here it be!!!

Im doing things ass backwards. The rest of the engine is going to be painted tomorrow. I figured it would be easier to mask off the covers after installed than it would be to paint without any covers on it at all. We will see. Im ready to get this thing together!!!.

RAFster122s · « **Reply #47 on:** July 19, 2013, 04:57:11 AM »

Very clean. Bright silver for the engine paint?
Don't forget to use silver colored antisieze on the SS bolts, don't want dissimilar metals eating the cases.

Pinkley · « **Reply #48 on:** July 19, 2013, 06:15:42 AM »

Quote from: RAFster122S on July 19, 2013, 04:57:11 AM

Very clean. Bright silver for the engine paint?
Don't forget to use silver colored antisieze on the SS bolts, don't want dissimilar metals eating the cases.

Anti seize was applied to every one. And im thinking about doing the jugs black and the rest silver. then polish the ends of the fins jugs. Im undecided on the black...

Pinkley · « **Reply #49 on:** July 19, 2013, 08:06:52 PM »

Today I got the motor painted. It was mostly prepped already. I gave it a quick acetone bath and let dry for a few hrs. The paint turned out great. Ive been playing with the vht paint for the past few months to test out a few different ways to prime and paint. I found that if you let the primer set for about 30 minutes then hit it with a base, then it bonds really well. Ive done a few different test pieces and this seemed to work for me.

On with the photos!

just a few teasers for now. I probably wont post any more until its back in the frame.

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