Topic: Things you FORGOT to do on your rebuild (or what do you feel dumb about :0 )

[MCRider]

OK- here goes, I was young and it was the 70s, so...

I was tasked with building a CB750 from parts in the shop for resale. I really didn't know what i was doing. I put the swingarm on, leaving out the collar.

Took it for a test spin. Didn't take much throttle to move the swingarm, luckily it didn't have far to go. A little body English kept it from going down.

Shheeesh.   

[Blitzburgh207]

I got roughly 5k out of my rebuild last year before losing 5th gear..... after splitting the cases for a look around and comparing to parts diagrams I found that I was missing the two locating rings (#1 in the diagram) and it had shifted enough that 5th couldnt engage all the way (hence the nasty grinding sound). smh.


All I can think of is I must have thought they were a couple broken piston rings I had lying around to clean the grooves out with and I just tossed them.....good thing I have a spare! 

[Lostboy Steve]

Didn't get a front sprocket bolt tightened enough, and invented a crude form of O-ring chain CNC routing.  Caught it in time before it did any damage (other than bruised ego) and created a special "limited edition" circular groove around the output shaft seal.

I love this...

[Lostboy Steve]

I call that "self-clearancing"

but... I love this even more! lol good form!

[Lostboy Steve]

MC actually turned billard terms into rider maneuvers.. "Rider English" You, my friend, just coined a phrase that i will use until it is sickening.

[MCRider]

MC actually turned billard terms into rider maneuvers.. "Rider English" You, my friend, just coined a phrase that i will use until it is sickening.

We always called it body English as far back as i can remember. Usually leaning the body one way and the bike another, especially a dirt bike, standing on the pegs.

[bjatwood]

I rebuilt my carbs a couple summers ago. Got it to idle perfect, turned the petcock off and shut the bike off. Had some dinner with the wife, told her I was going to take a spin to check out how it ran in the upper RPM's. Well got it out on the road ran it up , well I tried to run it up, but... I had the petcock still in da off position. She doesn't run very well with no gas...... Duh 

[andrewk]

OK- here goes, I was young and it was the 70s, so...

I was tasked with building a CB750 from parts in the shop for resale. I really didn't know what i was doing. I put the swingarm on, leaving out the collar.

Took it for a test spin. Didn't take much throttle to move the swingarm, luckily it didn't have far to go. A little body English kept it from going down.

Shheeesh.   

Similar story from my younger days...

I changed swingarms on a Kawi twin I used to have.  The swingarm had bushings that ran on a steel sleeve that ran the length of the swingarm, and the bolt went through the sleeve.  Once the bolt is tight, you have  bearing surface.

The used swingarm I purchased didn't have the sleeve, and I didn't notice the sleeve in the old one.  Rode it around a bit, couldn't figure out why the frame felt like it was on hinges.  Put it on the center stand and D*OH.