a little more of a real update, this time with pictures!
roomate helping me with the old possibly original tires
tires off!
most of the black frame related parts painted! just waiting on the swingarm from hondaman and I need to do my triple bottom/stem. trying to find out which spacer to put under the tapered bearing (really don't want to have to do it twice!)
burned the old paper filters off of the housing. fun stuff. do this outside and be careful
then I replaced the paper material with oiled uni foam material. it is slightly larger than needed so it sits in place with no need for any glue. it isn't moving. hopefully that will be close to the original filter
tackled the carbs. replaced everything inside with new OEM stuff. shiny brass inside. for now I am going to keep the bodies the original carb color for contrast. that might change when I get the engine and paint it the same color as the accelrator pump and bowls in this pic. this is VHT cast aluminum and Yolanda's engine and carbs are painted this color. I did polish the choke linkage and bowl clips. time consuming and messy
now some parts pictures. I am helping keep Honda in business..haha about $2000 worth of parts so far. going all out for my pops. here are some NOS standard pistons. Bill measured the bores after honing and they are basically brand new. expected considering its a 2000 mile engine. he has NOS rings, wrist pins, and I have the pin clips.
gasket kit. I bought two unsure of what I needed. better safe than sorry
lots of parts: wheel bearing retainers, chain adjusters and hardware, fork ear pieces, reflectors and bases, gaitors, petcock, gas cap, latch, 5.5mm hose 3.5mm hose, hose clips, frame>tank rubber holder, tach cable, speedo cable, clutch cable, throttle cable, right switch, headlight, tank gold stripes, NOS speedo and NOS tacho. also got allballs wheel bearings and taper neck bearings.
not pictured yet is the frame which is painted and finished, handlebars (using K1 bars), new DID front and rear rims, tires, and tubes. waiting for spokes to arrive. tomorrow hopefully I can soda blast the hubs, and get the bearing retainers out along with the old bearings and replace them. also get the hubs painted up with the VHT cast aluminum. I am using that on the fork lowers too. I also received my POR-15 kit for the tank. it has held up well in Yolanda for the last 6000 miles.
next steps for me are getting the paint ordered. I am going with "tuskey green" again which is my version of the honda candy blue-green. my dad swears his bike was "that" color every time he sees my bike. so I am not going to be picky. if he loves it and that's what he remembers then by all means he is getting that paint! it will be nice to have matching bikes too
gotta get the tank cleaned and coated inside, forks rebuilt, new master cyclinder and slingshot cables. still need front and rear sprockets and chain. waiting on the swingarm so I can paint it and get things ON the frame. right now I am kinda waiting on everything to really put anything together. of course the most important part, the engine, is up in ATL waiting for me. Bill and I should have all the necessary parts now, I just need to get up there in the next few weeks and we can get started building it!
I know this has been a lot of pics and text but an update was needed. thanks for reading. its coming together!
