Topic: Cb400f "goldie", Handbuilt show, Bikeexif, and dyno run.

[MRieck]

You are busting this thing out in record pace and full class! Well done on the progress and details.

Thank you and again thank you for your help!  Been tough with my full time job, my 13 month old and other bikes I'm working on.  I try to go out for 2-3 hours every night get things done.  I need to have it wrapped up next month visually so i can try to get it into the Handbuilt show.  He needs a pic of it to decide on.  Then I have about a month to wire it and work the kinks out.  Most of my motor should be back in 2 weeks.  Mike is wrapping up porting my head and the rods should be done getting balanced & shot peened soon too and my cylinder is almost done. 

Other piece i'm waiting on is race tech to finish my shocks.  They are now saying the end of the month.  Which puts it at about 2.5 months to build my shocks.

Rods are done and in my hands.

[innovativems]

You are busting this thing out in record pace and full class! Well done on the progress and details.

Thank you and again thank you for your help!  Been tough with my full time job, my 13 month old and other bikes I'm working on.  I try to go out for 2-3 hours every night get things done.  I need to have it wrapped up next month visually so i can try to get it into the Handbuilt show.  He needs a pic of it to decide on.  Then I have about a month to wire it and work the kinks out.  Most of my motor should be back in 2 weeks.  Mike is wrapping up porting my head and the rods should be done getting balanced & shot peened soon too and my cylinder is almost done. 

Other piece i'm waiting on is race tech to finish my shocks.  They are now saying the end of the month.  Which puts it at about 2.5 months to build my shocks.

Rods are done and in my hands.

My hero!!!!


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[innovativems]

quick update, Rick is boring my carbs this week. Once i get my swingarm i'll put my rear wheel bearings in and lace the wheel.

[palepainter]

HEHEHE...

[innovativems]

I love gold!!!!


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[innovativems]

It's like christmas here! Lightened and balanced crank showed up from ape.  My swingarm from Framecrafters and my finned covers from Japan


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[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

It's like christmas here! Lightened and balanced crank showed up from ape.  My swingarm from Framecrafters and my finned covers from Japan


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Nice! Santa was 10 months early this year!

[rickmoore24]

Beautiful stuff! When its all tied together it's going to look awesome!

[innovativems]

Beautiful stuff! When its all tied together it's going to look awesome!

Thanks!


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[innovativems]

Could resist seeing it like this. 


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[palepainter]

Oh yaaaaaaa.........   Sweeet.

[rickmoore24]

Siiiiick! This is already looking good! 

[innovativems]

And the parts keep coming!  Got the final peices for the motor back from vapor blasting.  My shot peened and balanced rods from Mike, thinned and drilled brake rotor from Geoffrey, new cam chain from 4into1.  I now officially have all the pieces to assemble my bottom end!  Plan is to do this next Friday on my day off. 


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[grcamna2]

Looking good 

[innovativems]

Looking good 

Thanks!


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[innovativems]

70 degrees in Iowa in February!? I'll take it.  Good day for the 990


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[grcamna2]

Nice Bike w/ travel luggage! You been a member of advrider.com for a while? I just joined them. 

[RAFster122s]

See how the clear settles down in a few days before you decide to sand and reclear.  Sanding that baby down for reclear will be no picnic.  Easy to blow through edges...then ya have to spot in repairs....Ugh.  I think 4 coats should do it.  Worse case scenario may be, sand down the more visible sections of frame and then buff. 

So, with the Nason he should have applied 8 coats of clear, if he originally only applied 4, since Nason clear is not a high solids clear (like a PPG product)?

As the clear cures it will shrink and that may cause the flake to start showing the edges that are standing up, right? 
Just making sure I understand what you (a pro) are sharing (wisdom).

David

[palepainter]

See how the clear settles down in a few days before you decide to sand and reclear.  Sanding that baby down for reclear will be no picnic.  Easy to blow through edges...then ya have to spot in repairs....Ugh.  I think 4 coats should do it.  Worse case scenario may be, sand down the more visible sections of frame and then buff. 

So, with the Nason he should have applied 8 coats of clear, if he originally only applied 4, since Nason clear is not a high solids clear (like a PPG product)?

As the clear cures it will shrink and that may cause the flake to start showing the edges that are standing up, right? 
Just making sure I understand what you (a pro) are sharing (wisdom).

David

Hi David.  4 coats minimum with the Nason if you get lucky, and the flake laid out nice, you should be able to sand and buff and be done.   Manufacture recommended application is generally 3 wet coats for topcoat.  You really do not want to stack it too high in one session.    I typically re clear everything after it has shrunk back, especially if there is candy over the flake.   The biggest offender of the shrinkage is the binder in which the flake is mixed.   

[innovativems]

Nice Bike w/ travel luggage! You been a member of advrider.com for a while? I just joined them. 

Joined up when I started my hunt for the 990.  Love that forum!  Actually found the previous owner over on there!


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[MRieck]

See how the clear settles down in a few days before you decide to sand and reclear.  Sanding that baby down for reclear will be no picnic.  Easy to blow through edges...then ya have to spot in repairs....Ugh.  I think 4 coats should do it.  Worse case scenario may be, sand down the more visible sections of frame and then buff. 

So, with the Nason he should have applied 8 coats of clear, if he originally only applied 4, since Nason clear is not a high solids clear (like a PPG product)?

As the clear cures it will shrink and that may cause the flake to start showing the edges that are standing up, right? 
Just making sure I understand what you (a pro) are sharing (wisdom).

David

Hi David.  4 coats minimum with the Nason if you get lucky, and the flake laid out nice, you should be able to sand and buff and be done.   Manufacture recommended application is generally 3 wet coats for topcoat.  You really do not want to stack it too high in one session.    I typically re clear everything after it has shrunk back, especially if there is candy over the flake.   The biggest offender of the shrinkage is the binder in which the flake is mixed.   

Good to have some craftsmen on the board.

[innovativems]

[/quote] Good to have some craftsmen on the board.
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Speaking of craftsmen, the rods arrived yesterday.  Thank you so much! 


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[innovativems]

Cut and buffed the frame tonight.  Also wet sanded the swingarm.  Plan is to polish it tomorrow.  Then time to assemble the bottom end.



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[innovativems]

Forgot what an upper body workout polishing is.  Got half of the swingarm done with the first two compounds.  Once I get the entire swingarm polished with those I'll do the final one and then a hand polish


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[thirsty 1]

Forgot what an upper body workout polishing is.  Got half of the swingarm done with the first two compounds.  Once I get the entire swingarm polished with those I'll do the final one and then a hand polish


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Nice!!