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Re: Terry Bob's redneck F-ing K2 bitsa project!
« Reply #400 on: August 06, 2017, 04:47:22 AM »
OK, back to the scheduled program. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, according to a Chinese proverb, and that was my experience today lacing up my back wheel. I drove the 200 miles back from my little redneck town where I'd been visiting my ma who turns 89 later this month, and when I got home around lunch time it was freezing cold, windy as hell, and raining. Great..........

My wife told me how miserable I looked working out in the patio and suggested that I bring my work inside into the heated rumpus room, and before she'd finished the sentence, I was sitting in my comfy chair, spokes in one hand, hub in the other, whistling dixie........ 

I had two 16 inch rims in the garage to choose from, a steel "Harley knockoff" 3 inch rim that was looking a tad tired with some peeling chrome, or a NOS Akront 3.5 inch alloy rim that needed a bit of a clean up to remove some corrosion from sitting in my un-insulated garage for the last 16 years. Whichever path I chose, it'd have to look better than this:

Redneck back wheel 2 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

I settled on the Akront, which means that I'll now need to find an Akront front, but after my experience getting my K0 rims chromed last year, it'll probably still be cheaper. Anyhoo, after ignoring the instructions that came with the spokes and fcuking it up royally, I read them, pulled it apart again and did it properly, and bingo!

Redneck spoke job 1 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

I did have to stop midway and pour myself a drink to steady my nerves.........

Redneck spoke job 2 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

But it all worked out in the end, and tomorrow I'll take it over to Jeff at Ace, get him to true it and fit a new tyre while I figure out what I'm gonna do with the front. Still slow progress, but hey, Rome wasn't built in a day............. ;D

Redneck spoke job 5 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Redneck spoke job 7 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr


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Re: Terry Bob's redneck F-ing K2 bitsa project!
« Reply #401 on: August 06, 2017, 09:36:43 AM »
#$%* man, don't lace a new wheel! Just use some of that rust remover on the wheel and not all of it in your gut. 
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« Reply #402 on: August 06, 2017, 01:44:23 PM »
Ha ha, you're probably right "triple J", it might well be a good rust remover, my cuz uses a Molasses bath to de-rust large parts, and Bundy rum is essentially sugar based alky-hole, so it'd probably work well.

Of course I've made good use of my phosphoric  acid bath to clean the rust off lots of these parts and it works instantly, so I'll keep drinking that rum to ensure that my cast iron gut stays nice and rust free! ;D
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« Reply #403 on: August 06, 2017, 03:46:29 PM »
Y'all oughta be shamed of yerself not reusing good nuf ole wheels.   LBB
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« Reply #404 on: August 06, 2017, 04:12:02 PM »
Yeah LBB, and what's worse is what I did with that perfectly serviceable rim and tar after I separated it from the hub...... ;D
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Re: Terry Bob's redneck F-ing K2 bitsa project!
« Reply #405 on: August 06, 2017, 05:06:06 PM »
Good looking Akron, and I like the look of that rum.  If you can get it, try a bottle of Ron Zacapa 23 (Guatemalan rum).  Delicious!!
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« Reply #406 on: August 06, 2017, 05:26:09 PM »
Quote from: MoMo on August 06, 2017, 03:46:29 PM
Y'all oughta be shamed of yerself not reusing good nuf ole wheels.   LBB

Naw, it's close enough, he left the scuff marks on the hub where he went from inside/outside lace to all inside! Atta Boy! ;D
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« Reply #407 on: August 06, 2017, 05:27:08 PM »
Thanks Don, I just checked the price for that rum, it's $102.99 AUD at Dan Murphy's, too rich for this rednecks blood! ;D
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« Reply #408 on: August 06, 2017, 05:30:09 PM »
Quote from: jgger on August 06, 2017, 05:26:09 PM
Quote from: MoMo on August 06, 2017, 03:46:29 PM
Y'all oughta be shamed of yerself not reusing good nuf ole wheels.   LBB

Naw, it's close enough, he left the scuff marks on the hub where he went from inside/outside lace to all inside! Atta Boy! ;D

Scuff marks? Ha ha, try deep fcuckin valleys mate! If I removed that much metal out of the spoke flanges, the spokes would have pulled out! ;D
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« Reply #409 on: August 06, 2017, 05:38:43 PM »
Maybe, but think how GOOD it would look as you were going down! PHTTT, that will buff out!

That hub must have had the original lace on it for a long time. My 71 got a 16" early in it's life, so there weren't a bunch of deep gouges IIRC. Since Martin hasn't been around much I thought you were missing the abuse!
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« Reply #410 on: August 06, 2017, 06:05:01 PM »
Ha ha, thanks mate, if you look at the first pic you'll see that the rusty old rim was spoked from the inside too, I don't think (but to be honest don't know) if you can lace those 16" hog rims conventionally? I've had a couple now and they're all the same.

So no idea why the OEM outer spokes gouged the hub so bad, but hey, it's a patina bike, so no biggie.... ;D
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« Reply #411 on: August 06, 2017, 09:29:26 PM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on August 06, 2017, 05:27:08 PM
Thanks Don, I just checked the price for that rum, it's $102.99 AUD at Dan Murphy's, too rich for this rednecks blood! ;D

Holy hot dog doo.  That's pricey!  It's about $30-35 US here.  Even cheaper in Guatemala, I imagine.  My cousin who flies for Delta turned me onto it.  He was flying Latin American routes.
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Re: Terry Bob's redneck F-ing K2 bitsa project!
« Reply #412 on: August 06, 2017, 11:21:28 PM »
Only way the spoke gouge into the hub is in movement at the spoke end rubbing its way deeper into the hub.   Spokes were too loose for a while during the wheel's life.  It does not take a lot of movement to do it.  Having them all sound the same is not going to be good enuf when they can move a tiny bit when under load.

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« Reply #413 on: August 07, 2017, 12:25:26 AM »
Quote from: RAF122S on August 06, 2017, 11:21:28 PM
Only way the spoke gouge into the hub is in movement at the spoke end rubbing its way deeper into the hub.   Spokes were too loose for a while during the wheel's life.  It does not take a lot of movement to do it.  Having them all sound the same is not going to be good enuf when they can move a tiny bit when under load.



Yeah mate, my thoughts too. If you've been following this thread and my (dormant for the moment) K0 thread, you'll see that Bubba, the previous owner of the K0/K1 donor bike that the wheel came from, wasn't big on maintenance, or even parking it out of the elements. It is what it is, and I don't mind, every picture tells a story........ ;D

Terry's K0 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr
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« Reply #414 on: August 07, 2017, 05:22:18 AM »
Oooher, and I forgot to mention that I dropped the wheel off at Ace Motorcycles after work today so Jeff can true it and install a new rear tyre. He asked me what brand of tyre and I thought I might give Michelin a crack, just a 130/90-16.

I could have gone up to a 150 on that 3.5 inch wide Akront rim, but I distinctly remember tearing the side out of a wider Bridgestone BT45 on the inside of the centre stand of my K1, which of course you don't notice until after the damage is done, so I want to leave a margin of error. Once bitten, twice shy...... ;D
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« Reply #415 on: August 07, 2017, 03:04:36 PM »
And double ooooher, late last night I ordered a new Borrani (or perhaps "Bowani" if like everything else they're made in China now) front rim from a nice old redneck in Italy.

I've got a 70's era chrome spoke kit that I wouldn't use if I could afford a nice stainless set, but in the best redneck tradition I'll "run what I brung", and it won't look too shabby. ;D
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« Reply #416 on: August 12, 2017, 03:54:33 AM »
Man, I can't believe it's Saturday night already, and my weekend is almost 50% done. Oh well, even though the weather was supposed to be shiite, for most of the day, it was quite sunni. I drove over to Ace Motorcycles this morning to see Jeff and collect my trued rear rim, with the shiny new Michelin tyre, and for only a little less than I paid for a complete set of 4 budget 235/55-R18  car tyres recently that will probably last 50,000 miles, I got one trued wheel complete with tube and 130/90-H16 tyre that'll be lucky if it lasts 10,000 miles. Bargain............

Redneck Hog wheel with tyre 5 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Anyway, while I was mentally punching myself in the nuts, I remembered that I'd bought a heavy duty welding bench last Monday, so I pulled that out of the car and spent 30 minutes or so assembling it. It was good to get my tools off the ground and at a comfy height while working on the bike, and as it's rated to 150Kg, I might lift that other engine I bought up on it and give it a once over, and a birthday in preparation for whatever bike I install it in.

Redneck Hog wheel with tyre 1 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Redneck Hog wheel with tyre 4 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

OK, so no point having a wheel if you can't install it, so I found a half decent axle and accessories, cleaned them up and shoved it all in the swingarm. As you can see I've muffed the brake rod install so I'll need to sort that out tomorrow, but that's OK, I thought I was gonna be sitting inside looking out at the rain (which finally came just after I packed up) so I got a good few hours of work done when I didn't expect any. Bonus!

Redneck Hog wheel with tyre 6 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Redneck Hog wheel with tyre 8 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Redneck Hog wheel with tyre 9 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and warm, in fact it's gonna be warmer at 11am than it was at 3pm today, so I might have to scarfe down my breakfast, and get out there early. Still waiting for a front rim before I can wheel it around, but I've had a bit of a play with my front hub, more to follow on that. ;D

Redneck Hog wheel with tyre 10 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr



   



 
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« Reply #417 on: August 13, 2017, 03:14:37 AM »
Wow, what a great day! Sunshine, almost warm, not too windy, just good bike building weather. First thing to sort out was what the hell had I done wrong when installing the brake rod to make it too short? I was pretty sure I'd done it right, but so many bikes over so many years makes the old memory a tad fuzzy.

While I just assumed I'd fcuked up, having a garage full of bike parts it was easy to just compare another brake rod to the one on my bike and fcuk me sideways, it was a shorty after all!

Redneck Sunday 4 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

God knows where that short rod came from, but anyway, nice to know that I hadn't gone mad. I swapped 'em over, and hooked up the brakes, now all I need is some new brake shoes, as there is way too much adjustment taken up to get the shoes to grab. Oh well, them's the brakes..............

So, what next? Well I bought some super cheap footpeg rubbers from a seller here in Oz, so installed them with the help of some hair spray (stole if from my son back in the days when he actually had hair, and have used it ever since to install hand grips, so thought it might work OK on footpeg rubbers too. Not sure if it did anything at all, but they did smell nice.

Redneck Sunday 11 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

You'll also notice in the same pic my drop-dead sexy adjustable side stand from China, it bolted right up and just needs a mod so I can hook up the spring, but if I'm not happy with it, I found a couple of alternatives along the way.

As you can see from that pic, I needed to turn the bike around, which was a mammoth task. I couldn't just lift it up and turn it around, I had to put it on the ground, put a front wheel on it, roll it out of my patio, turn it around again and roll it back in, then lift it back onto the bench.   

Redneck Sunday 2 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Thank God for my little patient lifter!

Redneck Sunday 6 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

My patio floor slopes downhill a little, and of course in a perfect world you'd never point a bike downhill on the centrestand in case it rolls forward and off the stand, so in traditional redneck style, I ratchet strapped the front wheel to the stand, and it aint going nowhere!

Redneck Sunday 9 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

OK, so now there's a front wheel in place (only temporarily, until my Borrani rim arrives) it needed a fender, so with the help of a Yamiya mounting kit, I installed the used shorty fender I bought from Andy. (another Aussie member, thanks mate!) Of course, in another perfect world I would have installed the fender before I fitted the front wheel, so it was a pain in the derriere, but it looks good, but will look even better with a decent front wheel and tyre.

Redneck Sunday 19 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

On top of that, I fitted new handlebar switches, grips, (I've got new Oury's to install, but the Chinese Honda knockoffs that came with one already fitted to the throttle tube didn't look too bad and so will stay for the time being) new wiring harness, clutch lever and cable (not connected to the engine yet) and probably some other stuff I've forgotten about.

Redneck Sunday 20 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Redneck Sunday 17 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

So another weekend is over and while obviously I'm not as far along as I'd like, I'm happy that for the first time ever, this collection of unrelated parts is now looking more and more like a motorcycle. Can't be unhappy wit dat.......... ;D

   
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« Reply #418 on: August 13, 2017, 11:53:17 AM »
awful lot of new stuff for a redneck bike ::)....LBB
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« Reply #419 on: August 13, 2017, 01:09:35 PM »
Quote from: MoMo on August 13, 2017, 11:53:17 AM
awful lot of new stuff for a redneck bike ::)....LBB
yeah,losing cred fast terry!but you just cant help yourself!hahabill
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« Reply #420 on: August 13, 2017, 02:24:28 PM »
Ha ha, well look on the surface you're right of course, the problem I have (and I've explained this before, but I'll say it again for you older guys with memories as bad, or worse than mine) I'm not restoring an old bike that came to me complete but a tad untidy, like the bikes I see you lucky baastards buying in the US.

Nope, I wasn't born with no silver Honda spoon in mah math, this is a bike that started as an engine I bought in Canberra, a frame from Victoria, swingarm from Queensland, front fender from Western Australia, forks, rear hub, shocks, assorted nuts and bolts from various sellers in the US and some new parts from Japan and China, only because I didn't have the luxury of having those parts to begin with.

Considering the above, if this isn't a genuine redneck bike in your opinions, then I'm gonna have to question YOUR redneck bonafides? Pistols (black powder) at 10 paces! ;D
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« Reply #421 on: August 13, 2017, 04:40:58 PM »
easy there tiger,I know it is a bitsa,gonna be a nice bike all in all,terry bob!haha bill
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« Reply #422 on: August 13, 2017, 06:16:24 PM »
Ha ha, thanks Bill, I just couldn't get over Larry Billy Bob's snooty one liner after I worked so hard, he truly is a heartless baastard...... ;D
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« Reply #423 on: August 13, 2017, 07:07:47 PM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on August 13, 2017, 06:16:24 PM
Ha ha, thanks Bill, I just couldn't get over Larry Billy Bob's snooty one liner after I worked so hard, he truly is a heartless baastard...... ;D


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Re: Terry Bob's redneck F-ing K2 bitsa project!
« Reply #424 on: August 14, 2017, 04:50:42 AM »
Well my success rate fell to a lousy 33.333% today. My sprockets arrived, and the first problem I noticed was that the seller sent me a 530 rear sprocket (good) and a 630 front sprocket. (fcuk)

Oh well, being the redneck I am I have several "good as new if you don't look too close" sprockets in my garage, and then I took another look at the one on the engine and it was just as good, so I quickly installed the new 39 tooth rear sprocket in preparation of installing a new chain I had hanging in the garage for the last few years. I grabbed the chain, rejoiced that there was still a joining link attached, wrapped it around the rear sprocket and.......... it didn't fit!

Turns out that the chain I've had hanging in my garage all this time was a 525! What fcuking bike have I ever owned that took a 525 chain? I tore my garage apart and found 2 new 520 chains (came with my XR500R) a new 630 and a used 630, but no fcuking 530's! Double fcuk!

Oh well, I rang Jeff at Ace Motorcycles and ordered a new fcuking chain (the cheapest one he could find, I told him....) and put the cover back on the bike and came inside. I opened the liquor cabinet, and bugger me, my bottle of rum was almost empty! Ok, I poured out what was left, and then scrounged thru the other cupboards and found another bottle, so my drug of choice didn't elude me completely, but it was a close call........... ;D

Dead Redneck Soldier by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Dirty Baron by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr
   
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)
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