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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1500 on: March 27, 2010, 07:24:15 PM »
put a new inner tube in... again ::)

i seem to go through a rear one every season. last inner tube the whole stem area tore off of the tube
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1501 on: March 27, 2010, 09:49:04 PM »
I resumed my build this week after a 4 year break due to illness,today I worked on the seat pan. ;D



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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1502 on: March 27, 2010, 09:54:55 PM »
Got the CB450 started for the first time today...6 weeks after I bought it. Still haven't unlocked the front brake, so I took it off and rode around the block(slowly).

Also pulled the pipes off my CB400T...crazy loud! Pipes are going back on once I polish them.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1503 on: March 28, 2010, 12:57:54 AM »
Put maybe 10 miles on my Hondamatic. Changed the plugs and fixed the plug wires yesterday, it sorta runs better, but the points are just too messed up. Rode my K2 out to my storage unit and got the old points from when I changed the K2 to Dynatek, they're still in decent shape. If it don't rain tomorrow, hope to get them set and timed. oh yeah...sanded a little on my 73 tank..
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1504 on: March 28, 2010, 05:02:25 AM »
Rode IT.  About 1 hr ride around the neighborhood.  Runs pretty good with new Dyna coils and wires.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1505 on: March 28, 2010, 06:13:40 AM »
She's been sitting for a week or so, spring in Colorado (3 snow storms in a little over a week). Took her out yesterday and got gas and rolled of about 10 miles, Monday is going to be fantastic so planned to get her out then. Only issue is after she get warm, like after a good ride, I get throttle creep and she wants to idle about 1800, figured Monday after the ride I'd figure that out. Last night watching the news, I lost the crown off an old root canal so Mondays ride maybe in jeopardy.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1506 on: March 28, 2010, 06:19:47 AM »
Pushed it between a Harley Budwieser Bike and a XS650 Rat Bobber hoping to claim a little glory.





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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1507 on: March 28, 2010, 06:23:38 AM »
I resumed my build this week after a 4 year break due to illness,today I worked on the seat pan. ;D



This is a neat build. Not easy to get the proportions right on a rear fender like yours. Keep posting pics. I would say you should start a thread in the project forum there are a lot of people who would like to see this.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1508 on: March 28, 2010, 09:38:18 AM »
Put on my newly restored hand made (not by me) seat.......very happy with it. Now, what's next...... :-\





That seat is beautiful!  Who made it?  Looks like the original but brand new.

BTW, do I spy a MINI in one pic and a Mini in the other?   ;)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1509 on: March 28, 2010, 10:40:21 AM »
shop accident busted headlight so yeah i had i decent day cleaning glass and removing it from my backside
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1510 on: March 28, 2010, 10:40:44 AM »
rode her to work in the rain.  It was beautiful. :)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1511 on: March 28, 2010, 11:02:33 AM »
rode her to work in the rain.  It was beautiful. :)

That's the way. I used to do that all the time.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1512 on: March 28, 2010, 11:03:39 AM »
I have to say, I really, really like having a windshield.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1513 on: March 28, 2010, 11:27:21 AM »
  I finally primed and painted the engine case. Ya wanna get to know your motor ? Scrub on it with a toothbrush size wire brush for a couple days. Verry happy with the VHT SP 127, looks nice, not to shiny. Currently waiting on studs and 836 kit from Cycle X, then things will really get rolln !  ;D  Have a great day everyone !




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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1514 on: March 28, 2010, 01:07:08 PM »
ohhhh beautiful!!!!

I got parolled early because for some stupid reason they ridiculously overstaff the weekends and ridiculously understaff the weekdays. ???

Anyway: Learning experience:

When people say hair spray makes a good grip glue they can be very wrong.  Today, in the rain/hail coming home, because of the death-grip I have to have on my throttle (pd carb return spring) I noticed I could twist the grip and the rpms weren't changing... or I'd be maintaining the same amount of twist and slow down. Unnerving.  Turns out my throttle grip was rotating around the new sleeve.  :o  bummer.

going out to get some proper grip glue. Glad to be home.  Going to look around here to see what can be done about the herculean throttle return spring on the PD carbs (same as late 750s)  because my throttle cables are unkinked and new.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1515 on: March 28, 2010, 01:36:08 PM »
Touched up the frame on the K4 today with some black Rustoleum. Looks much better! Now I can begin the reassembly...
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1516 on: March 28, 2010, 01:58:50 PM »
Rode about 20 miles. Got back to the house before it started raining. Been adjusting cam chain last several months and can't tell much difference. Must be froze up. Going to have to remove tensioner, clean and reinstall and adjust. I don't have new tens. housing gasket. should I try to reuse old one or just old off on repair until I get new gasket?
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1517 on: March 28, 2010, 02:29:58 PM »
Rode about 20 miles. Got back to the house before it started raining. Been adjusting cam chain last several months and can't tell much difference. Must be froze up. Going to have to remove tensioner, clean and reinstall and adjust. I don't have new tens. housing gasket. should I try to reuse old one or just old off on repair until I get new gasket?
Its about a 50/50 bet you'll get the tensioner off cleanly, unless you know how it was installed. It'll likely rip and leave parts on the cylinder and part on the housing. Its a b--tch to get in there to clean the cylinder with a razor blade.

When I put them on new, I use the gasgacinch or substitute on the tensioner side, and oil on the cylinder side. That way I'm pretty sure if i have to take it off it will come off clenaly with the tensioner.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1518 on: March 28, 2010, 02:37:08 PM »
Put on my newly restored hand made (not by me) seat.......very happy with it. Now, what's next...... :-\





That seat is beautiful!  Who made it?  Looks like the original but brand new.

BTW, do I spy a MINI in one pic and a Mini in the other?   ;)


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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1519 on: March 28, 2010, 03:21:44 PM »


Anyway: Learning experience:

When people say hair spray makes a good grip glue they can be very wrong.  Today, in the rain/hail coming home, because of the death-grip I have to have on my throttle (pd carb return spring) I noticed I could twist the grip and the rpms weren't changing... or I'd be maintaining the same amount of twist and slow down. Unnerving.  Turns out my throttle grip was rotating around the new sleeve.  :o  bummer.

going out to get some proper grip glue. Glad to be home.  Going to look around here to see what can be done about the herculean throttle return spring on the PD carbs (same as late 750s)  because my throttle cables are unkinked and new.

I've used Hair Spray several times, no problems, then I discovered electrical contact cleaner works better, isn't as messy, and leaves no residue, plus has other uses. In the last year I've switched handlebars 4 times, (cant make up my mind; Black Superbike, Black Daytona, Chrome Daytona,and European Superbike.) Last Thursday, I switched back to the Chrome Daytona looking for a little less reach for my 50 yr. old bones. The Daytona bars just sweep back too much for my tastes, and don't work well with my bar-end mirrors, I'm going back to the European Superbike bars, (like in my avatar) love the low profile look, and they work well with my mirrors.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1520 on: March 28, 2010, 05:11:24 PM »
Well this is more like "what did I do to my bike this week", but this is the first chance I've had to post some pics.

First I made some billet alloy brackets for the new fender:





Then I installed new mini speedo and tach, GL1000 headlight and new blinkers to replace all the trashed items:



Gave it a wash, and finally, it's ready to roll:



It was getting late and I was knackered after another 6 or 7 hours today, so I parked it in the garage, but tomorrow, we ride! ;D



Thanks Pete,Mick and Poor Boi, it is a brilliant bike, and no bullsh1t, the best CB750 I've ever owned, and I've owned over 20, including a new one, "back in the day". The 836cc F2 engine is so quiet mechanically, and with the CV carbs the throttle is as light as a feather, a couple of things totally alien to any hardcore CB750 owner.

Ken set it up so well it starts instantly and takes no time to sufficiently warm up to ride off without any hesitation. It's quite a comfortable riding position, (much nicer than the Laverda 750SF1 I bought and sold last year) and with the upgraded suspension and brakes, it actually handles like a modern bike! The subdued roar thru the Yoshi pipe is almost a sexual experience, so it's sad that I'll be dumping that pipe in preference to a new chrome Tranzac pipe, because the yoshi isn't a good fit (not enough room for an oil cooler adapter, and not enough clearance on the F2 sump plate) and the 30 year old chrome, surface rust and "wear and tear" marks lets it down.

As one would expect for a "maiden voyage", the ride didn't go off without any hitches. The tank that was on the bike when Ken had it was destroyed in the crash (actually torn open) so I installed a spare that that came with the bike. The tank that came off was a K5 or K6 tank with the petcock (with horizontal F1 or F2 spigott) on the left, but the spare tank is a K2 tank with the petcock (vertical spigott) on the right. In my haste, I'd hooked up the fuel hose without paying much attention to the routing, and the end result was fuel starvation caused by the hose initially going down, then going back up again.

The fix (to get home again) was to stop every few miles (when the float bowls emptied) lift the seat, raise the rear of the tank, allow the fuel bowls to refill, then set off again. It was a bit annoying, but it gave me a chance to stop and have a smoke (yeah, and that's another problem.......) while I waited for the float bowls to refill. Once I got back into the city limits it wasn't a problem again, obviously the trickle of fuel getting thru was enough to maintain the 35 MPH suburban speed limit. My internet is playing up at home, but I'll try to post some pics tonight. Needless to say, I've got another K6 tank that I'm prepping, but I'm away for the next two weeks from tomorrow, (Army stuff interstate) so that'll give the POR-15 time to set up nice and hard. Cheers, Terry. ;D       
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1521 on: March 28, 2010, 05:42:35 PM »
Terry,

  You mean your brackets were "alloy"....  Arrgh  danged OCC types calling anything over 1/2" thick "billet"  ;D  Billet is a foundry term that describes metal you would melt or extrude... its properties are worthless for anything else...  Awesome job on the brackets though!  There are guys with much nicer equipment that may have struggled to do what you did there.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1522 on: March 28, 2010, 05:46:55 PM »
Thanks mate, and I'm happy to stand corrected on the terminology. ;D
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So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1523 on: March 28, 2010, 07:47:33 PM »
Brought it home..
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #1524 on: March 28, 2010, 08:36:35 PM »
Terry,

That is a real beauty!  I could sit and stare at that bike for hours.  From what kind of bike did you get those gauges?

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