Author Topic: What did you do to your bike today ? (Read 3157505 times)

flybox1 · « **Reply #17025 on:** March 31, 2014, 08:46:12 am »

Cleaned/Organized my garage and swept the floor twice over the weekend trying to find a ufcking valve keeper that shot off late Friday night

Finally found it Sunday $:-\$

70CB750 · « **Reply #17026 on:** March 31, 2014, 09:02:24 am »

Quote from: flybox1 on March 31, 2014, 08:46:12 am

Cleaned/Organized my garage and swept the floor twice over the weekend trying to find a ufcking valve keeper that shot off late Friday night Finally found it Sunday $:-\$

Alright!

flybox1 · « **Reply #17027 on:** March 31, 2014, 09:05:34 am »

Quote from: 70CB750 on March 31, 2014, 09:02:24 am

Quote from: flybox1 on March 31, 2014, 08:46:12 am
Cleaned/Organized my garage and swept the floor twice over the weekend trying to find a ufcking valve keeper that shot off late Friday night Finally found it Sunday $:-\$

Alright!

Wrench time wasted, but my garage is clean

70CB750 · « **Reply #17028 on:** March 31, 2014, 09:07:19 am »

In some brainless moment I made the shop floor from old deck boards - and keep loosing stuff in cracks all the time. Magnetic stick is my best friend.

mcswny · « **Reply #17029 on:** March 31, 2014, 09:22:41 am »

Fixed my leaky fork seals, suspension now feels f'in great (you know, for a 40 year old bike)

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grcamna2 · « **Reply #17030 on:** March 31, 2014, 01:44:26 pm »

Quote from: mcswny on March 31, 2014, 09:22:41 am

Fixed my leaky fork seals, suspension now feels f'in great (you know, for a 40 year old bike)

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Did you take it for a good ride ?

mcswny · « **Reply #17031 on:** March 31, 2014, 02:45:03 pm »

Quote from: grcamna2 on March 31, 2014, 01:44:26 pm

Quote from: mcswny on March 31, 2014, 09:22:41 am
Fixed my leaky fork seals, suspension now feels f'in great (you know, for a 40 year old bike)

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Did you take it for a good ride ?

Yup took it for 70 miles or so. Hoping no rain this weekend so I can take it camping in the Catskills

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atm cycles · « **Reply #17032 on:** March 31, 2014, 04:29:38 pm »

Trying electrolysis for first time

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Carver · « **Reply #17033 on:** March 31, 2014, 05:03:21 pm »

set the cam timing on the 450 (anyone who's done this knows what kind of gauntlet this is to do.)

Installed the tensioner.

450 should be up and running super soon then on to the 750 once parts start arriving.

grcamna2 · « **Reply #17034 on:** March 31, 2014, 05:45:46 pm »

Quote from: Carver on March 31, 2014, 05:03:21 pm

set the cam timing on the 450 (anyone who's done this knows what kind of gauntlet this is to do.)

Installed the tensioner.

450 should be up and running super soon then on to the 750 once parts start arriving.

Installing the cam chain & setting that cam timing in the CB/CL450 is a Real chore..,more so when you don't do it a lot.I did it once back in 96'... that's what made it hard because I was a first timer;I bent a valve and had to get another one for my customer asap.

Good Job

flybox1 · « **Reply #17035 on:** April 01, 2014, 03:57:51 pm »

5 minute home made valve spring compressor. Store bought ones just weren't good enough.
8" C-clamp $10
PVC reducer $.50

Reducer stepped inside and fits the end of the c-clamp

Trimmed and sanded

Compressed

Jerilee · « **Reply #17036 on:** April 01, 2014, 04:26:56 pm »

That is brilliant, I love it!

Nothing much to report for my bike today, I ordered a tail toolbox off ebay the other day, waiting for that to arrive. Sold one of two trucks I promised I'd get rid of before I started working on the bike, and am watching the snow shrink away from my work space (yard) bit by bit.

edwardmorris · « **Reply #17037 on:** April 01, 2014, 08:09:45 pm »

Got the MC cleaned and gently honed with 2000 grit sanding paper roll, cleaned more hardware (I can't figure out where all the h/w is coming from, never ending)

grcamna2 · « **Reply #17038 on:** April 01, 2014, 08:15:09 pm »

Quote from: edwardmorris on April 01, 2014, 08:09:45 pm

Got the MC cleaned and gently honed with 2000 grit sanding paper roll, cleaned more hardware (I can't figure out where all the h/w is coming from, never ending)

Yes, another Master Cylinder saved.

strynboen · « **Reply #17039 on:** April 02, 2014, 11:31:05 am »

got opend the 500 t engine..gear shift arm are broke..and have to klean up a bit..oil pump are a piston pump driven by a esentric at chlutch hub..

MoMo · « **Reply #17040 on:** April 02, 2014, 01:15:43 pm »

NOTHING, same thing I've done every day this miserably cold winter.

CycleRanger · « **Reply #17041 on:** April 02, 2014, 01:53:00 pm »

Rode the K5 about 80 miles Sunday.
Discovered it's time to replace/rebuild the solenoid.
I had to kick it to life for the first time in a looong time.

rb550four · « **Reply #17042 on:** April 02, 2014, 02:38:13 pm »

The roads were cleaned by the rain and we have been in the 50's for a couple of days, so I fired up a 650 and took a 10 mile ride.
I've had a nasty cold this week and my balance wasn't as good as it should be yet so a short ride was enough to help end the winter funk.