Topic: What did you do to your bike today ?

[DWS]

Wasn't today, but during a spirited ride with fellow forum member ChrisP [on ex-Chewy's beautiful Sunrise Orange K3], I lost the left side cover on my original paint Boss Maroon K4. 

Looks great steve
I never really liked that color, but my K4 is one of my fav bikes, so last year I had a tank and covers painted Polynesian Blue, an European-only color.

They have just been sitting on the shelf, so thought this was a good time as ever to mount the new bodywork.

The bike is running as good as ever and I had hoped to ride today, but it's been cold and wet all day. Last week on a trip to the park...

Man, that is a purdy shade of blue!!!

Agreed...

Thanks guys.  My buddy did a fantastic job, the pics dont do it justice.
Want a color a little different from typical stock, since this bike isnt...

[Stev-o]

Wasn't today, but during a spirited ride with fellow forum member ChrisP [on ex-Chewy's beautiful Sunrise Orange K3], I lost the left side cover on my original paint Boss Maroon K4. 

Looks great steve
I never really liked that color, but my K4 is one of my fav bikes, so last year I had a tank and covers painted Polynesian Blue, an European-only color.

They have just been sitting on the shelf, so thought this was a good time as ever to mount the new bodywork.

The bike is running as good as ever and I had hoped to ride today, but it's been cold and wet all day. Last week on a trip to the park...

Man, that is a purdy shade of blue!!!

Agreed...

Thanks guys.  My buddy did a fantastic job, the pics dont do it justice.
Want a color a little different from typical stock, since this bike isnt...

Thanks

[Cqyqte]

Finished moving the foot controls from forwards to rears on my hardtail CB750

That is beautiful mate, but wouldn't it be more comfortable with forward controls? Cheers, Terry.

Thanks Terry, it was comfortable with forwards.  But since I didn't find myself a project for this winter, I decided to rework this one.  It's now convertible I can flip from mid controls to forwards in about an hour.  We will see if she just as comfortable to ride this way come spring.  Cheers!

[socal1200r]

Took it out for a short spin today, before the cold weather hits.  Really like the throttle action now, no where near as tiring as before, and the Superbike grips / bar end weights / expanding foam in the handlebars seem to work pretty well together.  Like the way it sounds, and it's happiest spinning at or above 5K rpms, and seems like it will pull right up to redline without any issues.  Feel sorry for my '87 Cagiva, it's quickly being replaced by this CB!

[PeWe]

Santa gave me a new helmet this year that fit the color of my new tank that I got last X-mas one year ago. I could have bought a new multi HP bike for the restore money spent so far. But there is no other bike out there I want except for old CB750 or Z1-900/1000 in OEM style.

I have to finalize my  engine/carb adjustments and install latest cam so I can mount the new tank with side covers. I do not want to take it off once a week and scratch it.

The new helmet look very tough with Irridium colored visir that I mounted today, not on photo.

[edwardmorris]

Picked up my yamiya repop unpainted tank from the painter!

[MoMo]

Picked up my yamiya repop unpainted tank from the painter!

Beautiful,  and you picked the fastest color...Larry

[edwardmorris]

Picked up my yamiya repop unpainted tank from the painter!

Beautiful,  and you picked the fastest color...Larry

Thanks! And indeed, its the original Ford's Mustang GT Race Red. Not the porting, not the cam, this color is the key to winning 1/4 miles 

[thrutheframe]

Chased some dirty holes and installed a Web cam.

[Terry in Australia]

Well the weather was supposed to be miserable this weekend with 3 months rain in 3 days, according to the weather forecast, which only supports my theory that higher education is time well wasted. It was a magnificent sunny day, 27 deg C (80 deg F in the forgotten language of the ancient druids) and clear skies.

I ignored my twin turbo Subaru project as the engine needs new head gaskets, so instead, I decided to replace the fuel pump on my magnificent big black 'Wang. Sadly the OEM item had let me down once too often, so I bought a "direct replacement" item on eBay, which only took around 5 hours to install.

The first problem was that the fuel barbs on the new pump have an OD of 9.5mm, as opposed to 6.5mm for the OEM pump. I made a couple of "adaptors" on my lathe to suit.



Next problem was the wiring for the new pump. The new pump came with the same plug as the OEM pump, but the wiring harness was around 6 inches too short, so I made one out of the two, with some repro OEM bullet connectors.

Eventually it was all back together, but I then had to "bleed" the fuel lines of air before I could get the big bugger to fire into life. Eventually I pulled two plugs to see if I had any spark, and as soon as I did, the engine started and ran happily on the opposite two cylinders. No biggie, as soon as I installed the other two plugs, it ran like a top, and the new pump doesn't look out of place in the OEM position.



Feeling rather pleased with myself, I took a random pic and poured myself a celebratory drink. Sadly the afore-mentioned Subaru is blocking my driveway so I wasn't able to ride the 'Wang today, but hopefully next Sunday will be it's big test before the annual pilgrimage to the Phillip Island Classic. Cheers, Terry.



 

[dhall57]

Some 341 or 300 pipes on the wall there Terry

[70CB750]

I shook off the bloody snow from the tarp on Dorothy, thats about it for this weekend

[maduncle]

I fixed the final electrical gremlin on my 500/4 - the front brake light switch. Turned out to be a dodgy wire to the rear brake so I tidied that up and completed all my wiring.

Only thing left to do is get the muffler fitted and I am on the road.

Side topic:

The rules change here on 31st January. All club permit vehicles will need a full road worthy certificate from that date (rather than just a club inspection) so VicRoads will be very busy next couple of weeks with a flurry of club permit applications.

[Terry in Australia]

Excellent news Cliff, some of our "custom" brethren were building dangerous POS' and getting away with it, so that new law is a sensible approach, and should keep everyone honest. All my bikes had to pass a roadworthy inspection, and I always thought club inspections were not worth the paper they're written on. So does VICROADS, apparently. Cheers, Terry.

[Terry in Australia]

Some 341 or 300 pipes on the wall there Terry

341's Dwight, most are crap, but I scored a nice set from another member last year, for my K2 resto.

[krusty]

Excellent news Cliff, some of our "custom" brethren were building dangerous POS' and getting away with it, so that new law is a sensible approach, and should keep everyone honest. All my bikes had to pass a roadworthy inspection, and I always thought club inspections were not worth the paper they're written on. So does VICROADS, apparently. Cheers, Terry.

Kept seeing a lot of those crapsicles on fleabay and wondered how they were getting away with it.

[martin99]

Continued with fabricating a new seat pan for the F2, had all the bits sorted ready to weld up and the missus came in and saw it and gave me a hard time for building a solo seat. Now I've got to rethink the tail end so she can fit her backside on it. No worries, when we're both wearing helmets and flat out on the motorway I can't hear her nagging so I don't really mind

[maduncle]

Excellent news Cliff, some of our "custom" brethren were building dangerous POS' and getting away with it, so that new law is a sensible approach, and should keep everyone honest. All my bikes had to pass a roadworthy inspection, and I always thought club inspections were not worth the paper they're written on. So does VICROADS, apparently. Cheers, Terry.

Agree Terry - I don't feel like I have built a good bike unless it passes a Victorian Roadworthy inspection, that's my litmus test.

[Terry in Australia]

Kept seeing a lot of those crapsicles on fleabay and wondered how they were getting away with it.

I know this is the wrong thread Krusty, but what pissed me off awhile ago was reading a series of articles in "Australian Motorcycle Trader" by a "new to bikes" young journo who turned a nice BMW R80 into a Cafe Racer.

Now I don't dislike a quality custom, but his bike was clearly unroadworthy (in Victoria) with no front or rear fenders fitted, but it was still wearing a shiny new club plate. Obviously it hadn't passed a Victorian Roadworthy inspection.

The trouble with irresponsible turkeys like him is that not only do they ride around on illegal crapsicles, they promote irresponsible behavior and ruin an otherwise really good deal like the current club plate scheme by turning it into a farce. Before long some politician will realise that the club plate scheme is actually losing the state government revenue, and they'll cancel it. 

Another question I have is how some of these bikes would be treated by insurance companies in the event of a crash. If some of the "mods" (those stupid square edged Coker tyres, for instance) contributed to a crash, would the insurance company honor a claim?

Agree Terry - I don't feel like I have built a good bike unless it passes a Victorian Roadworthy inspection, that's my litmus test.

That's right Cliff, it's just a pity that a Victorian Roadworthy Inspection costs so much nowadays, they've gone up around 100 bucks in the last couple of years, which sucks, but I can't see them going down anytime soon.

[Trevor from Warragul]

Vic Roads have also closed a loophole.  A motorcycle manufactured after 30 June 1975 that does not have an Australian registration history (e.g. an import without an Australian compliance plate) MUST have a VASS certificate (engineers certificate). Previously, they only applied this rule to full registration.  I highlighted this anomoly to Vic Roads after dealing with an a**hole in my club...

Trevor

[rickman750]

My Forseti 836 kit arrived.
Getting close to having all parts arrive.

[WhyNot2]

my little sohc/1 is going back together purdy soon.

[rklystron]

Picked up my KO head and cylinders from the shop. Had to trim .008 of the cylinders to make it flat. I will be installing rods on the crank tomorrow and finishing up the bottom end. Then on to fitting some F2 pistons in this K0. Hope to have the engine done in a couple of weeks.

[tfrasca]

Beat the #$%* out of it!

[jerry h]

Tfrasca -   



What a cool picture! 

Nice!!!