Topic: What did you do to your bike today ?

[Yamahawk]

Ok, you are right...$30!

To suck the chrome off...?
Charlie

[ekpent]

 Looks like Goldie will be back on the road soon Sean !

[seanbarney41]

Really was never off the road, just needed tires

[Ichiban 4]

Second, who does anything for $20 anymore?!

This guy:

im-not-gay-but-20-is-20 by terry prendergast, on Flickr

Maybe he has been a hard working man all his life, when time for pension the government will not give anything.... spent on others... I guess we all have to be prepared to do stuff for $20....

Let's not overthink on this... lol
Charlie

Jeeze..I'm not gay either! Still have a hard time wrapping my head around the "flourish" of gay rights in recent years tho (and no..I'm not a homophobe..thank you)  Can't imagine how we would have dealt with "gay rights" in the Navy in Viet Nam??

Can't we all just agree to disagree..accept that's there's a time and place for everything..have our own respective beliefs on some of this stuff?

Ichi

[Bankerdanny]

Received my latest batch of parts, manifold and airbox rubber for the 750. I got a new air filter the other day so just about ready to replace the pods with the proper airbox.

[MoMo]

Needed to adjust the clutch on the FuglyOne( 1982 Yamaha Seca 400) and of course a two minute job turned into an hour.  Lock nut was so tight that I had to use my Makita 18v impact to loosen it, naturally the cable slipped out of the actuating arm necessitating removing the cover to reattach. Somewhere along the line of owners every one of the 5 phillips head retaining screws for the cover became mangled beyond recognition.  A couple required drilling the head off because any semblance of a phillips cross hatch pattern was gone.  Lubricated the cable with Dri-Slide and used Belray Waterproof grease on the cable ends, properly adjusted the clutch and all is good to go, which means there will be a very ugly yellow Yamaha cruising the backroads of Lancaster Couny......Larry

[Terry in Australia]

Received my latest batch of parts, manifold and airbox rubber for the 750. I got a new air filter the other day so just about ready to replace the pods with the proper airbox.

Good job Danny, and if you don't know already, the rubber horns slide into the airbox easy peasy with a little Vaseline wiped around their faces.  

[kghost]

I put the Easter egg mostly back together.....

[Yamahawk]

I put the Easter egg mostly back together.....

Is that an NSR250 or 500 back there looking very colorful...couldn't make out whether there were two pipes coming out the tail section?
Nice 2 stroke!
Charlie

[Yamahawk]

Needed to adjust the clutch on the FuglyOne( 1982 Yamaha Seca 400) and of course a two minute job turned into an hour.  Lock nut was so tight that I had to use my Makita 18v impact to loosen it, naturally the cable slipped out of the actuating arm necessitating removing the cover to reattach. Somewhere along the line of owners every one of the 5 phillips head retaining screws for the cover became mangled beyond recognition.  A couple required drilling the head off because any semblance of a phillips cross hatch pattern was gone.  Lubricated the cable with Dri-Slide and used Belray Waterproof grease on the cable ends, properly adjusted the clutch and all is good to go, which means there will be a very ugly yellow Yamaha cruising the backroads of Lancaster Couny......Larry

Larry,
   I use the Seca 400 rear wheel on my RD350 race bike. The front end is off of a 82 XZ550 Vision, and the Seca 400 is the only chain drive bike that has the same windmill spokes. I used an XS650 rear swing arm on it also, and had to shim the axle slot to fit the smaller rear axle, but other than that, it works well! The XS400 Seca was a novel bike, for sure, just like the XZ550 Vision!
Charlie

[Erny]

Received my latest batch of parts, manifold and airbox rubber for the 750. I got a new air filter the other day so just about ready to replace the pods with the proper airbox.

Are those manifold rubbers for K7? If so and are genuine Honda, where did you order them?

[Bankerdanny]

No, they are for my 750F1. Neither set are genuine Honda. The airbox side are from Z1 Enterprises and the head side from a guy in Wisconsin via Ebay.

[ekpent]

 Give us a report on those air box boots sometime Danny. I could really use a bunch of those. The F0 I just completed still had nice soft rubber ones and the air box slid on and mounted sooo easy.

[Bankerdanny]

Give us a report on those air box boots sometime Danny. I could really use a bunch of those. The F0 I just completed still had nice soft rubber ones and the air box slid on and mounted sooo easy.

Will do. The ones that came in the box I acquired a few years months ago are hard as a rock and 2 have shrunk and don't stay in their holes any more. The new ones are nice and pliable. Genuine Honda isn't that hard to find but cost 2x as much or more, which I know is sometimes worth it. But these were well reviewed and Z1 has a good rep so I decided to try them.

[PeWe]

I managed to give birth of a new wheel today. Resurrection of the old CB750 hub that has got new bearings, new rim and spokes.
Tomorrow tighten the spokes and true it. Next is tire wrestling of the tube and tire waiting in the garage.
I have then 3 wheels to balance.

[Bankerdanny]

Picked up some goodies from a guy in Milwaukee. 550 rear wheel, another set of Shoie bags, a rear rack, and a 550 Vetter bracket.

[PeWe]

I had Shoei bags for my CB750. Used them in the 80's. Gave them to a guy when they were rusty after long time storage in a barn. Fiberglass lids had hinge problem. They were too small for me then , better with bigger and more squared.

I start to change my mind when I see a set. They are slim, and look good. Only thing is ta have a bag inside to carry inside when leaving the bike outside a hotel when touring.

I'll might look for another set.  Mine were black.

[kghost]

I put the Easter egg mostly back together.....

Is that an NSR250 or 500 back there looking very colorful...couldn't make out whether there were two pipes coming out the tail section?
Nice 2 stroke!
Charlie

There are 2 250 2 cyl. 2 strokes in that picture.  One is the NSR SP

[Bankerdanny]

I had Shoei bags for my CB750. Used them in the 80's. Gave them to a guy when they were rusty after long time storage in a barn. Fiberglass lids had hinge problem. They were too small for me then , better with bigger and more squared.

I start to change my mind when I see a set. They are slim, and look good. Only thing is ta have a bag inside to carry inside when leaving the bike outside a hotel when touring.

I'll might look for another set.  Mine were black.

These bags are slightly larger than my other set and use a different hinge design less prone to bending

[Bankerdanny]

Installed the new air box rubbers in the 750 box, snug fit, properly clocking them is going to be a challenge. Also installed the new air filter in both the 750 box and the 550.

[seanbarney41]

Installed the new air box rubbers in the 750 box, snug fit, properly clocking them is going to be a challenge. Also installed the new air filter in both the 750 box and the 550.

oems have the casting line at the 12 o'clock position

[Bankerdanny]

Installed the new air box rubbers in the 750 box, snug fit, properly clocking them is going to be a challenge. Also installed the new air filter in both the 750 box and the 550.

oems have the casting line at the 12 o'clock position

Thanks.  I'll look at that tomorrow

[Terry in Australia]

Installed the new air box rubbers in the 750 box, snug fit, properly clocking them is going to be a challenge. Also installed the new air filter in both the 750 box and the 550.

oems have the casting line at the 12 o'clock position

Thanks.  I'll look at that tomorrow

Did you use any vaseline Danny? I did, and had no problems "clocking" them in situ.

[Terry in Australia]

Well yesterday actually. I posted this in my build thread, but I thought this might be useful for someone who was thinking of doing some inexpensive DIY:

So today was another beautiful day, I pulled that other rack of carbs out that I intended to swap one body out, but I kept thinking about that frame kit idea. I went looking for some metal bar that I could bore out to the same ID as the OD of the frame support rails. Nothing. Damn.

Then as I was wandering away in disgust, I almost tripped over an old CB750 fork tube. Rotten, rusted, completely worn out, but if nothing, I am a parts hoarder. I poked the internally threaded end over the cut off end of a support rail, and it almost went in! I lopped the threaded end off and was happy to see that the OD of the support rail was a nice snug fit inside.Woohoo!

Terry's Redneck Frame Kit by terry prendergast, on Flickr

I had to chop up two old fork tubes to get four good 80mm lengths, but that's OK, they were free, my favourite price. I drilled 4 holes in each one.

Terry's Redneck Frame Kit 1 by terry prendergast, on Flickr

Terry's Redneck Frame Kit 2 by terry prendergast, on Flickr

I then chopped and drilled couple of lengths of stainless strap to use as the joiners for the triangle.

Terry's Redneck Frame Kit 4 by terry prendergast, on Flickr

My favourite tool is my cordless Dewalt portable bandsaw, it's easy to use and will cut just about anything. Interestingly, when I made the first cut thru the left support tube, it "sprung" and the cut tubes immediately slammed shut behind it, and I had to unhook the blade and put another blade on the saw so I could make the rest of the cuts and then retrieve my saw blade.

Terry's Redneck Frame Kit 3 by terry prendergast, on Flickr

Once cut, I loosely fitted all the components, then drilled the holes thru the frame for the slider tubes. (I made that name up, but it pretty much describes what they do, although I suppose "Support Rail Sleeves" would have worked just as well) It was easy enough to do with no engine to worry about, but will probably be a PITA with it in, thank God I only have to do it once. Anyway, once done, I bolted everything up, and I think it looks OK.

Terry's Redneck Frame Kit 5 by terry prendergast, on Flickr

Terry's Redneck Frame Kit 7 by terry prendergast, on Flickr

Terry's Redneck Frame Kit 8 by terry prendergast, on Flickr

I'm thinking about cutting a slot into each one to allow them to pull down further against the support rails, but surprisingly, once moderately tightened there was absolutely no slop at all, so the jury is still out. All I need to do now is to gather up the courage to cut into my K2 frame..........

This job was made easy because I had the front section of a K0 frame that someone here kindly sent me a few years ago, thank you again, mystery parts sender!

Terry's Redneck Frame Kit 9 by terry prendergast, on Flickr

   

[ekpent]

 Terry, you have made many rednecks around the world proud !! Fun makin' somethin' outa nuthin'- well done Sir  --------------- slow clap---------------------------