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Offline Rgconner

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7225 on: August 12, 2011, 11:16:30 AM »
Well... I cleaned it.  :o

Must be running out of mechanical problems or something...
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7226 on: August 12, 2011, 01:21:50 PM »
Runs like doggie doo doo. Oil line was leaking, thought maybe o-rings.

Changed them, still leaks, appears to be a bad oil line.

Anyone have any for sale at a budget price, as this has been a very, very low budget build?

If not have to check that online place.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7227 on: August 12, 2011, 01:29:24 PM »
Went to Maxim Honda to find stuff for the Yamaha.  Yup, they got it!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7228 on: August 12, 2011, 01:32:53 PM »
...cleaned the carb clamps.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7229 on: August 12, 2011, 06:48:19 PM »
Looked at the 550K.... Picked up new throttle cables, clutch cable and throttle sleeve for the 550F and installed them.... Bike rode real well... seems to pull though... Never had that before...
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7230 on: August 12, 2011, 06:54:10 PM »
Finally got my rebuilt rear wheel on the bike.

Before and after...



And on the bike....

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7231 on: August 12, 2011, 06:57:20 PM »
Quote from: Nortstudio on August 12, 2011, 06:54:10 PM
Finally got my rebuilt rear wheel on the bike.

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And on the bike....



What is the exhaust?
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7232 on: August 12, 2011, 07:29:39 PM »
It's a 4-2 that I got for $100 from a local guy, when the old 4-1 replacement was getting holes and turning for the worse.  Not sure who makes it.  Sounds pretty cool, and I never put much thought into the exhaust, other than wanting it to work:)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7233 on: August 12, 2011, 07:39:51 PM »
Hub sure looks better. Easy on that new tire for the first 50 miles or so.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7234 on: August 12, 2011, 08:20:01 PM »
Quote from: mrbreeze on August 12, 2011, 07:39:51 PM
Hub sure looks better. Easy on that new tire for the first 50 miles or so.

I know!  Believe me, the irony of changing a tire for safety, only to be given 50-100 miles of VERY unsafe riding is not escaping me.

I tried the acetone wipe - but wasn't sure how much to do.  I might do a little soap and water with wet sand.....or just go very slow for that distance.  Problem is, in NYC, I'm going to slam on the brakes...definitely.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7235 on: August 12, 2011, 08:49:12 PM »
Finally put my center stand back on.  Almost lost it coming back from the SOHC4 relay back in April. Adjusted the chain and I am trying to track down an oil leak behind the front sprocket cover.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7236 on: August 12, 2011, 09:16:49 PM »
Spent evenings this week rebuilding ignition switch, replaced melted fuse box with the blade type. And going thru EVERY bullet connector with a wire brush, laquer thinner and grease before reassembly. That is a meditation of love! Finnish up in the morn and when every thing works right gonna add Hondamans headlight bypass wiring. I hope it solves the melt problem.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7237 on: August 13, 2011, 09:45:59 AM »
Pulled the old girl out of the garage today.  First time she's seen daylight in at least 3 months.  Hooked up the battery, pulled the choke, turned the key (no electrical fires) and crossed my fingers.  3rd kick she fired up!  Not road ready, but getting close.  Just need to finish the headlight and front brake.  After that a good carb sync and tune up.  I hope there lots of nice weather left, I'm jones'n for some riding.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7238 on: August 13, 2011, 03:35:32 PM »
Pulled and went through the carbs again, looking for whatever might be causing my 1/8 throttle burble.  No luck, everything is as it should be.  Sync'ed them and set the air bleeds to 1-3/8 out.  The burble is still there.  I blame the crappy aftermarket 4-into-2 exhaust that came on the bike.  The search for a solution goes on...

Also rebuilt and installed an eBay GL1000 master cylinder.  On dual disks the difference is AMAZING!  Two finger stopping, almost feels modern.  The brakes will easily overpower the 2" of fork travel I have.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7239 on: August 13, 2011, 04:30:13 PM »
Quote from: bjatwood on August 12, 2011, 06:31:03 AM
Changed my fork oil last night. Man, that old oil looked like milk and smelled like, BAD!!
Fresh 15W in, very nice response on the forks now.

Like fish?  ;)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7240 on: August 13, 2011, 06:05:03 PM »
Finally got the engine broken down looks like I need a new cam two of the lobes are pretty pitted :( But gives me a good excuse to drop a 650 one in  :) It wasnt that hard taking it apart hit a few snags along the way but nothing a beer or two couldnt fix. Gotta read up on how to get the carbon build up and the nasty gaskets off will be the next project..

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7241 on: August 14, 2011, 03:18:10 AM »
Took the bike out for a test ride after some adjustments I made. Was coming home on a small one way street in my neighborhood, then all of a sudden some jackass swerves into the one way street to get to his house. He's coming right at me and coming fast. About 100 feet away from me, I down shift quickly, put on the rear brake and start skidding. Giving a little pressure to the right, I coast up onto the side walk, just missing this moron. I look behind me, and he pulled into his house, Literally right behind me. I put the bike in neutral, run up to him and yelled at him, I'm pretty sure I scared the #$%* out of him, because his cigar flew out of his mouth and on to the floor of his 280z. After me telling him how much of a dumb-ass he really is, I got on the bike and went home. Parked, went into the garage, started thinking and laughed.

For being my second day riding a street bike and only having a rear brake at the time, I think I handled the situation pretty well.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7242 on: August 14, 2011, 04:24:36 AM »
...found the error in the wiring, engine is running by the first kick but the carbs need a good sync job.
http://steffens-hotel.net/HGS/HONDA/K0/1stRUN.3gp <-- 7mb vid.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7243 on: August 14, 2011, 08:26:13 AM »
Quote from: fire113 on August 14, 2011, 04:24:36 AM
...found the error in the wiring, engine is running by the first kick but the carbs need a good sync job.
http://steffens-hotel.net/HGS/HONDA/K0/1stRUN.3gp <-- 7mb vid.



Nice work there Georg.  I like the workshop.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7244 on: August 14, 2011, 11:53:53 AM »
Got into my new extra set of carbs, noticed the brass arm on one of the floats was warped. Tried to bend it back to shape and broke the arm.

Normally that would have angered me but I happened to have a new float in my moto parts cabinet (when you order a "float set" from bike bandit this means one float and one pin....I knew it seemed too reasonable a price  ::)) ) so I slapped that on and got all the floats set to 26mm. Ready to be slapped on.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7245 on: August 14, 2011, 04:17:50 PM »
Messed around with the front blinkers.
It's interesting, I have two sets of front blinkers both from 750K5's.
One set has steel arms and the other set has aluminum arms. I don't know which set is newer.
The aluminum ones came on a K5 with a build date of 11/74 but I'm not sure they're original.
The aluminum arms are a couple of ounces lighter than the steel ones. I guess Honda was trying to shave some weight!

Then I contemplated my idiot lights.....
I have two sets, one with ok rubber but completely rusted.
The other set has usable sockets but the rubber is shot.
Of course the rubber is molded to the socket soooo what to do?
Hmmm, well we'll see.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7246 on: August 14, 2011, 04:43:30 PM »
Started the K8 for the first time..... started first try, no carb leaks/overflow !!.. 8)..... put a clutch cable on it after this vid. and sync'ed the carbs and rode it around in the laneway behind the house ... no brakes yet  :o

http://youtu.be/n4uTXAEGDdo

Special thanks to ; y2kcowboy (D.C.)  for the motor, madmtnmotors for the carb parts (FL) , mcouzo (NJ) for the oil tank and the P.O. for leaving the bike outside for 7 years  :o...
« Last Edit: August 14, 2011, 05:49:44 PM by Spanner 1 »
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7247 on: August 14, 2011, 05:15:12 PM »
Injected some SOHC4 into a two stroke Yamaha.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7248 on: August 14, 2011, 05:26:51 PM »
Quote from: TipperT on August 14, 2011, 05:15:12 PM
Injected some SOHC4 into a two stroke Yamaha.

I thought that was illegal in Texas....
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #7249 on: August 14, 2011, 05:40:56 PM »
100 PSI on my stuck caliper piston.  Still stuck.  Ran hot water over the caliper body, 2nd round.  Shot it across the patio.  I win.
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