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Offline Terry in Australia

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9000 on: January 24, 2012, 01:33:34 am »
Quote from: Retro Rocket on January 24, 2012, 01:01:47 am
Ran round like an idiot, torrential rain got into the front room and wet a big pile of my parts including engine parts. Still cleaning up and using lots of WD40..... What a pain in the ass..... >:(

Send them down to me Mick, and I'll er, dry them off for you! ;D
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9001 on: January 24, 2012, 01:43:20 am »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on January 24, 2012, 01:33:34 am
Quote from: Retro Rocket on January 24, 2012, 01:01:47 am
Ran round like an idiot, torrential rain got into the front room and wet a big pile of my parts including engine parts. Still cleaning up and using lots of WD40..... What a pain in the ass..... >:(

Send them down to me Mick, and I'll er, dry them off for you! ;D

Yeah right - like your shed is nice and dry in a storm...

Send them down to me Mick - I will keep them safe and dry in our shop.

What did I do on my bike today?

Tidied up the engine appearance with a light spray of rattle can satin black here and there, and then took some more photos for a possible buyer.




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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9002 on: January 24, 2012, 02:24:36 am »
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Yeah right - like your shed is nice and dry in a storm...

Not the shed mate, there's a cheap and nasty room {sun room} that is an add on to the house, the brain surgeon that built it put the guttering on the house side under the gutter from the house, so when the house gutters overflow it completely fills the small rectangular roof section up like a friggin swimming pool, then it backs up and flows straight inside, usually there's bugger all in that room but we were thinking of moving and stacked a lot of stuff in there.... :o  We just had enough rain to float the Arc this afternoon, over an inch an hour.... :o :o >:(

Terry, i didn't just come down with the rain mate..... ;D ;D ;)
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Offline crazypj

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9003 on: January 24, 2012, 09:35:52 am »
Quote from: Tews19 on January 22, 2012, 08:02:02 pm
Quote from: crazypj on January 22, 2012, 07:51:45 pm
Nope, I'm too broke to go home  ;D
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Well bud, Heal up soon... Need a new avatar pic of maybe 200k/103?

 avatar is MPH not KPH
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9004 on: January 24, 2012, 11:57:47 am »
 Dropped my tank off to get the dent pulled and painted. Stupid wind knocked my other bike onto my Honda.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9005 on: January 24, 2012, 12:26:21 pm »
Quote from: maduncle on January 24, 2012, 01:43:20 am
Quote from: Terry in Australia on January 24, 2012, 01:33:34 am
Quote from: Retro Rocket on January 24, 2012, 01:01:47 am
Ran round like an idiot, torrential rain got into the front room and wet a big pile of my parts including engine parts. Still cleaning up and using lots of WD40..... What a pain in the ass..... >:(

Send them down to me Mick, and I'll er, dry them off for you! ;D

Yeah right - like your shed is nice and dry in a storm...

Send them down to me Mick - I will keep them safe and dry in our shop.

What did I do on my bike today?

Tidied up the engine appearance with a light spray of rattle can satin black here and there, and then took some more photos for a possible buyer.





Nice seat! where did you get it? Also, you shouldn't be selling your bike, blasphemy!  ;)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9006 on: January 24, 2012, 12:51:28 pm »
Quote from: crazypj on January 24, 2012, 09:35:52 am
Quote from: Tews19 on January 22, 2012, 08:02:02 pm
Quote from: crazypj on January 22, 2012, 07:51:45 pm
Nope, I'm too broke to go home  ;D
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Well bud, Heal up soon... Need a new avatar pic of maybe 200k/103?

I know its in MPH... I meant get well soon and take a pic of her turning 200k miles and at 103 mph.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9007 on: January 24, 2012, 02:18:11 pm »
Quote from: longshanks on January 24, 2012, 12:26:21 pm
Nice seat! where did you get it? Also, you shouldn't be selling your bike, blasphemy!  ;)

- I made it.

And I know I will incur the wrath of the CB750 gods by selling the bike (particularly the god that lives up the road a bit) - but I have two other project bikes that need my time and resources.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9008 on: January 24, 2012, 03:55:23 pm »
Where to start..POlished the front forks, chrome ears, rear fender, chain gaurd.... Got the front end on, then the rear tire on... Wanted to see how she looked so far. Then decided I am not going to paint the engine and put it in and try to get her done in a few weeks at latest... I tore off the front end, rear tire, carried to the basement... Tried to mount the engine and could not get the bottom bolt on the left side in.... Then it was pointed out I need to remove the swing arm as I did not put the chain around it first................ Then called it a day.



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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9009 on: January 24, 2012, 11:22:25 pm »
I tried to either extend or end the eBay listing on my bike as I found out toady I have to fly to England on Saturday to commit my violently demented 96 year old grandmother into high security care. So the auction will end whilst I am away for two weeks.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9010 on: January 25, 2012, 02:54:27 am »
Got me copper gaskets for the new to 4-1.
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Offline wardenerd

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9011 on: January 25, 2012, 05:20:35 am »
put new brake lines on my 550F.  Good thing one line was barely still there.  A few more hard stops and NOBRAKES.  Put the same ones I put on the 650C from Pampadori
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What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9012 on: January 25, 2012, 05:57:46 am »
Rode to work. On the way drop off gym cloth for my son, The Knucklehead Extraordinaire.

Side note: balaclava makes a world of a difference especially with open helmet.
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Offline K5owner

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9013 on: January 25, 2012, 06:51:36 am »
Funny thing about kids...   I used to keep a spare set of used tail lights for my daughters car. "Dad, I swear that post wasn't there", "Wow, can you pull the back end out". "Someone must of backed into me" & the famous "I only broken one side this time".

Kids, you gotta love em  :)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9014 on: January 25, 2012, 07:03:17 am »
Got HM's book last night.  It was delivered at 7:40pm, it was dark outside.  I had no idea they ran that late when it was not Christmas.

NEway, glanced through the book a while.  Glad I never bought a Clymer or Haynes!!!!!!!   Nice book!!!!!
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Offline kslrr

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9015 on: January 25, 2012, 09:03:22 am »
I thought about how much I missed them and what I want to work on as soon as I get back to Vegas.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9016 on: January 25, 2012, 12:58:35 pm »
Quote from: Really? on January 25, 2012, 07:03:17 am
Got HM's book last night.  It was delivered at 7:40pm, it was dark outside.  I had no idea they ran that late when it was not Christmas.

NEway, glanced through the book a while.  Glad I never bought a Clymer or Haynes!!!!!!!   Nice book!!!!!

Got mine a few weeks ago with that major discount (33%!!)  and I'm super impressed with it.  It is well worth the full price with all the color pictures, and the wealth of knowledge inside.

Well done HondaMan!



Today I finally rode my 500 a bit...felt great!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9017 on: January 25, 2012, 02:04:20 pm »
Put my Motad exhaust on to try for size, then it became coldso I went indoors.  :-\

« Last Edit: January 25, 2012, 02:09:47 pm by LesterPiglet »
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Offline Terry in Australia

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9018 on: January 25, 2012, 02:21:21 pm »
Quote from: maduncle on January 24, 2012, 11:22:25 pm
I tried to either extend or end the eBay listing on my bike as I found out toady I have to fly to England on Saturday to commit my violently demented 96 year old grandmother into high security care. So the auction will end whilst I am away for two weeks.

That not good Cliff, sorry to hear about your granny. If you want to make me the "point of contact" for your auction, I'll be happy to help. Cheers, terry. ;D
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So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9019 on: January 25, 2012, 03:48:05 pm »
...head arrived and it is looking good to me, no broken or bent cooling ribs  ;D and no pitting at the valves. Have to clean it an take out the valves springs to check the exhaust valve guides.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9020 on: January 25, 2012, 07:42:10 pm »
Sunday:  Bought it for $275 K7 750F   :) (seized, no seat, no tank, nothing works)
Monday:  Launched into tearing it down
Tuesday:  continued tearing it down...damn swing arm rod is putting up a fight.
Today...the battle continues  ;D
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9021 on: January 25, 2012, 08:14:52 pm »
Quote from: Falken on January 25, 2012, 07:42:10 pm
Sunday:  Bought it for $275 K7 750F   :) (seized, no seat, no tank, nothing works)
Monday:  Launched into tearing it down
Tuesday:  continued tearing it down...damn swing arm rod is putting up a fight.
Today...the battle continues  ;D

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9022 on: January 25, 2012, 08:16:53 pm »
the lump is finally buffed/cleaned enough for me, looks pretty good so i stuffed it back in the frame.  gotta
blast and paint the two mounting plates, wire-brush the long thru-bolts and loctite that baby in there.   
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9023 on: January 25, 2012, 11:05:38 pm »
I rode my 76 to Kaimana Beach to take a swim and then rode around for a few hours with no particular destination in Honolulu.  It was a good day!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9024 on: January 26, 2012, 12:04:11 am »
Quote from: CB750wannabe on January 25, 2012, 11:05:38 pm
I rode my 76 to Kaimana Beach to take a swim and then rode around for a few hours with no particular destination in Honolulu.  It was a good day!

Whoa, is it true? Another Hawaii rider?
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Filled the gouges in my headlight bucket. Will prime/paint tomorrow. Also, the bucket had a cut all the way from the back hole to the edge. Is that normal, or is it another "wtf did the PO do?!" thing? 74 550, btw. Because I fiberglassed it back together already.

Completely squared away the wiring. Replaced all the crazy splices, nicked wires, and burnt up wires near the fuses. Also put new heat shrink on the cracked, brittle tubing (the big bundle of wires). Will get some pictures tomorrow.

STILL waiting on my replacement fork. 20 days and counting :(
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