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Offline heffay

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9625 on: March 21, 2012, 12:50:11 pm »
looks pretty ok theofam... just parched... i can't make out much damage
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9626 on: March 21, 2012, 12:53:43 pm »
Quote from: seaweb11 on November 07, 2009, 08:07:25 pm
I walked by mine today and thought, it's time to fill the tanks, run some stabilizer through them all, drain the carbs and put in a bit of oil to lube the cylinders.

What did you do on yours today?

Did you do any of those things? LOL
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9627 on: March 21, 2012, 12:57:01 pm »
See my post "Put shorter shocks on" Just below this thread.
Four photos. http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=104078.0
« Last Edit: March 21, 2012, 12:59:36 pm by lucky »
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9628 on: March 21, 2012, 05:04:30 pm »
I cleaned up the fenders I bobbed with a friends plasma cutter, using a very low tech angle grinder.

It worked. And I didn't f-up the chrome (but I'll  probably strip and paint em anyway, just because I like the look better)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9629 on: March 21, 2012, 06:23:47 pm »
20C today, 1st one out of storage was the Interceptor.  Put 267km on it. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9630 on: March 22, 2012, 05:23:50 am »
Walked by the base coat painted 550 tank and side covers while I wait for the decals.  Rode the 650 to work
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9631 on: March 22, 2012, 06:38:30 am »
Changed plugs to 8 and rode to work in thick fog.

Amazing how many cars drive without lights.  Seems like less visible color the car has more likely to drive without headlights. Morons!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9632 on: March 22, 2012, 10:24:44 am »
Started the front end yesterday, finished today! Tapered bearings is the way to go. Ride is so much smoother. rebuilt the forks, new seals from alls balls. Polished the front forks, installed original chrome ears and replaced tappet gaskets, finally wired it properly where the front and rear blink at the same time and cut off the BMX hand grips and put nice ones on. Will post pics once the bike is cleaned.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9633 on: March 22, 2012, 09:35:22 pm »
Got the rear wheel on the 750 K8 today... started it up.. and rode it up and down the lane ( driveway ) where I live like a madman, no 'lid' and no reg. plate...yeah,yeah.. I'll get it all legal tomorrow ;D...
16K miles on the 'rolling chassis' and 12K miles on the motor, I'm stoked  8)
« Last Edit: March 22, 2012, 09:37:36 pm by Spanner 1 »
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9634 on: March 22, 2012, 11:07:30 pm »
GZ 2.0 on reigned over my 500 as Geminimotors (Mike) synced up my carbs yesterday.  Good thing one of us knew what we were doing (it wasn't me  ;) )

Today was pretty fun with the 750.  Started right up with the carbs I rebuilt, with gas coming from the petcock I rebuilt, connected to the tank I cleaned up...I've had to rebuild/clean/replace almost every part on that bike, and I've smashed the crap out of my fingers along the way, so it feels pretty good to almost get her out the door.



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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9635 on: March 22, 2012, 11:10:28 pm »
Quote from: Spanner 1 on March 22, 2012, 09:35:22 pm
Got the rear wheel on the 750 K8 today... started it up.. and rode it up and down the lane ( driveway ) where I live like a madman, no 'lid' and no reg. plate...yeah,yeah.. I'll get it all legal tomorrow ;D...
16K miles on the 'rolling chassis' and 12K miles on the motor, I'm stoked  8)

Nice 8)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9636 on: March 22, 2012, 11:29:22 pm »
Quote from: Greggo on March 22, 2012, 11:07:30 pm
GZ 2.0 on reigned over my 500 as Geminimotors (Mike) synced up my carbs yesterday.  Good thing one of us knew what we were doing (it wasn't me  ;) )

Today was pretty fun with the 750.  Started right up with the carbs I rebuilt, with gas coming from the petcock I rebuilt, connected to the tank I cleaned up...I've had to rebuild/clean/replace almost every part on that bike, and I've smashed the crap out of my fingers along the way, so it feels pretty good to almost get her out the door.



Please post the recent sightings of the lizard on the team thread. 8)
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Offline Terry in Australia

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9637 on: March 23, 2012, 01:31:26 am »
Quote from: theofam on March 21, 2012, 12:41:27 pm
Popped open my motor today and found an oil famine on the western shores of the head.  Drop by [url]http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=79515.246]http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=79515.246] [url]http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=79515.246[/url] and provide guidance if you're so inclined.

Here's what a parched cam looks like:



I couldn't open the link mate, I'll go see if I can find it elsewhere. Cheers, Terry. ;D



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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9638 on: March 23, 2012, 06:38:04 am »
Yesterday, on the way from work, I just couldnt get enough - so I was cruising the area like some crazy flying dutchmen. From 9PM till midnight, she must be possesed or something:)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9639 on: March 23, 2012, 01:41:19 pm »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on March 23, 2012, 01:31:26 am

I couldn't open the link mate, I'll go see if I can find it elsewhere. Cheers, Terry. ;D

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=79515.246

Quote from: 70CB750 on March 23, 2012, 06:38:04 am
Yesterday, on the way from work, I just couldnt get enough - so I was cruising the area like some crazy flying dutchmen. From 9PM till midnight, she must be possesed or something:)
haha nice reference
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9640 on: March 23, 2012, 05:50:08 pm »
Tonight ride was a punishment. I got hit by several millions bugs in the face. Sometimes open face helmet is a really bad idea.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9641 on: March 23, 2012, 06:02:00 pm »
Quote from: 70CB750 on March 23, 2012, 05:50:08 pm
Tonight ride was a punishment. I got hit by several millions bugs in the face. Sometimes open face helmet is a really bad idea.

you don't have a face shield? I got a clear one for my open face just in case ;)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9642 on: March 23, 2012, 06:18:07 pm »
Just goggles. Going down on bars helped a lot.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9643 on: March 23, 2012, 06:22:43 pm »
Quote from: 70CB750 on March 23, 2012, 06:18:07 pm
Just goggles. Going down on bars helped a lot.

I had to re-read that one, I thought you wrote "Going down in bars helped". Oops............ ;D
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9644 on: March 23, 2012, 06:26:35 pm »
Changed out my gauges, the originals faces were all cracked up so I put some good ones off a 75 550 on. And I rode the 500 for the first time today WOOHOO! 8)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9645 on: March 23, 2012, 07:45:30 pm »
Well, I replaced the head gasket put the cam back in and put the head back together.  With fingers crossed, I put gas in the tank and made a valiant effort to get the engine started.  After a few pops and groans the baby beast fired up and ran like a champ.  I feel like a Honda mechanic king.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9646 on: March 23, 2012, 09:39:12 pm »
2 new tires and tubes, 4 freshly cleaned and lightly rebuilt carbs, 2 kicks, 1 ride.   ;)

Shane
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9647 on: March 24, 2012, 03:26:18 am »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on March 23, 2012, 06:22:43 pm
Quote from: 70CB750 on March 23, 2012, 06:18:07 pm
Just goggles. Going down on bars helped a lot.

I had to re-read that one, I thought you wrote "Going down in bars helped". Oops............ ;D

I am sure it would help too ;D
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9648 on: March 24, 2012, 05:26:58 am »
Finally found the collar for the rear wheel.......whew!!!

Reinstalled the wheel on the bike..........awwwwwww....much better ride.

Thanks to forum member Tugboat for asking the ? 'bout rear wheel issues, and madmtnmotors for showing the in-dept pics.

 I learned I have been riding my bike w/o the collar.

Now onto the next problem of gittin this darn thing to idle correctly.

Thanks guys.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #9649 on: March 24, 2012, 07:14:02 am »
Quote from: dawdish on March 23, 2012, 06:26:35 pm
Changed out my gauges, the originals faces were all cracked up so I put some good ones off a 75 550 on. And I rode the 500 for the first time today WOOHOO! 8)

are those gauges going to be accurate? they look good on there but they seem like they would be off.
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