Author Topic: What did you do to your bike today ? (Read 3158073 times)

johsch · « **Reply #16800 on:** February 25, 2014, 10:01:10 am »

Got my new brakes and rear set mounted. If only the winter would end so I could try how they work.

Tintop · « **Reply #16801 on:** February 25, 2014, 01:00:46 pm »

Quote from: johsch on February 25, 2014, 10:01:10 am

Got my new brakes and rear set mounted. If only the winter would end so I could try how they work.

johsch, what rear brake setup did you use with the spoked rear wheel??

Stev-o · « **Reply #16802 on:** February 25, 2014, 04:00:04 pm »

Roller coaster day....started out good, took inventory on all the parts I've received over the past week: springs, bearings, ss spokes, cables, brake parts...check

So, decide to work on the forks and get them apart and find the lower pipe broken into pieces. WTF??

Have you seen this? How could it happen?? Had proper amount of oil, all bolts tight, nothing else looks odd.

bjbuchanan · « **Reply #16803 on:** February 25, 2014, 06:25:38 pm »

Does the allen bolt thread in to there, the bottom of the damper rod right? Could have impacted it with a high torque one? Just guessing

Stev-o · « **Reply #16804 on:** February 25, 2014, 06:45:40 pm »

Quote from: bjbuchanan on February 25, 2014, 06:25:38 pm

Does the allen bolt thread in to there, the bottom of the damper rod right? Could have impacted it with a high torque one? Just guessing

The SHS screws in the bottom, it is broken on the top.

Adam_F · « **Reply #16805 on:** February 25, 2014, 07:37:46 pm »

Had a little knocking at idle... so I adjusted the tappets + cam chain tensioner and vacuumed synched my carbs. Now all i hear is a sweet sweet purrrrrrrrr

johsch · « **Reply #16806 on:** February 25, 2014, 10:07:22 pm »

Tintop, I got them from here:
http://www.isrbrakes.se/

Tintop · « **Reply #16807 on:** February 26, 2014, 07:15:31 am »

Interesting stuff, thanks johsch, saved to favorites.

edwardmorris · « **Reply #16808 on:** February 26, 2014, 08:20:11 pm »

Still cleaning up the hardware, ran out of 500 grit paper. Probably a good break, been using too much elbow grease.

tweakin · « **Reply #16809 on:** February 27, 2014, 05:28:06 pm »

Fired the 71 for the first time today!

1971 cb750 K1 JDM

MCRider · « **Reply #16810 on:** February 27, 2014, 05:38:33 pm »

Tweakin: Very nice!

Query: Do the Joker valve caps foul the petcock?

Magpie · « **Reply #16811 on:** February 27, 2014, 06:30:44 pm »

Pulled the twins out of the garage into the sun shine and got them running. Will give each one a new battery, a set of plugs, carb sync, valve clearance check and tune up. Lots of fun! Cliff.

tweakin · « **Reply #16812 on:** February 27, 2014, 06:40:08 pm »

Quote from: MCRider on February 27, 2014, 05:38:33 pm

Tweakin: Very nice!

Query: Do the Joker valve caps foul the petcock?

They fit great, no interference.

70CB750 · « **Reply #16813 on:** February 28, 2014, 03:50:59 am »

Installed head on the F engine for good.

OK, not true. Installed the head and realized I did not check if the 2 O-rings are in place - they always stayed there, but I did not want to take the chance so I pulled it off again.

Long story short, the o-rings were there, happy as ever, but would you assemble an engine with a shred of doubt?

Head is installed, torqued, ready for towers.

tweakin · « **Reply #16814 on:** February 28, 2014, 07:08:23 am »

Finished the K1

flybox1 · « **Reply #16815 on:** February 28, 2014, 07:15:58 am »

Quote from: tweakin on February 27, 2014, 05:28:06 pm

Fired the 71 for the first time today!

1971 cb750 K1 JDM

Maiden is always good shop music.
Bike sounds good, too

nevernoluck · « **Reply #16816 on:** February 28, 2014, 07:20:13 am »

Looked at it sitting out in the weather and cried

, thinking of all the work I have to do so I can ride again this year, limping it by I'm over, time to fix if winter would warm up into at least the 30s, I have no shed or garage

Peterengland · « **Reply #16817 on:** February 28, 2014, 07:55:55 am »

Vacuum synched the carbs and fitted new coil for 2&3 as the leads had degraded so much where they enter the coil, coil 1&4 is fine though, bike runs great!

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #16818 on:** February 28, 2014, 12:48:16 pm »

Bought more stuff..!!, Did 6 laps in a Ford V8 supercar, now that was fun.....

strynboen · « **Reply #16819 on:** February 28, 2014, 02:07:21 pm »

got fixed the forks vith oil..and cut new threds to the air screv on the caliber..so now the yamaha are komplet ready for spring

mjstone · « **Reply #16820 on:** February 28, 2014, 03:08:07 pm »

Broke my record again today! -15F for this mornings ride into work today. Thankfully there was next to no wind.

MJ

MoMo · « **Reply #16821 on:** February 28, 2014, 03:46:13 pm »

Quote from: mjstone on February 28, 2014, 03:08:07 pm

Broke my record again today! -15F for this mornings ride into work today. Thankfully there was next to no wind.

MJ

-15 and you rode a motorcycle

You have to win the diehard of the year award. Coldest I ever did was low teens and that was when I was 20ish...Larry

750K · « **Reply #16822 on:** February 28, 2014, 04:02:33 pm »

Quote from: tweakin on February 28, 2014, 07:08:23 am

Finished the K1

Beautiful, how do you like that pipe. I've been thinking of grabbing a pipe from motogp werks, they look so sharp in stainless steel. Did you have to do any major tuning or jetting?

Wobbly · « **Reply #16823 on:** March 01, 2014, 07:01:03 am »

Make-It-Look-New-And-Brag-About-It Day: Picked and installed a new K8 tank with blue stripes, a new F2 chain guard, new rear fender, tail light, bracket, license plate frame, new fork ears, new fork garnish and emblem, new clutch and ignition cover, new tappet hole caps, a few new bolts and nuts here and there, finalized the dual-disc front brake setup. I collected NOS parts for the past 30 years, and I figured it’s time to have fun with them.

MarkCR750 · « **Reply #16824 on:** March 01, 2014, 07:13:44 am »

Looks better than new!!!!!!!!!!

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