Topic: What did you do to your bike today ?

[oldhatt45]

Only goes to prove the old saying.

If you can't play with it and you can't eat it,
Poop on it and walk away.



Charlie
PS:  Rubber handles Gooooooddddddd!

[evanphi]

Got my new rear tire in the mail...

Same as before, just not worn down! Bridgestone Spitfire 130/90-17. Going to my father in laws to change it on the weekend (he has tire changer!)



Also checked the fluid level in my battery... almost all bare! No wonder my smart charger was bleeping at me! Filled with distilled... going to do a load test tomorrow.

[edwardmorris]

12 hour marathon, but I got my K2 engine 95% buttoned up.

[Jo3f1sh]

Fixed my flat.

[ekpent]

  So working to get a K2 road worthy. Have it running and ready just need a gas tank. Tank interior and cap was quite rusty, forgot pic. I am a 'The Works" guy. Put in some nuts and bolts and sealed the bottom petcock holes with a plate and rubber strip. Put in a bottle and a half of the works and installed an expandable rubber plumber plug at the filler. Had already put a coat of unbuffed wax on tank and also kept wet with a hose in case of a leak. Shake baby shake, sideways, upside down shake shake shake. Let the acid do its thing. Carefully took off top bung, there will be pressure. Emptied works through petcock hole, thoroughly flushed with water along with a baking soda rinse.
  The key to success is drying quickly so hooked up my reversible 165mph shop vac and quickly blew it dry. Installed petcock, added a gallon or so of gas with a dash of two stroke oil. Boom baby done in around 2-3 hours and ready to move on to the next little project. 

[evanphi]

Zing! Shiny!

I rode to work today... Only 1 degree C out today. Fingers almost fell off by the time I got there... And I got cut off while making a left hand turn... Good day so far!

Going to get my tire changed tomorrowwwwww

[Davez134]

... And I got cut off while making a left hand turn... Good day so far!

You know if you throw your hand up like that with all your fingers, he probably just thinks you're waving. Got to let them know they are #1!

[MoMo]

... And I got cut off while making a left hand turn... Good day so far!

You know if you throw your hand up like that with all your fingers, he probably just thinks you're waving. Got to let them know they are #1!

Yep, always use the universal sign of ill will

[evanphi]

... And I got cut off while making a left hand turn... Good day so far!

You know if you throw your hand up like that with all your fingers, he probably just thinks you're waving. Got to let them know they are #1!

Thanks! I forgot!

We hit a red light about a KM later... pulled up next to him, but decided against exchanging words. Not worth it.

All new motorcycles should come with horn buttons on both sides of the bars... that way we can lay on the horn AND flip the bird!

[PeWe]

New rod holder with pilot lamps for K6 from z1-parts-inc.
No HONDA text, but correct order of pilot lamps with highbeam for K6.
The other replicas for the older bikes with Honda text, Beam instead of Highbeam look cheap.
The HONDA text should be relief, text that a blind person can read with finger. Strange that NOS can not be found

[kap384@telus.net]

Installed the new Seat Concepts seat on my CRF450x and installed new sprockets.  Need to bleed brakes

[eigenvector]

Think I found the source for the blown fuse when I use my turn signals.  The grab bar was rubbing on the fender - pinching the turn signal wires and shorting them out.

Now I have to repair and re-wire the turn signals.  No big deal - just more work than I wanted.

[joeyvans]

No big deal - just more work than I wanted.

That should be the SOHC motto.

[PeWe]

No big deal - just more work than I wanted.

That should be the SOHC motto.

Sure it is when the bike project become more and more serious as time goes by and getting new ideas on this forum.

[seanbarney41]

No big deal - just more work than I wanted.

That should be the SOHC motto.

funny you should say that... to me sohc's are less and less work...they are so rock solid dependable, I hardly have to do much to them

[eigenvector]

It took me a while to get my bike to a place where I too don't have to do much to it.

My bike was rode hard and put away wet when I got it, so it had lots and lots of issues.  I've slowly but surely chipped away at those issues.
I have a lot of incidental tweaks, but some of those are probably not really necessary - the fact that the bike's mainly mechanical rather than electronic probably encourages me to do more than I normally would.

[joeyvans]

funny you should say that... to me sohc's are less and less work...they are so rock solid dependable, I hardly have to do much to them

I completely agree, Sean. Once I get to the point of being happy with how my bike is set up, it should be very little work. Being a perfectionist, the journey to that point is at times frustrating. Happy weekend!

[PeWe]

Repaired thread for a cam stud with helicoil I knew was rising.  Big-Sert thread insert went in, Loctite 272 to keep it in place. New stud sealed with teflon high temp sealer.
Ended up by mounting another cam and timed it. It has recently been in so adjusted IN open/close as I know it should be.

[InAquaVeritas]

Started putting my engine back together! Finally got to that stage!

Pulled the needle bearings from the main shaft. Tried with brute force, but ended up taking out the needles and cage, and using a regular bearing pulled to get the out. Tapped the new ones in with an alu spacer that's the same diameter.


Replaced the chains and a few bearings, still would like to do the big one but it's hard to find.


One half of the gear box works well!





I'm stuck with the neutral switch though, I can't get it back together. I have a 1978 F2 and the neutral switch is a lot more complex than the Hondaman book shows:

How does this go together and am I even correct that this is all neutral switch? It's been a while since I pulled it and didn't take pictures...


Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met behulp van Tapatalk

[JeffM]

Pulled the carbs, bench synced, put them back on, put on my new Uni air filter, vacuum synced the carbs, went for a little ride and then washed the bike.

[Hasenkopf]

Casting an intake manifold for a supercharged cb550

[jerry h]

Casting an intake manifold for a supercharged cb550

Wow!  Do you have a project thread going?  If so what's it called, if not get one going.  Would love to see more .....

[mystic_1]

Casting an intake manifold for a supercharged cb550

Holy crap!  I love how casually you toss that out there, too.

Other dudes are like "I changed my oil" or "I fixed my tire" and you're like "Oh yeah, I did some work too..." than then KABLAM you drop that on us. 

I managed to find this post from late last year:

supercharge this....

But we Want To Know More! 

mystic_1

[DaveBarbier]

Trie to finish up wiring in some new switches...
Then this happened...
Note to self: Don't substitute the motorcycle lift with 9 year old daughters arm...

Oh no! You owe her so much ice cream! She seems to be taking it well enough. I don't see tears rushing down her face...in the picture at least. I don't even know how many bones I broke as a kid her age. On the bright side, they heal quick and it gives her some street cred. "Broke my arm while working on the motorcycle. Just a day in the life of a badass."


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1978 Honda CB550K

[eigenvector]

Jesus that's a terrible break.  Both bones.