Topic: What did you do to your bike today ?

[Terry in Australia]

On Tuesday afternoon we had a rare August "cold" front roll through, woke up yesterday and it was a glorious 73 degrees. The last ride I went on, the temp was 104!

Rolled some of the bikes out and decided to take the little Kaw 500 for a ride...






 

Looks great Steve, I’m looking forward to some warmer weather so I can return to my two H1 projects.

[Stev-o]

On Tuesday afternoon we had a rare August "cold" front roll through, woke up yesterday and it was a glorious 73 degrees. The last ride I went on, the temp was 104!

Rolled some of the bikes out and decided to take the little Kaw 500 for a ride...






 

Looks great Steve, I’m looking forward to some warmer weather so I can return to my two H1 projects.

Thanks Terry...was wondering about your H1, have not seen an update lately. 
I'd kill for some cooler weather...

[Really?]

On Tuesday afternoon we had a rare August "cold" front roll through, woke up yesterday and it was a glorious 73 degrees. The last ride I went on, the temp was 104!

Rolled some of the bikes out and decided to take the little Kaw 500 for a ride...



Dreamy




 

[Stev-o]

On Tuesday afternoon we had a rare August "cold" front roll through, woke up yesterday and it was a glorious 73 degrees. The last ride I went on, the temp was 104!

Rolled some of the bikes out and decided to take the little Kaw 500 for a ride...





 

Dreamy

Really?!!

[spotty]

Next step is work out how that tank is going to fit, there may be some grinding....
Also needs a frame loop over the back guard but the bridge over it won't be cut

[HondaMan]

Got a new battery. This time it will be the AGM type.

[spotty]

A tank too far ?

[RAFster122s]

Pretty chesty tank, definitely would need some paint, a lot of people would never know what it came off of...you could make up some great stories for it to pull people's leg who were none the wiser.

It is a love child of some BMW tank and a Ducati... Tell them it was a prototype tank you got from an ex works team manager that some group tested... Or some such flaff

[spotty]

Doesn't look quite as cumbersome with the front end in

[Gurp]

Painted and switch out my top triples today. Outside of course so I can leave the lift open for my pals Softail. Didn't realize there was a difference between 550 and 500 top triples till today.
I realize the tubes are uneven nothing is at it's finals stage yet.  I just wanted to get it on there.

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[Don R]

 I put it on a shelf (yard sale special) and spread the parts among my stash and projects.

[fizzlebottom]

New shocks!

I went with Progressive Suspension. I'm really liking the fresh black paint paired with the 41 year old patina everywhere else except the exhaust. I'm aiming to unchrome the bike, because I'm not a fan of black + chrome. I wouldn't mind more brushed aluminum or a more general matte finish on some hardware. Getting there.

[Old Scrambler]

My K3 got a new clutch cable and adjustment ride..........as well as a speedo cable that works ........cleaned and dry-lubed the clocks and put the sissy-bar on for some expected overnight trips this winter. Now going into the trailer for a circuitous trip from Pocatello to Quartsite AZ.........trying to do a side trip across CO to go up Pikes Peak in late September or the first days of October.

[Kelly E]

Today we finished up the 74' CB 550 K0. The float valve on #4 carb got stuck so we got it cleaned out. We got it running but no time for a test ride today. It still needs the new rings broken in so the next step is a couple of good rides to get it done.

[Terry in Australia]

Spotty and I had a great day yesterday working on my other Triumph Rocket 3 and his K7 "Dirtbike" project. I took this pic of a couple of his other bikes.

Rocket iii Saturday 26 Aug 2023 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

I'm slowly gathering parts together to clean up the R3. I bought the red sidecovers from a US seller who was wrecking a 2005 R3 with low mileage. Am very happy with them, a PO scratched up the chrome covers and rattle canned them, and a lot of other parts a crappy matte black, ad cut a hole in the left one for a crappy ignition switch, the red ones are one heck of an improvement, and match my OEM paint. The paint is unblemished, the marks are just reflections.

Rocket iii Saturday 26 Aug 2023 2 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

We replaced the super long brake hoses with new Wezmoto hoses that are just the right length. I need to buy shorter throttle and clutch cables, when I bought the bike it had stupid high ape hangers, so with the Honda bars that are on it now, the cables are too long. We also temporarily installed an after market coolant expansion tank to the crashbar, as the OEM item looks pretty ugly.

Rocket iii Saturday 26 Aug 2023 7 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

All up it looks pretty good. I've just ordered new coils and will order the shorter cables today.

Rocket iii Saturday 26 Aug 2023 5 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

We also installed new tapered roller steering head bearings on Spotty's K7, and once I modify his top triple clamp (front end off CB900) to accept some dirt bike handlebars, he'll be able to roll it around while he fabricates some new parts for it. All in all, a good productive day in his shop.

[PeWe]

That Rocket look really good, Terry!
Look comfortable and I can imagine the brutal torque with less need to gear down when in need to accelerate.

You and Spotty are the "Rocket Guys/Men", right?

Can you stay away from buying another one if you see a project Rocket for a good price?

[grcamna2]

That V-Max rocks 

[Terry in Australia]

That Rocket look really good, Terry!
Look comfortable and I can imagine the brutal torque with less need to gear down when in need to accelerate.

You and Spotty are the "Rocket Guys/Men", right?

Can you stay away from buying another one if you see a project Rocket for a good price?

Thanks Per, I'm really enjoying getting it back into shape, little by little. No I won't buy another one, this one has given us both enough headaches, I'll just be happy to get it to the stage where it's reliable. Not there yet, but running out of things that need replacing.....

[wolf550]

made a new starter cover for the other bike and went to test fit
also going to make another electrics side tray for the other bike

[Kelly E]

Today we cut 2" off the 84' VF 700S Sabre. I still need to do a little more filing to smooth up the edge. It was too tall after I broke the last 2 vertebrae and lost an inch to go with the inch I lost when I broke the first 2 vertebrae. It was a little nerve wracking cutting a 41yo thin windscreen. 

[ekpent]

Sold a Suzuki T250 recently. Pulled this project out of storage yesterday.  Gave it a birdie bath and detailed it out a little. Fired up pretty easily off a slave tank. Will it be the next victim of my purge ?  hmmmm

[Stev-o]

Sold a Suzuki T250 recently. Pulled this project out of storage yesterday.  Gave it a birdie bath and detailed it out a little. Fired up pretty easily off a slave tank. Will it be the next victim of my purge ?  hmmmm

Eric sold a bike?!   Could this be caused by Global Warming?!!   

Love those old Suzi's, need to get my TS250 back on the trail this winter.

[MauiK3]

Whats the goal for the purge? Sell two, buy three?🤙🏼

[Kelly E]

Sold a Suzuki T250 recently. Pulled this project out of storage yesterday.  Gave it a birdie bath and detailed it out a little. Fired up pretty easily off a slave tank. Will it be the next victim of my purge ?  hmmmm

Eric sold a bike?!   Could this be caused by Global Warming?!!   

Love those old Suzi's, need to get my TS250 back on the trail this winter.

We got another old Suzuki yesterday. It's a 1981 GS 1100E with 16k miles on it. We got it for the $400 owed on work already done. It had the petcock fail and dump gas in the oil which caused oil leakage at the head gasket. The bike still runs and rides good. We'll fix the head gasket and replace the rotting exhaust with a Delkevik exhaust system.

[grcamna2]

Sold a Suzuki T250 recently. Pulled this project out of storage yesterday.  Gave it a birdie bath and detailed it out a little. Fired up pretty easily off a slave tank. Will it be the next victim of my purge ?  hmmmm

Eric sold a bike?!   Could this be caused by Global Warming?!!   

Love those old Suzi's, need to get my TS250 back on the trail this winter.

We got another old Suzuki yesterday. It's a 1981 GS 1100E with 16k miles on it. We got it for the $400 owed on work already done. It had the petcock fail and dump gas in the oil which caused oil leakage at the head gasket. The bike still runs and rides good. We'll fix the head gasket and replace the rotting exhaust with a Delkevik exhaust system.

Kelly,now you've got a 'brother bike' 81' GS1100E to your 1980 silver GS1100E;Classic Superbikes.