Author Topic: (Dirty Rat Bastard) hub question??? (Read 25995 times)

cb544 · « **Reply #25 on:** April 19, 2010, 07:19:05 am »

Keep it up! That seat is gonna be suhweet- makes me want to take mine down to the pan and rebuild it with some sort of cowl to hold the electrics or just as a luggage box. Sorry officer, my seat is stuck-

75cb550 (kyle) · « **Reply #26 on:** April 19, 2010, 07:22:03 am »

thank you sir... just left you one as well.. tag youre it

75cb550 (kyle) · « **Reply #27 on:** April 19, 2010, 04:34:06 pm »

got her tagged today and went on the first legal ride. still does not have the front fender/brake on and needs chain adjusted/cleaned/lubed but it was nice. put about 3 miles on it. dont wanna go much further without front brakes though...

Stev-o · « **Reply #28 on:** April 19, 2010, 06:36:37 pm »

Quote from: 75cb550 (kyle) on April 19, 2010, 04:34:06 pm

got her tagged today and went on the first legal ride. still does not have the front fender/brake on and needs chain adjusted/cleaned/lubed but it was nice. put about 3 miles on it. dont wanna go much further without front brakes though...

Congrats - bet that was a good feeling!

75cb550 (kyle) · « **Reply #29 on:** April 19, 2010, 07:34:11 pm »

it definately didnt suck. it just made me that more motivated to get her finished up. air filter and fork seals should arrive this week and next week i will have it good and on the road, i think..

75cb550 (kyle) · « **Reply #30 on:** April 20, 2010, 09:01:57 pm »

didn't get a lot done today. i did make a rough cut on the seat pan.. i think it's pretty close to what i'm looking for. also finished up the right side cover (for now)

Stev-o · « **Reply #31 on:** April 21, 2010, 04:54:24 am »

The seat loks to be coming to shape. What type of covering do you plan on going with?

75cb550 (kyle) · « **Reply #32 on:** April 21, 2010, 06:46:56 am »

Quote from: meriggi on April 21, 2010, 04:54:24 am

The seat loks to be coming to shape. What type of covering do you plan on going with?

i'm not sure yet. i first planned on just wrapping in vinyl. but i've been tossing around the idea of leather. not sure. probably just go with the vinyl due to budget and experience level... would like to try some leather work at some point... maybe on the next one..

any suggestions/tips???

Elkie · « **Reply #33 on:** April 21, 2010, 06:50:34 am »

I like the way it follows the curve of the fender. I saw in another thread, a guy went to a thrift store and bought an old leather jacket for material. Might be an option for ya.

75cb550 (kyle) · « **Reply #34 on:** April 21, 2010, 07:28:16 am »

thank you sir, i never thought of that...

Stev-o · « **Reply #35 on:** April 21, 2010, 06:42:51 pm »

Quote from: Elkie on April 21, 2010, 06:50:34 am

I saw in another thread, a guy went to a thrift store and bought an old leather jacket for material.

I saw that and was thinkin' the same thing. This guy is very creative:

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=66334.25

75cb550 (kyle) · « **Reply #36 on:** April 22, 2010, 09:38:17 pm »

didnt do a whole lot today... waiting for the fork seals to shop up...
fender is dry and looks good enough for the girls i go with...

75cb550 (kyle) · « **Reply #37 on:** April 24, 2010, 10:16:35 pm »

got the fork seals done and the front brakes on and fender mounted...

first off, it's important to have well organized work area

this is what came out of the forks

pretty rough looking

mounted the fender and new front caliper seal (hopefully for the last time)

and this is the fun i get to finish up with in the morning. im beat

traveler · « **Reply #38 on:** April 24, 2010, 10:46:07 pm »

Looks good.

Keep at it....one step at a time.

~Joe

Elkie · « **Reply #39 on:** April 25, 2010, 05:45:52 pm »

When I changed my fork seals, the stuff that came out was gray, and stunk. Looks like your coming along nicely.

75cb550 (kyle) · « **Reply #40 on:** April 25, 2010, 05:49:13 pm »

good the front brakes bled and put 20 miles on here today... it was beautiful riding weather, a bit windy but not bad in town.

and in case you didn't notice, i finally broke down a bought camera... so no more #$%*ty cell phone pics

Stev-o · « **Reply #41 on:** April 27, 2010, 08:21:07 pm »

We noticed...thanks!

75cb550 (kyle) · « **Reply #42 on:** April 28, 2010, 09:42:54 am »

didn't ride today... lower back is killing from something i did about a month ago... im hoping its not the ride that agrivated it... did find that my clutch cable was routed incorrectly last night. lube and rerouted. now the lever is way smoother... hopefully ride tomorrow depending on weather and how my back feels. will get the side cover from my dads and paint it this weekend

Elkie · « **Reply #43 on:** April 28, 2010, 11:05:05 am »

I know how you feel, just got my antique title and tags yesterday. Have Fun!

75cb550 (kyle) · « **Reply #44 on:** May 01, 2010, 07:12:37 am »

about to head down to my dads shop and work on my seat pan and right side cover... did ride out to my buddys last night and back this morning... just barely missed the rain.

my buddy wanted to pose with my jacket

Stev-o · « **Reply #45 on:** May 01, 2010, 09:25:57 am »

Quote from: 75cb550 (kyle) on May 01, 2010, 07:12:37 am

about to head down to my dads shop and work on my seat pan and right side cover... did ride out to my buddys last night and back this morning... just barely missed the rain.

my buddy wanted to pose with my jacket

Pool table in th garage - cool! I had one in my living room when I was single!

75cb550 (kyle) · « **Reply #46 on:** May 01, 2010, 10:18:23 am »

wish i had a garage that big. i dont think that thing would fit in my garage.

75cb550 (kyle) · « **Reply #47 on:** May 02, 2010, 02:12:11 pm »

worked on the seat some more...

those spike strips came in...

heres what the pan looks like on the bike

75cb550 (kyle) · « **Reply #48 on:** May 02, 2010, 02:13:29 pm »

75cb550 (kyle) · « **Reply #49 on:** May 04, 2010, 08:18:35 pm »

picked up some supplies for the seat work... but spent most of the night figuring out why my left turn signal would not work... ended up being just some connections in the headlamp bucket. anyway, here's what i have to work with in the next couple of days...

...more pics to come

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