Tech Forums > Project Shop
James' 77 550f.
OneWheelDrive:
--- Quote from: jinx2350 on May 09, 2012, 10:51:28 AM ---Hey luceja,
I've got a couple of 550 parts bikes here in Portland. 74 and 76. I'd be happy to part with the pair of them or have you come take a look for parts. one is pretty rough...heads are off. The other is so/so, with valve cover off. Both are in frames without tanks or seats or bars. No telling how long they've been sitting, but I'm local and price is flexible. Maybe even willing to trade for help with my own bike one day. Send a PM if you're interested.
--- End quote ---
Wow! What a kind offer. Sorry to hear about your troubles. I am currently holding the $hitty end of the stick from a mistake that I made all on my own, so I know how you feel. Sometimes you've gotta learn the hard way. Honestly, if it were my bike, with that much damage, there would be a donor motor going in there. I can't imagine the cost or effort involved to bring that lower end back to safe and running order. Drink a Rouge Brewing Hazelnut Brown for me. Good luck!
luceja:
--- Quote from: OneWheelDrive on May 09, 2012, 10:59:24 AM ---
--- Quote from: jinx2350 on May 09, 2012, 10:51:28 AM ---Hey luceja,
I've got a couple of 550 parts bikes here in Portland. 74 and 76. I'd be happy to part with the pair of them or have you come take a look for parts. one is pretty rough...heads are off. The other is so/so, with valve cover off. Both are in frames without tanks or seats or bars. No telling how long they've been sitting, but I'm local and price is flexible. Maybe even willing to trade for help with my own bike one day. Send a PM if you're interested.
--- End quote ---
Wow! What a kind offer. Sorry to hear about your troubles. I am currently holding the $hitty end of the stick from a mistake that I made all on my own, so I know how you feel. Sometimes you've gotta learn the hard way. Honestly, if it were my bike, with that much damage, there would be a donor motor going in there. I can't imagine the cost or effort involved to bring that lower end back to safe and running order. Drink a Rouge Brewing Hazelnut Brown for me. Good luck!
--- End quote ---
A beer is definitely in order. Truth be told, opening up the bottom end and replacing parts isn't a big expense - the worst part is cleaning up all the hondabond or tearing a gasket and having to replace it, but since there's so few miles on the gaskets they tend to come off easily. In my parts pile I have decent extras of all the damaged parts (unless I have to replace the crank, since I don't have another good crank and bearing set lying around) so it's really just a matter of dissemble, replace, assemble. Then again.. I seem to think it's no big deal to put these motors together, but I seem to always miss something.
Jinx, thanks for the offer, very cool. PM sent.
luceja:
When I rebuild a motor, it may not last long, but damn does it ever start on the very first kick. Pulled the motor Monday, fully tore it down, replaced most of the transmission, installed and back running again Friday night.
fastbroshi:
--- Quote from: luceja on May 09, 2012, 11:31:59 AM ---...so it's really just a matter of dissemble, replace, assemble. Then again.. I seem to think it's no big deal to put these motors together, but I seem to always miss something.
--- End quote ---
--- Quote from: luceja on May 11, 2012, 09:59:57 PM ---When I rebuild a motor, it may not last long, but damn does it ever start on the very first kick. Pulled the motor Monday, fully tore it down, replaced most of the transmission, installed and back running again Friday night.
--- End quote ---
Maybe that's the problem right there. It doesn't hurt to take your time and be thorough. If you keep doing things the same way, why would you expect different results?
luceja:
--- Quote from: fastbroshi on May 11, 2012, 10:34:25 PM ---
Maybe that's the problem right there. It doesn't hurt to take your time and be thorough. If you keep doing things the same way, why would you expect different results?
--- End quote ---
Funny, my lady says the same thing.:)
That last post made me sound pretty foolish, but the truth is I ended up getting the tear down done by putting in a ton of time over the week. There was lots of intentionally taking a step back before big assembly steps and contemplating.
The first disaster I had, with the forgotten paper towel, seems like it was because I was doing the work in chunks, spread out over time, so I forgot little things I did. The second time was the opposite- I simply put something on wrong without thinking about it enough, probably from rushing. It feels like I split the difference this time, but there's always an infinite number of things I could have checked, could have double-checked.
I definitely get really excited at that moment where you put everything together, doublecheck everything, turn the key and the motor just catches instantly, hence last night's post. But yeah, might be wise to check my pride until I'm really, really doing things right.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version