Author Topic: If it works good, it looks good...right? (Read 37590 times)

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #125 on:** July 10, 2011, 10:04:18 PM »

ending this update with...rode hard, put away wet, really wet, and I've wet my pants but not in the usual location

dagersh · « **Reply #126 on:** July 12, 2011, 08:46:45 AM »

Just read your build thread. What a nice job, and a great looking bike. Ride her hard, and enjoy!

Your new shop space looks great, and what a great thing to have a bunch of like minded fools hanging out!

Gersh

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #127 on:** July 12, 2011, 01:11:10 PM »

thanks Dagersh...and thanks for reading...

mrbreeze · « **Reply #128 on:** July 17, 2011, 09:44:16 AM »

Quote from: seanbarney41 on April 17, 2011, 01:39:04 PM

uh oh, had to steal the locking latch off the wolverine so I'm gonna need one...anybody know a source other than used? I wouldn't recommend taking this style off unless you really have to. It broke very easily when I was trying to drive the pin back in. The locking latch is much easier to deal with because it simply screws on...

Hey Sean, There is a place called Joker Machine that makes a gas cap latch but it's real spendy. They also have a few other goodies I have my eye on.

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #129 on:** July 17, 2011, 06:37:33 PM »

Quote from: mrbreeze on July 17, 2011, 09:44:16 AM

Quote from: seanbarney41 on April 17, 2011, 01:39:04 PM
uh oh, had to steal the locking latch off the wolverine so I'm gonna need one...anybody know a source other than used? I wouldn't recommend taking this style off unless you really have to. It broke very easily when I was trying to drive the pin back in. The locking latch is much easier to deal with because it simply screws on...
Hey Sean, There is a place called Joker Machine that makes a gas cap latch but it's real spendy. They also have a few other goodies I have my eye on.

cool, that is a little pricey...but I'll probably have to pick that up.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #130 on:** July 17, 2011, 08:37:39 PM »

Quote from: seanbarney41 on July 17, 2011, 06:37:33 PM

Quote from: mrbreeze on July 17, 2011, 09:44:16 AM
Quote from: seanbarney41 on April 17, 2011, 01:39:04 PM
uh oh, had to steal the locking latch off the wolverine so I'm gonna need one...anybody know a source other than used? I wouldn't recommend taking this style off unless you really have to. It broke very easily when I was trying to drive the pin back in. The locking latch is much easier to deal with because it simply screws on...
Hey Sean, There is a place called Joker Machine that makes a gas cap latch but it's real spendy. They also have a few other goodies I have my eye on.
cool, that is a little pricey...but I'll probably have to pick that up.

I have their gas cap Sean, and it is really nice....

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #131 on:** July 18, 2011, 03:25:00 AM »

Quote from: Retro Rocket on July 17, 2011, 08:37:39 PM

Quote from: seanbarney41 on July 17, 2011, 06:37:33 PM
Quote from: mrbreeze on July 17, 2011, 09:44:16 AM
Quote from: seanbarney41 on April 17, 2011, 01:39:04 PM
uh oh, had to steal the locking latch off the wolverine so I'm gonna need one...anybody know a source other than used? I wouldn't recommend taking this style off unless you really have to. It broke very easily when I was trying to drive the pin back in. The locking latch is much easier to deal with because it simply screws on...
Hey Sean, There is a place called Joker Machine that makes a gas cap latch but it's real spendy. They also have a few other goodies I have my eye on.
cool, that is a little pricey...but I'll probably have to pick that up.

I have their gas cap Sean, and it is really nice....

yeah Retro, they make some really useful parts! ...but man, when the gas cap latch and a bolt together ring to hold your gauges together comes to $100, I don't get to buy many parts that I want very fast...

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #132 on:** July 18, 2011, 04:13:14 PM »

Quote from: seanbarney41 on July 18, 2011, 03:25:00 AM

Quote from: Retro Rocket on July 17, 2011, 08:37:39 PM
Quote from: seanbarney41 on July 17, 2011, 06:37:33 PM
Quote from: mrbreeze on July 17, 2011, 09:44:16 AM
Quote from: seanbarney41 on April 17, 2011, 01:39:04 PM
uh oh, had to steal the locking latch off the wolverine so I'm gonna need one...anybody know a source other than used? I wouldn't recommend taking this style off unless you really have to. It broke very easily when I was trying to drive the pin back in. The locking latch is much easier to deal with because it simply screws on...
Hey Sean, There is a place called Joker Machine that makes a gas cap latch but it's real spendy. They also have a few other goodies I have my eye on.
cool, that is a little pricey...but I'll probably have to pick that up.

I have their gas cap Sean, and it is really nice....
yeah Retro, they make some really useful parts! ...but man, when the gas cap latch and a bolt together ring to hold your gauges together comes to $100, I don't get to buy many parts that I want very fast...

I hear you mate....

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #133 on:** August 22, 2011, 10:13:20 PM »

well, I got some updates for ya...I decided I needed some cargo capacity for 4 days of the Michigan leg of the relay rally...I had some old Shoei hard bags sitting around that I picked out of someones trash before I even got my 750(I think they have been rotting away in my garage like 10 years!). I noticed they would bolt right on if I did something different with my tail lights. So I tried to change the lenses on the bags to red and put dual filament light sockets in for brake lights. Last minute run to the auto parts store didn't net me the proper parts combo and that plan failed...

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #134 on:** August 22, 2011, 10:17:19 PM »

...so I dug into my parts stash and came up with something different...

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #135 on:** August 22, 2011, 10:35:18 PM »

...well those bags worked out halfway tidy, I could just barely stuff a one man tent, a sleeping bag(more like a shred of nylon thats been around the country a few times getting vommitted on while in the back of a rocknroll bands tour van

), and a compression sack of clothes along with the odd tooth brush, tool, etcs. I didn't care for the added weight 'cuz I planned on hitting most of the best twisties in Michigan but it wasn't terrible once I got used to it. Really, the bike felt very well balanced and stable. It did take quite a bit of extra muscle to get the bike leaned over but it was all very controllable and once a line was found, very well planted...when I got back I had half a mind to do something with this grab rail/tail light combo I whipped up, but in the end I just put my old set up back. Oh, and 1400 miles or so more miles killed off that Dunlop rear and I ended up having to scrape up a Metzler Lasertec in Marquette MI...

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #136 on:** August 22, 2011, 10:38:42 PM »

...the ultimate exhaust mod

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #137 on:** August 22, 2011, 10:49:11 PM »

...finally got a little motivated to work on the Wolverine but wound up selling it to a buddy for $800 after a 3k tuneup and some brake work...It was running riding decent, all I had into it was the $425 I bought it for and $80 for the tank. Plus I ganked all sorts of various parts for my other bike...so I call that a win/win...

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #138 on:** August 22, 2011, 10:56:20 PM »

...signing off for the night with a little garage silliness

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #139 on:** October 26, 2011, 10:19:55 PM »

...grabbed up a pair of cb900f shocks from a member here, they are a big improvement over the stockers I had, much firmer, plus being about an inch longer jacks up the back for some quicker turn in. They bolt right on but my side stand ended up being a little short 'cuz it's bent. I grabbed one off a cb550k and fixed that problem. The rear wheel just barely clears the ground with the centerstand. But, they have started to leak now. Guess I will use 'em til it gets too bad and then look for some more, or something better. I got some projects planned for the winter and will definately document them here...got a complete gl1000 front end swap in the works, breaks and forks will need complete overhaul, also my motor is gettin' real messy with oil leaks, it still doesn't leak enough to require frequent oil tank top off, it just makes a big mess, the cuffs of all my pants are turning black! The plan is to pull the motor, tear it down for new gaskets, discover it needs a rebuild, that's gonna take a while due to finances...but...I got a spare...

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #140 on:** October 26, 2011, 10:31:50 PM »

I also got a little 550 flipper project going to help pay for all this...I got the brown bike in a trade for work on a 400f. Real clean, 10,000 on the odo., but it's been wrecked...frame and front end are horribly bent...amazingly, the guy was not seriously injured. It took most of the summer to find this f donor bike for $150. Yeah, I know the f and k are slightly different...I guess I'm gonna find out exactly how much and make it work...

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #141 on:** October 26, 2011, 10:41:36 PM »

I've got both bikes pretty well torn down, the low mileage k motor is gettin' cleaned up, and thre f frame is ready to be prepped for paint...

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #142 on:** October 26, 2011, 10:47:42 PM »

anybody like Hardley carnage as much as me? ...my buddly popped a piston, maybe now I can snake those tasty rims off his bike...

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #143 on:** October 26, 2011, 10:51:37 PM »

Spark plugs have been hookin' up behind my back, now I have to help raise the little ones...

lucky · « **Reply #144 on:** October 27, 2011, 02:58:34 PM »

Quote from: seanbarney41 on December 05, 2010, 02:46:12 PM

A couple interesting things on spark plugs. This bike has Champions on 2 and 3 and NGK's on 1 and 4. The Champions take a 5/8" wrench where the NGK's take the familiar 18mm. When I attempted to replace the always suspect Champion with a good old 18mm NGK, there is not enough clearance to get the 18mm socket out of the recess once the spark plug has been tightened. I've always just used a regular old 18mm deep well socket on my K5 and never had this problem. I'm assuming there is an 18mm thin wall spark plug socket available that will work. Anybody got any info on this?
...continue...I filed and cleaned the points with electrical contact cleaner set the gap and then the timing. Three of the four cylinders are now running even better...Still no fire in the hole of #2. Guess it's back to the carburetor drawing board. I couldn't remember what I had done about baseline settings such as the floats and bench synching or maybe something is still clogged. Off they come again.

You cannot file points that are pitted. They are ruined.
Also you set the gap but I would bet money the dwell is way off.

What happens with pitted points is that one side has a mound and the other side of the contact has a valley or hole. The spark can occur where the tip of the mound side fits in that valley.
If you file the surface then the gap is MUCH wider that it is supposed to be.
If you see pitted points do not touch them unless it is to change them to a new set.
Also change condensers whenever you change the points. Bad condensers is what causes the pitting because the spark happens too soon because the condenser has absorbed all the energy that it can.

The gap must be correct and the dwell must be correct.

What causes the dwell to be off is the plastic block that rubs on the points cam gets worn down. Also make sure the points cam is CLEAN and has new grease on it.
Use disk brake grease. The disk brake grease is good up to 1000º.

BTW...That yellow rear brake backing plate has got to go!! LOL...lol

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #145 on:** October 27, 2011, 06:09:55 PM »

thanks for reading Lucky...even though I sold the bike with the pitted points months ago...

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #146 on:** October 30, 2011, 09:48:59 AM »

fastbroshi requested close up paint pics...snatched up the rare opportunity of sunshine in Michigan in October...but still...this paint is very light sensitive and my digital camera seems incapable of capturing what it looks like in person...brosh, if you want higher res. pics, pm your email...

fastbroshi · « **Reply #147 on:** October 30, 2011, 07:53:15 PM »

Those are fine Sean, thanks.

Stev-o · « **Reply #148 on:** November 06, 2011, 08:21:21 AM »

Nice paintwork, you do it?

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #149 on:** November 06, 2011, 09:17:59 AM »

Quote from: Stev-o on November 06, 2011, 08:21:21 AM

Nice paintwork, you do it?

thanks, nope I've painted a couple cars white before...if you know what I mean...

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Author Topic: If it works good, it looks good...right? (Read 37590 times)