Author Topic: If it works good, it looks good...right? (Read 37594 times)

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #75 on:** March 13, 2011, 08:46:50 PM »

Quote from: mrbreeze on March 13, 2011, 08:44:21 PM

Yep.....and I've seen people put their lights in the headlight bucket.

duh...now that would be pretty easy, huh...thank you so much for pointing out the obvious!

mrbreeze · « **Reply #76 on:** March 13, 2011, 08:52:17 PM »

My pleasure!!!.......keep up the good work

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #77 on:** March 13, 2011, 08:54:58 PM »

paint job progress...hopefully done this week...guess I better get to drilling those indicator holes in my light bucket before the color sprays

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #78 on:** March 13, 2011, 09:05:34 PM »

Also been workin' on my switchgear. Took 'em all apart to polish the housings and have got myself into a pickle with that starter button

First I broke the button trying to get the switch back together, then I got it working but broke a wire off of it trying to put the other half back together for the third time!

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #79 on:** March 13, 2011, 09:08:59 PM »

oh...I have to type something

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #80 on:** March 13, 2011, 09:11:41 PM »

This is a nightmare for my fat, clumsy fingers

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #81 on:** March 13, 2011, 09:17:44 PM »

Here is my fabbed up seat bracket. It is rather...uhh...heavy duty $:-\$ So I lightened up. Surprising how much weight this actually saved

Now it looks like some kind of erector set creation.

fastbroshi · « **Reply #82 on:** March 13, 2011, 10:47:56 PM »

Nice T/A you got there. I'm always on the lookout for a nice Formula 350 myself.

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #83 on:** March 14, 2011, 01:56:28 PM »

Unfortunately, it's not mine...just sharing the same paint job jail cell as my bike. Funny though, back when those were new, I thought it was the gayest thing on four wheels. Now...I kinda like it.

Bankerdanny · « **Reply #84 on:** March 14, 2011, 02:30:39 PM »

Sean, Do you ever make it over to the Gilmore Auto Museum for the annual classic bike show?

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #85 on:** March 14, 2011, 03:47:53 PM »

Sure do, sold my first bike at the swap meet about 4 years ago. ('71 cb350 twin!) Plenty of cool car shows there too.

Bankerdanny · « **Reply #86 on:** March 14, 2011, 04:07:18 PM »

I've been there several time. KZ is a really pretty area. I'm hoping to make it to the show again this year. I'm kind of annoyed though that it's the same weekend as the show at Road America in Wisconsin.

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #87 on:** March 14, 2011, 04:26:05 PM »

Man, that is annoying. I had half planned to go to Road America too.

Bankerdanny · « **Reply #88 on:** March 14, 2011, 04:32:05 PM »

I've been playing with the idea of entering my 550. It's all original and will clean up very very well, although it won't be a concours bike by any stretch.

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #89 on:** March 14, 2011, 05:02:00 PM »

Probably the best way to enjoy the show, whether you're gonna win or not. IMO would be pretty tough for a 550 to beat some of the heavy duty stuff in the stock jap bike class like CBX's, Z1's, stuff like that...and I don't even wanna hear about trailering it there!

Bankerdanny · « **Reply #90 on:** March 14, 2011, 05:05:02 PM »

I wouldn't trailer anyway. Ride and shine baby.

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #91 on:** March 14, 2011, 05:23:14 PM »

...hell yeah

Stev-o · « **Reply #92 on:** March 14, 2011, 08:35:08 PM »

Quote from: seanbarney41 on March 13, 2011, 08:23:31 PM

nice...this is encouraging as I wasn't planning on clear coating my aluminum parts. Did you? Also I like what you did with your handlebar clamp/indicator light thing. I am thinking of losing mine...but I want the bright and oil pressure indicators. I've been thinking about wacking that thing down to just the clamps like this...but then I gotta do something about those indicators.

I did not clear coat my polished alum parts, no need to.
It could yellow over time. Plus, if there is no coating, just polish up when/if needed.

mrbreeze · « **Reply #93 on:** March 15, 2011, 09:22:38 AM »

Quote from: seanbarney41 on March 13, 2011, 09:05:34 PM

Also been workin' on my switchgear. Took 'em all apart to polish the housings and have got myself into a pickle with that starter button First I broke the button trying to get the switch back together, then I got it working but broke a wire off of it trying to put the other half back together for the third time!

Hey Sean....I was gonna tell you about this the other night but I couldn't remember the guy's name. So just now I see your post here and his is like 2 posts away from yours!! Its SohRon and its the assembly, history, and discussion of the right hand switch. Real good pictures and looks like it would be real helpful for rebuilding this part. The starter buttons are a weak link of the control....I've had a few that came to me broken and also seen a few on other people's bikes. Hope this helps you.

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #94 on:** March 15, 2011, 01:38:35 PM »

Thanks Mr. Breeze. I actually read that thread a while back and it was what gave me the confidence to take the darn switches apart in the first place. It is all great info and photos! ...but...that starter button has defied the dexterity of my oversized fingers...for now...

mrbreeze · « **Reply #95 on:** March 15, 2011, 01:42:53 PM »

.....I hear ya'!!!

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #96 on:** April 10, 2011, 07:53:04 PM »

Updates are overdue...grabbed these handlebar clamps off My other bike and put some Yammy ones back in place...

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #97 on:** April 10, 2011, 07:58:03 PM »

...stripped, polished, mounted...

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #98 on:** April 10, 2011, 08:05:34 PM »

also did what turned out to be, some much needed, work on the front suspension and steering...rebuilt the forks...

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #99 on:** April 10, 2011, 08:29:52 PM »

The second pic in the above post shows a seal driver my hog mechanic buddy came up with...this thing seriously made fork seal installation a 10 second job. Working on the frontend revealed two surprises...one good, and one bad...the good discovery was what appear to be progressive rate springs. Not stock right? The bad discovery was a dented steering stem preventing my tapered bearing going on. My first clue was when I took the lower triple out, the lower bearing race on the stem crumbled into three pieces. I didn't notice the kink in the stem though and went ahead and re-painted it. I didn't realize the stem had been damaged until I went to put everything back together with tapered rollers. Forum member Ekpent came through with a replacement right here in my own town!

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