Topic: Terry Bob's redneck F-ing K2 bitsa project!

[PeWe]

Maybe you have spoiled your ears with your other bikes, non roaring CB750?

[Terry in Australia]

Well I woke up this morning, and if my name was Teddy Pendergrass, I would probably have written a blues song, made a million bucks and banged a high class hooker, but as I'm just his poor white Redneck Aussie cousin, I just scratched my nuts and got out of bed. The weather is all over the place, we had at least 3 seasons today, but none of them summer. Oh well, I had just enough room in my garage to play with my front brake.

If I can take you all back a couple of weeks, I found this thin cast iron racing rear disc rotor in my garage and thought how good it'll work on my bitsa's front brake.

Redneck racing disc by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

I needed a disc carrier to bolt it on to, so I pulled the worst one I could find and set it up on my lathe so I could cut the old rivet heads off. This wasn't entirely successful, and I ended up grinding them off, and punching out the rivets.

Redneck Brake Rotor by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Once I removed the rotor, I realised just how horrible the carrier was!

Redneck Brake Rotor 1 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

So after a good hour or more of elbow grease, I'd removed the majority of the crud.

Redneck Brake Rotor 2 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Anyway, I need to get some new stainless screws and nylock nuts to secure the rotor to the carrier on Monday after work, I believe the weather tomorrow is gonna be better, so I'll squirt some paint on the carrier in anticipation. More tomorrow! Cheers, Terry.

Redneck Brake Rotor 4 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr   

[MoMo]

Looks good there TB,  Teddy could write a song about it if he were alive and kicking(hard to do when he was paralyzed though)...LBB

[Terry in Australia]

Thanks Larry Billy Bob, I'm quite proud of it, I hope it doesn't explode! Anyhoo the sun is shining, the birds are singing, so once I've had me some vittles, I better get out there and do something about sorting out a caliper. Actually I have to mow the lawn, bugger it, so once I've had me some vittles and mown the lawn, then I'm gonna do something about sorting out a caliper!

[Terry in Australia]

Man, talk about an unproductive day! The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and my guilt at not firing up the lawn mower, weed wacker and blower in months was mounting, so I thought I'd quickly knock down the foot high grass out the front of my place, then basking in my own self-glory, I'd do something amazing with the bitsa.

As usual, nothing went to fcuking plan. It took me over an hour just to work out how to pull the cutting head apart so I could replace the cutting line in the weed wacker, then it took another fcuking hour to knock down the wet grass to the point where I could then spend another fcuking hour mowing. So by the time I finished mowing duties, it was after 3 pm. I dragged my poor broken body into the shower, and applied some heat to my knackered back.

Feeling somewhat better, I dressed and poured myself a large rum and coke, and wandered out to the patio. I had a terrible tragedy yesterday, the ignition switch I found in a box (the only one with a key) was smashed under the plastic seal, and all the guts had gone to God. Bugger. Oh well, into the magic tub of NOS parts I went, and found a shiny new genuine switch.

Redneck ignition switch 5 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Only problem is that it's for a later model bike with the square plug, so I decided to use the wiring from the round plug from the buggered switch, and make a removable "extension cord".

Redneck ignition switch 1 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

That all went well, so I then went to plug the round plug into the repop harness, and fcuk me sideways, it didn't fit! It turned out out that the repop plug (on the right) has larger contact pins, and the plastic locating pin in the centre is bigger too. Poop.

Redneck ignition switch 2 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Oh well, there was nothing for it, but to cut the repop plug off, and replace it with the old OEM one. My little butane soldering iron is a wonderful device, so I soldered the wires up with it, then used the heat shrink attachment to insulate them.

Redneck ignition switch 3 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Redneck ignition switch 4 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

And believe it or not, that was all the work I got done. Oh well, the days are getting longer and the weather is warming slowly, so I might get some more stuff done after work this week. Cheers, Terry Bob.

Redneck ignition switch 5 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

[BobbyR]

Mercy me Son, that dog is gonna hunt for sure!

[MoMo]

Now dat dere wiring y'all did is a true piece of redneck engineering   ...LBB

[Terry in Australia]

Arrrrr me hearties, 'twas a dark and stormy day today, the wind was blowin' a gale, and I had to tie myself to the yard arm in the patio after work, just so I could keep going on my beautiful redneck bitsa.

I dropped in at the nut and bolt shop after work to buy the screws I needed to attach the rotor to the carrier. I'd actually looked at buying some fancy torx screws on line from a shop in Queensland, but they wanted $20 postage for 10 bucks worth of hardware, so fcuk that, I settled for stainless phillips heads from the local shop. I think they look fine.

Redneck front brake by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Of course I used nyloc nuts and stainless washers too. I cleaned up the disc mounting bolts I found in a tub, and once again, with some stainless nylocs and washers, mounted the disc onto the wheel. I like this wheel, tomorrow I think I'll weigh the new wheel and the old steel wheel and see if there's much of a difference in weight? The rotor on the steel wheel is drilled too, but that shouldn't make a lot of difference.

Redneck front brake 2 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

It was getting dark, the rain was coming in sideways, and I was getting thirsty for rum, so I packed up all my stuff in anticipation of another storm front. I hid the wheel so that my big black poofter cat Felix didn't use it for target practise, the fat black baastard will spray anything he can point his tool at, take a look at my poor Sportster's bike cover, there's more cat piss than cover! And no, it's not an anti-Harley thing, the other bikes are just as susceptible to Felix's advances, but they're safely stored in my locked garage, whereas the Sporty languishes in the patio, keeping the bitsa company............

Redneck front brake 5 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

   

[MCRider]

screwing that disc on the stock carrier is a great farkle. All else being equal, I've heard upgrading the disc material is good for a 20-30% improvement. So says an aftermaket disc manufacturer, can't remember their name.

The Video was great too.

[PeWe]

Thanks for the enlightening video Terry Bob ( girlies are named Terrie Boobs, right?).
Finally I know the most important of the Aussi culture and their people, a mix of hard working and trying hillbillies and rednecks of the entire color scheme.

[Terry in Australia]

Thanks guys, well the weather was actually worse today than yesterday, so I didn't expect to get anything done in the hour between when I got home and when it got dark, but when I got home the tank I bought from John (JLeather here) had arrived, woohoo!

Redneck gas tank by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Of course, it looked like a PO had painted it with a live chicken dipped in tar, so I splooshed some auto paint stripper onto it, and as it was by now getting dark, I put a plastic tub over it, and hopefully by the time I get back to it tomorrow the paint will be falling off it.

Redneck gas tank 1 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

If not, I'll help it along with my 5000 psi pressure blaster, then (once I've removed the hardware) I'll dunk it in my phosphoric acid bath to clean the rust out. More tomorrow!

[MCRider]

My impression of Aussies has actually gone up. Keep them coming.   

[Terry in Australia]

Thanks Ron, (I think?) anyway, I had a little time before it got dark tonight to do some paint stripping, so I pulled out the pressure washer and (once I remembered the procedure for starting it) fired it up, and attacked the tank.

Redneck Paint Removal by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Gee that paint was thick, it had three different colors, each just laid over the previous one, I initially thought it was a candy Ruby Red tank, but I think it might have been gold? Anyway, the good news is the right side appears to be pretty much dent free, and there are only a couple of shallow-ish dents on the left.

Redneck Paint Removal 1 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Redneck Paint Removal 2 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Tomorrow I'll remove the remains of the paint and the hardware, and dump it in the phosphoric acid bath where it can sit for a few days to remove all the rust and crap before I hit it with some primer, and start thinking about a color scheme! Cheers, Terry.

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

I've never seen paint stripping done this way. It seems to have done the heavy lifting.

[PeWe]

Paint stripping gel work really fine. I had to order 5L from UK earlier this year since the good stuff is forbidden here since the late 80's. Methylenchloride is the active stuff in it. Do not inhale it too heavy The environmental green stuff is worthless on 2k paint.

The old good gel applied with a brush, let it work and flush it off.

[Terry in Australia]

Thanks guys, well I had even less time tonight after work as I had to pick my Mitsubishi Outlander up from the panel shop where it was repaired after a big chunk of something got thrown up by another car last month and did my poor Mitsi some damage........

Anyhoo, it's all fixed now, and hopefully my insurance company will refund my deductible once they see the dash cam footage, but I'm not holding my breath. I got home, and still had a little light left, so because it was also nice and warm, I attacked the tank again.

As previously mentioned, there was some bondo on the left side of the tank that the paint stripper didn't move, so I hooked up a strip disc with my Dewalt impact driver and ripped that stuff out, lickety split.

Redneck Bondo removal by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

I hadn't touched the paint underneath, so I splooged some more stripper in there, and it started lifting the paint very quickly, as it was much thinner than what was on top.

Redneck Bondo removal 1 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

Once again, I fired up the pressure washer and quickly removed 45 years worth of crappy paint. Lots of surface rust underneath the paint, but the phosphoric acid bath will make short work of that.

Redneck Bondo removal 2 by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

And that was that. I'm trying to decide which color, candy red, or candy blue? What say you all, fellow rednecks?

[PeWe]

It must be a CB750 color available on the K2 bikes?
Ideas to view here or just order if the job will be too demanding There are several colors that look really good!
Easier to be a rich guy (there are rich hillbillies too, right?) and order 5-6 complete setups and alter when in the mode for it
K2
http://www.yamiya750.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=246_157_270_168

K1
http://www.yamiya750.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=246_157_270_167

K0
http://www.yamiya750.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=246_157_270_166

CB500 Candy Jade Green look good too

[Terry in Australia]

Thanks Per, I forgot that silver one, I had my K1 tank painted silver in 1981, I must see if I can find a pic of that bike! Anyway, I used to paint cars and bikes professionally, so I don't need no stinking Yamiya repops, I can paint my 45 year old tank myself, and spend the money on booze instead!

I did think about a custom paint job depicting an American Rebel Flag as a homage to American Rednecks, and the Southern Cross symbol as a homage to Aussie Rednecks, (Bogans) but the problem with custom paint jobs is a lot like the problem with tattoo's, they're important to the person who originally does them, but might not be as meaningful (or might be downright offensive) to the casual onlooker. Cheers, Terry.      

[strynboen]

mel gibson-mel gibson..like to drink booze...mel gibson mell gibson ..then like to hate jews.
..he is 100% aussie thats for shure.
...those paki- indians have great humor...hvat is that red coffin thing ?..road kill..or just grill stuff

[Terry in Australia]

Ha ha, well as much as we liked to claim Mel as an Aussie Lars, he's actually an American who lived in Oz, but he's a great racist, so we love him for that alone! A "Rat Coffin" is Aussie slang for a meat pie, as every once in a while a rat or a mouse will find it's way into what is one of our favourite "fast foods".

A "Chiko Roll" is another Aussie oddity, it's supposed to be an Asian-ish dish probably based on a Spring Roll (a bit like an American Pizza, that bears no resemblance to it's Italian parent, apart from the name) no one knows what's in one, but it tastes ok, so we keep eating them.

My son is a Cinematographer, and one of his mates makes those "How to talk Australians" here in Oz, we've got lots of Indians here, so no shortage of actors.....

[spotty]

the red grill thing is actually a bread crate used to deliver sliced stuff to shops, terry has obviously appropriated one and repurposed it, much the same as many a milk crate has been repurposed as an MX bike stand

[Terry in Australia]

Hey I "found" that bread crate Spotty, that's the Redneck way!

[spotty]

what surprises me is that mrs terry is allowing you to paint strip on the brickwork, mrs spotty'd rip the other one off if I tried that at our place (or if she saw me anyway)

[Terry in Australia]

Nah, after 38 years she's used to me mate, and anyway, the pressure washer removes any evidence of my crimes......

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

 "Mrs allow you"?? Is she your mother or your partner? I doubt Terry has that problem. Besides I'm sure Terry covers his tracks by also spraying the brickwork to clean up after himself.