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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #225 on: December 05, 2009, 11:47:38 AM »
Put the engine back on the frame
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #226 on: December 05, 2009, 11:57:30 AM »
bought a headlight and bucket in hopes to get it on the road before snow flies to find any bugs before i tear it down and paint it this winter
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #227 on: December 05, 2009, 01:02:13 PM »
Quote from: Hush on December 05, 2009, 12:33:29 AM
Rode it like I stole it, wound the speedo past it's top speed of 80 mph, did that down 3 nice highway straights even with a nasty cross wind  ;D that's what I did to my bike today.  ;D ;D :D

What was that bike uesd for?  catching kids on bycycles? ;D 80mph  i'm in second gear going for third on the 750 :)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #228 on: December 05, 2009, 01:11:49 PM »
showed some harleys a clean set of heels thru the twistys, then had to go home and get the trailer to enable a chopper to return to the garage  ;D
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #229 on: December 05, 2009, 03:59:11 PM »
I started Samson and contemplated on whether I wanted to take a chance with black ice.  I let him idle for about 5 min then shut him down.  Maybe the next clear dry day.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #230 on: December 05, 2009, 04:09:15 PM »
This thread sounds like the confessional at the church of Honda...... ;D ;D

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #231 on: December 06, 2009, 01:28:01 AM »
I thought about digging into my 750, even though the kz isn't done yet.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #232 on: December 06, 2009, 07:20:20 AM »
Quote from: retro rocket on December 05, 2009, 04:09:15 PM
This thread sounds like the confessional at the church of Honda...... ;D ;D

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #233 on: December 06, 2009, 07:32:17 AM »
I forgot to post a pic of my $50 parts pile.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #234 on: December 06, 2009, 07:40:59 AM »
Quote from: Industrial Cafe on December 06, 2009, 07:20:20 AM
Quote from: retro rocket on December 05, 2009, 04:09:15 PM
This thread sounds like the confessional at the church of Honda...... ;D ;D

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THAT looks just like the church i went to when i lived in connecticut lol.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #235 on: December 06, 2009, 08:17:28 AM »
Nothing today, except cry.  A couple of inches of snow this morning. :'( :'(

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #236 on: December 06, 2009, 09:57:24 AM »
whew, what a job!  cleaned every electrical connection on the bike, from front to back.  didn't count the hours, but glad it's over.  everything still works, and with 12.1v at the battery have 11.91 at the coils.   8)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #237 on: December 06, 2009, 10:02:28 AM »
Watched my KZ get buried in a foot of snow... and thanked my lucky stars that my Hondamatic fits in the shed.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #238 on: December 06, 2009, 12:01:14 PM »
I pinned the speedometer drive to the Lester mag hoping to get the speedometer to work. It didn't, the cable is broken. I robbed one from parts bike still not working. Checked the speedometer with the broken cable end in a drill and it was stuck. Put on the E-bay speedometer and tach and wired the idiot lights to work for the first time since I've owned it. They all work hooray! Now I want some new faces for them. Even with the oil gauge I still like having the oil press light and neutral light. Everything is finally working so I can take it apart for paint.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #239 on: December 06, 2009, 12:02:28 PM »
I received a new seat for my 550 in the mail yesterday.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #240 on: December 06, 2009, 01:08:47 PM »
Well, under the assumption that I had all the parts I needed to reinstall the swing arm on my 750K5 I started to work on that. After discovering that my swing arm bolt was bent and I likely needed a replacement I decided to pop the valve cover off a K4 motor I picked up a few weeks ago.
This engine only has ~6K miles on it and at some point I'll install it in place of my original engine which has a cracked & repaired case. I want to replace some gaskets and get it cleaned up and painted.
Anyway, as I hoped the top end looks super clean. I can still read the ink-stamped date code on the inside of the valve cover.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #241 on: December 06, 2009, 03:18:43 PM »
Installed the new chain and sprockets I got from Joe at Mav today.

I had no idea how much noise that old chain was making til I got the new stuff on.

Man........it's quiet now   :)
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #242 on: December 06, 2009, 04:58:40 PM »
Started the tear down of the K4 this weekend. Packaging up the chrome to deliver to my chromer this week. The K1 paint will have to wait until I get the K4 done. Yes, I will be removing the aftermarket bars the PO has on there.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #243 on: December 06, 2009, 05:00:35 PM »
i prepped and primered the airtech seat. tomorrow i paint it.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #244 on: December 06, 2009, 05:41:40 PM »
I re-installed my new speedometer cable.  No joy!

Spinning the front wheel only turns the inside of the cable in if the wheel is going in reverse!  ???

Found a salvage speedometer assembly box on Ebay.  Now I'm waiting on payday to order it.

Don't mind not having my speed reading, but sure wish I could keep track of my miles.


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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #245 on: December 06, 2009, 05:51:15 PM »


[/quote]What was that bike uesd for?  catching kids on bycycles? ;D 80mph  i'm in second gear going for third on the 750 :)
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Yep but my speedo only goes up to 80mph, after that it's all guess work! Mind you the fastest cars in NZ in 1979 were old 6 cylinder Holdens (GM) and Fords, highway speed limit was 60mph then and law abiding citizens pulled over for flashing lights.....not any more of course. ;D
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #246 on: December 06, 2009, 05:54:54 PM »
Lee, what happens if you put the front wheel in the other way around?
Are all Hondas' left side speedo driven?
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #247 on: December 06, 2009, 06:01:03 PM »
mine drives on the right.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #248 on: December 06, 2009, 06:22:04 PM »
Quote from: Hush on December 06, 2009, 05:54:54 PM
Lee, what happens if you put the front wheel in the other way around?
Are all Hondas' left side speedo driven?

That, Hush, is a good question.  Did you get the idea because you are on the other side of the equator???

Maybe I'll try it (maybe, not).


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Oh, and Bikey's speedo (when it worked) only goes to 85, so I know what you mean in your previous post.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #249 on: December 06, 2009, 07:11:51 PM »
It's more like what I did yesterday...  I finally got the kinks out of my transmission (I think), it's amazing how a loose bolt and an out of place spring could cause so much trouble.  I also got the leaky fuel petcock swapped with a new one that doesn't leak.

Also helped Fabricator get his All Balls tapered steering bearings in and adjusted, along with rebuilding the front caliper while we were there.  Next will be cleaning up the forks and new seals and gaiters.

AAHH the joys of the winter projects. ;)
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