What did you do to your bike today

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 1:07 am

G'day all,
I took the Triumph out for a short run yesterday (Friday) arvo around a short loop not far from home, I've only been back riding for a couple of weeks now since my crash at Phillip Island in January but this was the first ride fast ride. What a great feeling to be swinging bends again at speed. After the good bit came the boring bit back into town & after about 5km the little bit of adrenaline had worn off my arm and shoulder hurt like fuck,but the pain was worth it, anyway there is pain killers & alcohol at home. The world is becoming rosy again.

Chris.

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:01 pm

Today I got my left fork leg stripped down Very Happy

A mate who's into old Brit Irons, Velocettes in particular, who therefore has some specialist tools came over to help. We got that rounded out socket screw out, without the need for drilling. Then it was just a case of getting the rest of it stripped down, the usual troubles but a bit of WD40, patience and persistence got it done Very Happy

A painful phone call to Mr David Silver will have to be made.
A short trip to see the powder coating guy and the painter guy next weekend and hopefully I'll be ready to start putting it back together again very soon Very Happy

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:57 pm

Bent a custom aluminum bracket to fit a Vance and Hines can from a Yamaha YZF1000 to my '79 750F project. Hope to be riding SOON!!

Steve

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 3:55 pm

Summary from the last few weeks ...

CB1100RB
- Rode it several times ...!
- Washed the salt and sh*t off it several times ...!
- Got tweeted about ... The Filling Station in Keswick, UK

CB985
- Stripped the front forks and cleaned everything out
- Drilled holes in the fork damper tubes ready for fitting the emulators
- Decided to cut the bottom oil cooler lug off the frame ready for the new oil cooler
- Decided to install the slotted cam gears to the 1100F cams just fitted ... might as well whilst its still opened up
- Also decided to fit the Ignitech ignition as well

VF1000RE
- Finally got the forks apart and sent the stanchions off for rechroming
- Need to drill out the pivot pins for the front axle retainers, then send the bottoms for painting

CB1100RC
- Received the second VF1000R right hand fork leg I need (will use two right legs to make it easier to fit brakes (no TRAC))
- Started cleaning casting marks and "shapes" off the leg that will be on the right
- Also need to drill the pivot pins out on these too
- Sent stanchions off for chroming
- Need to send bottoms for painting

Regards,

Max

Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 3:14 am

I finished putting my freshly powder coated gold boomies back together today. They have new wheel bearings, new tires, powder coated rotors, and are balanced. These will be going on my red 1100F in the very near future.

Posted: Sun May 01, 2016 11:49 pm

I added some TomK bling to my bike. PC Valve Cover and Alternator Cover. Thanks Tom, they look great.

Finished up checking valves and buttoned everything back up. See the attached pictures.

Dave

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 3:12 am

well this was fun.

thanks to tomk, mike nixon and jack wagner for answering my questions during this clean/rebuild. i used a randakk kit and a bolt kit from seang on the 750c site. used the nixon manual and macgregor manual.
i have a huge ultrasonic and good/appropriate tools at work that worked for me on for this. it was my first in depth go at cleaning carbs. i did it on my cx500 which are similar, if not the same, but i didn't get so in depth. anyway i'm happy with the results. the insides are as clean if not more so than the outside. i hope they work…….

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Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 5:19 am

The weather in Sydney has been fantastic this week. Fortunately I was home, but I had to spend most of it studying for a course I am starting in Melbourne on Monday. I had sent some of the engine side panels, valve cover and rear sets off the 985 to be stripped and refinished (powder coat was not done satisfactorily). The 900f2 was rideable, but compression is low and power is nowhere near the same as the 985. Given the discussion on another thread about possible bent valves, I have decided that I will not run it and pull the engine. If I am going to do that, I will do a complete resto learning from the mistakes made on the 985. Anyway, I had to pull some of the bits of the 900F2 to get the 985 running. Also had a set of CRs on that had not been adjusted or tuned or even run yet.

Took me most of Thursday to get it together, and no time to test or adjust, but went for a 300 km ride with fellow member Robbo on his new Yamaha Friday. Last ride for 3-4 months while I am away training. Bikes are now put away...

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 10:21 pm

Today I finally finished my wheel swap project. I got two very tired looking gold boomies from Wout last year and I powder coated them over the winter. Front and rear rotors were also powder coated gold to match, along with the speedo sender unit. New wheel bearings, stems, and tires finished them off. Yesterday I finished putting them on the bike.

It was also a good time to swap out the original OEM rubber brake lines. I replaced them with new black SS braided Spiegler lines, courtesy of J.R. from CBXtras. The lines are of very high quality and look great. They come with plenty of new crush washers for a leakproof installation. I like how the banjo fittings can be rotated for perfect fitment - that's a huge benefit with these lines. If you want a set, J.R. is your man!

20 minutes of bleeding and the brakes feel good. I took it for a quick ride and it seems to be fine. Now I have to replace the starter, which seems to be on its last legs. Sad

Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 4:03 am

Started my bike today. She sounds great but........... oil leak on the Tach Drive. I forgot to get a new gasket to go with the PC valve cover I got from TomK. So, it will be another week before I'm riding for the summer.

Dave

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 3:37 am

I rode my hotrod 1100F for a while. I like this bike, it's fun to ride...

Then, late afternoon, I buttoned up a few issues on my all original 1100F that had been sitting for 7-8 months. I had a battery tender on it as well as spiking the tank with Sta-bil.. Also, ran it through the neighborhood insuring gas treatment would be in the system before storing for the winter. It started right up and ran great..

It's 100% complete, 99% original(has CBR-F2 coils & wires)...

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 11:51 am

Best of both worlds with these 2 beauties.
Feel like going for a ride, take the red one.
Feel like going for a back road romp, take the blue one.

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 8:18 pm

Well again I didn't actually DO anything, but all the parts I ordered to refurb' my front suspension arrived Very Happy

All I need now is for my bike painter to finish painting and I can start putting it all back together again.
Hopefully this bit of summery type weather we're getting isn't this years summer.

Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 10:39 pm

And my 'new to me', rear brake disc has arrived as well Very Happy

Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 10:03 am

Final shakedown ride today before loading the new build for "The Great N. E. Spring Ride". Yahoo!

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 3:10 pm

Had a nice tail light with a few stripped threads so tried out the Meatl Gear Works repair kit:

Just drill out the mounting posts to accept the self-tapping threaded repair posts and done:

Currently less than $7 for the kit at Webike: http://japan.webike.net/products/20709096.html

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 9:55 pm

Bought another 900 motor for my bike, with a doughnut Surprised

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 4:08 am

I purchased new bolts for the left side alt case. One fell out some place. Then I washed it, waxed it, and petted it, Razz

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 1:08 am

I built some shock spacers to get rid of a stack of washers.

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:57 am

Replaced the right footpeg and rubber with NOS .

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 11:10 pm

Yet again, I haven't actually done anything.
However I've got some new Billet parts for it.
My mate made them, new back-up rings for the front end Very Happy

I went over to see him a couple of months ago and mentioned, as you do, the saga of my front suspension refurb' and bikes paint job.
The backup rings from Dave Silvers not fitting was part of this saga. So he said, "I've got a lathe, turning the inner circumference out will be easy enough". So we wandered out to his workshop. I gave him the two new rings and the good old one. He measured the inner circumferences, it's only about a millimetre. Then he thought he'd measure the outside circumference and then compared the old against the new. Totally different sizes.
So he turned me up a pair of back-up rings, just for the challenge of it Very Happy

How cool is that ?

Here they are, with the good one I took out of my bike.

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 6:53 am

Weather too nice to muck about in the garage today. I checked the tire pressures plus the usual pre-flight inspection and took her for a quick blast. Very Happy

Chuckling in my helmet as I rolled into the garage. Great to be still sucking air and riding!

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 5:00 pm

Cleaned up the left side engine covers and found a scratch in the previously NOS cover. Twisted Evil

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 6:52 pm

I am sure you know this Cary but just in case you don't.. you can buy a superfine scotch brite wheel (if you can find it) and mount it on your bench grinder. That scratch can be slowly and gently worked out with an even and light touch. Then can be repolished.

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 7:40 pm

Yep. Fifteen minutes on a convolute wheel and buffer and it looks like new (Except for removing the protective coating).

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2016 5:33 pm

Finished up my new wheel spacers

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Gave the old girl a good tub after a days riding in the rain.

She scrubbed up alright.

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 12:09 pm

did something nasty - you guys may even consider it a form of filicide Laughing

stripped a 16" boomie front (VF) and an 18" rear (CBX) to get an idea of what this combo would be like ref: weight for a 18" x 2.5"wide front wheel - summary is - heavy Crying or Very sad

plan B

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 2:26 pm

nlovie wrote:

did something nasty - you guys may even consider it a form of filicide Laughing

stripped a 16" boomie front (VF) and an 18" rear (CBX) to get an idea of what this combo would be like ref: weight for a 18" x 2.5"wide front wheel - summary is - heavy Crying or Very sad

plan B

Confused ... why not just ask one of us to weigh an 18 x 2.5 front boomie for you?

Max

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 2:44 pm

it was the rim weight specifically I needed - the idea was / is to use the fully flanged rim for providing 360deg mounting points - 18"x 2.5" for size ref: front i.e. use a rear rim flanged up to a front hub