It's on the lift!/And its finished......finally

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 7:53 pm

It's finally on the lift. Engine is tired at almost 65,000 mile. Time for a rebuild.

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 10:11 pm

She may be tired but she still looks good!

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 10:25 pm

smoojee wrote:

She may be tired but she still looks good!

Thanks, It's been a great bike. Can't wait to get it running like new again!

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 10:34 pm

bizzcb1100f wrote:

smoojee wrote:

She may be tired but she still looks good!

Thanks, It's been a great bike. Can't wait to get it running like new again!

That's exciting. And indeed, great looking bike!

How do you like the shocks? And what bars are those?

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 1:00 am

NIIIiice CalFab Swing arm.

Rare piece for sure.

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 2:35 am

I am with you on the rebuild. Almost 70k on my 1100 and the small cam chain is shot. Along with a few other things.
Good wrenching to you.

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 3:35 am

Nice looking bike.
Have fun with the rebuild.

Peace, Jim

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 2:25 pm

ryanc wrote:

bizzcb1100f wrote:

smoojee wrote:

She may be tired but she still looks good!

Thanks, It's been a great bike. Can't wait to get it running like new again!

That's exciting. And indeed, great looking bike!

How do you like the shocks? And what bars are those?

The shocks have worked out great so for, hard to beat for the money. The bars are black superbike bars I ordered for tucker rocky.

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:30 pm

CBX1260cc wrote:

NIIIiice CalFab Swing arm.

Rare piece for sure.

That swingarm is a repop I bought from moto gp works in California a couple years ago. Had a cb400sf aluminum arm I was going to install but this one was a bolt on job and I like the look of it alot better.

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2016 2:49 pm

Captains guide and tensioner made. These parts are way to pretty to put inside the engine!

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:16 pm

Finally got a chance to pull the cylinder studs. Time to get the Case degunked and cleaned up for paint. A buddy dropped off a microclean coldjet pressure cleaner that uses dry ice to knock off dirt and loose pait/gaskets. going to give it a try tomorrow. All the studs came out easy but one. It required a couple cycles of heat and 6in1 but finally let go. Got a little scared, I thought it was going to pull the threads out of the cases.

Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 11:37 pm

bizzcb1100f wrote:

Finally got a chance to pull the cylinder studs. Time to get the Case degunked and cleaned up for paint. A buddy dropped off a microclean coldjet pressure cleaner that uses dry ice to knock off dirt and loose pait/gaskets. going to give it a try tomorrow. All the studs came out easy but one. It required a couple cycles of heat and 6in1 but finally let go. Got a little scared, I thought it was going to pull the threads out of the cases.

Even if it did, you can easily Heli coil it.

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:02 pm

Got a chance to start boring cylinders, head is almost done. Cases, head and cylinders are painted. I'm almost ready to start reassembling the engine,hot damn Very Happy

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:18 pm

bizzcb1100f wrote:

Got a chance to start boring cylinders, head is almost done. Cases, head and cylinders are painted. I'm almost ready to start reassembling the engine,hot damn Very Happy

This is a man who does not mess around! Looking nice!

Steve

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:49 pm

Cylinders are bored and honed, as soon as I get the rest of the valves lapped and seated I'm ready to reassembled the engine!

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 2:22 pm

It's back on the lift, Engine is back in and motor mounts are all torqued. It's all downhill from here. (famous last words lol)

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 2:26 pm

Bet you can't wait to hear it run.......

Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 2:31 pm

1100russ wrote:

Bet you can't wait to hear it run.......

You have no idea,getting pretty excited. Still need to go through the carbs, blast and repaint header and make a bracket for the new oil cooler. The finish line is in sight!

Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 2:00 pm

Finally finished the engine rebuild and got a chance to put 50 miles or so on it between rain showers. Very happy with the way it runs. No leaks and nothing fell off so we are calling this a win

Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 3:15 pm

Excellent. That Kerker sure does tuck up nice and tight underneath.

Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2017 3:51 pm

1100russ wrote:

Excellent. That Kerker sure does tuck up nice and tight underneath.

It doesnt sound half bad either, just a pain in the ass too keep it looking good. Had it powder coated a couple years ago but that didnt seem to last as long as I had hoped.

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bizzcb1100f wrote:

1100russ wrote:

Excellent. That Kerker sure does tuck up nice and tight underneath.

It doesnt sound half bad either, just a pain in the ass too keep it looking good. Had it powder coated a couple years ago but that didnt seem to last as long as I had hoped.

Beautiful Bike...Enjoy!!

I have a guy near me that does a sweet job on ceramic coating for the headers....
Let me know if I can be of any help next winter...

E