What did you do to your bike today

Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 10:52 am

Very rare model indeed. Smile

Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 11:26 am

chico wrote:

I never heard of a 570f. Is that a three cylinder bike Laughing

Chico

I think it is. The actual displacement is 562.5, but Honda rounded up. Wink

Your bike is looking great Terry!

Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 4:32 pm

Thanks Tom, but it doesn't look as good as it did 7 years ago... It has been sitting under cover, vbut still exposed to the humidity. Doesn't do it any good, ya know. This photo was taken Jan. 2010.

Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 5:03 pm

well, I ordered a magnetic oil drainplug back in February, contacted the eBay seller last week to ask for a refund since the tracking info shows it never left China, got my confirmation of the seller agreeing to a refund, then found a package with the darned thing in my mailbox this morning! LOOOL.

if anyone wants one, I've got a spare now. M14 threading, black anodized aluminum with racewire holes. small shiny silver magnet. let me know

Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 8:40 pm

Papinbrew wrote:

well, I ordered a magnetic oil drainplug back in February, contacted the eBay seller last week to ask for a refund since the tracking info shows it never left China, got my confirmation of the seller agreeing to a refund, then found a package with the darned thing in my mailbox this morning! LOOOL.

if anyone wants one, I've got a spare now. M14 threading, black anodized aluminum with racewire holes. small shiny silver magnet. let me know

I'll take it, How much?

Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 9:04 pm

cliffiec wrote:

Papinbrew wrote:

well, I ordered a magnetic oil drainplug back in February, contacted the eBay seller last week to ask for a refund since the tracking info shows it never left China, got my confirmation of the seller agreeing to a refund, then found a package with the darned thing in my mailbox this morning! LOOOL.

if anyone wants one, I've got a spare now. M14 threading, black anodized aluminum with racewire holes. small shiny silver magnet. let me know

I'll take it, How much?

I offered it to a local friend who picked up a 82 CB750K, she hasn't answered yet though. if you want, just PM me your address and I'll just drop it in the mailbox. It was like $7 on eBay, but it came from China so it took me 3 months to get. I'm positive that UT to CT would only be about 3 or 4 days USPS.

Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 10:12 pm

Papinbrew wrote:

cliffiec wrote:

Papinbrew wrote:

well, I ordered a magnetic oil drainplug back in February, contacted the eBay seller last week to ask for a refund since the tracking info shows it never left China, got my confirmation of the seller agreeing to a refund, then found a package with the darned thing in my mailbox this morning! LOOOL.

if anyone wants one, I've got a spare now. M14 threading, black anodized aluminum with racewire holes. small shiny silver magnet. let me know

I'll take it, How much?

I offered it to a local friend who picked up a 82 CB750K, she hasn't answered yet though. if you want, just PM me your address and I'll just drop it in the mailbox. It was like $7 on eBay, but it came from China so it took me 3 months to get. I'm positive that UT to CT would only be about 3 or 4 days USPS.

Tell you what, if she doesn't take it, I will. Let me know, she gets first dibs, buddy!

Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2017 2:39 am

Prepped for North east Ride departure.

Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2017 11:30 pm

I've been fairly busy this weekend DOING things to my bike Smile

I've had my wheels powder coated white recently, and replaced any bearings that might need to be changed, whilst they were out.
Both wheels are now back on the bike. I've replaced almost all of the control cables, including speedo and tacho cables.
Adjusting my throttle cables so that it snaps shut on release is proving difficult though. The routing is ok, there's a bit of free movement when I push or pull on them and it makes no difference if the bars are at straight ahead, full left or full right. My throttle does go back to shut, but it takes a second or two, it doesn't snap shut Sad

I've serviced all three brake callipers, but need to put a new set of seals into my rear calliper. I've also got to put new pads into 2 of the 3, so I'll renew them all.

I drove up to visit nlovie last weekend. He had offered me a tank so I had a fuel container, but before I left he warned me it was leaking. He tried brazing the leaky area but that hadn't been particularly successful. I drove up anyway, in the mean time he'd brazed a patch onto the affected area, but wasn't confident it would be good for the trip to Spa. So I've bought another tank from Mike Penny, another member of this site.
I've just spent a fair bit of cash on the small parts I need from David Silver Spares and bought a petcock from Wout.
I also need a lock flap, but no-one has them in stock at the moment Crying or Very sad

All in all, I'm confident of having a running road legal bike by the end of this month and the Spa trip.
I better had. I've got ferry tickets and event tickets bought and paid for, for me and my co-pilot.
She's also booked time off work to come. If my bike isn't ready to go, I'll be in DEEP rouble.

Hawk Joined: Aug 17, 2013 Posts: 302 Location: Devon. UK

Simon, quite often the throttle not snapping shut can be cured be adjusting the close cable to have some slack in it when at rest.

What do you mean by the lock flap? Do you mean the alloy flap that secures the tank filler? If so I think I might have one with a key you can have for postage, let me know and I'll check for you.

Twinstar Joined: Sep 25, 2010 Posts: 240 Location: Vermont

On the weekend: Pulled my exhaust and sanded, prepped, painted the header. I polished the can and collars while I was waiting between coats of primer and paint.

In process: Oil pan gasket replacement, new lines for the oil cooler, new filter/oil/etc. The pan looked ok inside, decently clean but there were some light deposits of super duper fine metal (so fine and small it was the consistency of smooth paste, but a very, very small volume). Pickup screen was pretty clean, a few tiny bits of detritus and a couple of small blobs of silicone or some other sealant. This is still a new to me bike and is in the middle of it's 'pre-riding' maintenance. I could punch who ever used silicone on this engine. The float bowl gaskets were basically RTV'ed in place...

Next up: Checking valve clearances

The only consolation to all the wet weather we have been getting in VT this season is that it has made it easier to just keep plugging along in the garage on this bike. If it were nice I'd have to be working on the house or fishing and lamenting the fact that this bike is not ready to roll just yet.

Right around when I brought it home:
[img]https://goo.gl/photos/V1zFofgpjYQjd21T6[/img]

edit: I must be pictarded, oh well.

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 6:54 pm

Charging the battery.

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2017 9:32 pm

Stueecat wrote:

Simon, quite often the throttle not snapping shut can be cured be adjusting the close cable to have some slack in it when at rest.

What do you mean by the lock flap? Do you mean the alloy flap that secures the tank filler? If so I think I might have one with a key you can have for postage, let me know and I'll check for you.

Thanks very much. There's some free play in both cables and the outer covers aren't trapped. I'll look further into the problem this weekend.

By lock flap I do mean the alloy flap that secures the tank filler, however, the tank I bought from Mike and Anne Penny has arrived and it has one fitted Very Happy

That tank is ugly as sin, but it looks solid. It was a black tank that's been partly sprayed with red lead primer.
I've spoken to my local powder coating shop and I'm going to take it up there and discuss what can be done with it Saturday morning
The inside also needs cleaning, what I can see is quite rusty. So I think I'll clean it out, then seal it with pet seal before getting the outside looking decent. I'll get the acid cleaning kit as well as the two pack sealing kit.
I don't have much time left when I can work on my bike, before I take my bike to Spa at the end of this month. I might have to pay someone to do the inside cleaning and sealing for me. It goes against the grain to pay someone to do something I can do myself, but time is getting tight.

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 9:44 pm

I Finally SOLD IT. See ya later Bitches!

No more 10mm wrench in my pocket or stupid carbs.

Thank you everyone for the advice and parts building my 1100F AND 900F. I've made lifelong friends on this site and in ways the site and friendships have changed my life. Getting a new best friend (TK) for just buying a 900F was worth every penny. Some of you are alright and some of you just plain suck. See you on the Fall Ride...does anyone have a bike I can borrow?

Michael

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 3:32 am

Rode some good miles this past week with my bride. Trailered the bikes out to near Boston, Massachusetts, then rode up the Maine coast to Bar Harbor. Acadia National Park is a damn good reason to have a National Park. We rode up Cadillac Mountain (the spot where the morning sun first strikes the United States), and it is awesome!

We rode around some more, and got a little bit lost! (These are all towns/villages in the area!)

An excellent couple of bike days!

Steve

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 11:56 am

youn6372 wrote:

I Finally SOLD IT. See ya later Bitches!

No more 10mm wrench in my pocket or stupid carbs.

Thank you everyone for the advice and parts building my 1100F AND 900F. I've made lifelong friends on this site and in ways the site and friendships have changed my life. Getting a new best friend (TK) for just buying a 900F was worth every penny. Some of you are alright and some of you just plain suck. See you on the Fall Ride...does anyone have a bike I can borrow?

Michael

I do

Toddk

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:46 pm

cliffiec wrote:

Papinbrew wrote:

cliffiec wrote:

Papinbrew wrote:

well, I ordered a magnetic oil drainplug back in February, contacted the eBay seller last week to ask for a refund since the tracking info shows it never left China, got my confirmation of the seller agreeing to a refund, then found a package with the darned thing in my mailbox this morning! LOOOL.

if anyone wants one, I've got a spare now. M14 threading, black anodized aluminum with racewire holes. small shiny silver magnet. let me know

I'll take it, How much?

I offered it to a local friend who picked up a 82 CB750K, she hasn't answered yet though. if you want, just PM me your address and I'll just drop it in the mailbox. It was like $7 on eBay, but it came from China so it took me 3 months to get. I'm positive that UT to CT would only be about 3 or 4 days USPS.

Tell you what, if she doesn't take it, I will. Let me know, she gets first dibs, buddy!

PM me an address and Ill drop it off at USPS for ya.

a bit of work done last two weeks, but mostly major life changes. GFs new car has a bad headgasket (98 Subaru DOHC), so ill be tackling that this month. believe it or not, theyre almost identical to our DOHC heads systems. shim over bucket design, so ill be applying my knowledge there to rebuild and lap in the valves along with sourcing shims for the final adjustment.

Got a puppy, a 5 werk old orphaned Aussie shep heeler mix. damned adorable.

as for the bike, got my tank de rusted, cleaned and lined at a professional shop. looks fantastic. I finally got my custom shop pal.to swing by eith his trailer to take my bike out of the living room, the fiance couldnt be happier! I will update once the fabrications all said and done, we settled on the tail hoop with integrated lights, an electronics tray thats also a fender, and he will be fabricating a midpipe and resonator muffler out of stainless for me. ive heard his resonator on a HD FXR and really really like the tone, sounds just beautiful. Also got Toms fender in the post today, Ill be getting you paid ASAP, most likely tomorrow since im paid then. what a wonderful community weve got here!

Fellas! I feel like we are almost in the home stretch!!!

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 7:59 pm

I unloaded my new bike from the trailer

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 8:30 pm

Wulph wrote:

I unloaded my new bike from the trailer

Well are you going to tell us what your new bike is???

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 8:40 pm

Looks like a CDN 1100f with a Wolf pipe, Marzocchi shocks and PODS. Also in need of an 1100f clutch cover from your bolt-and-go program.

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 8:44 pm

Ya, Wulph... wasssup? That looks like it was once owned by someone who loved it. Do tell the story. Please.

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 12:39 am

Hey that's cheatin' using a fork-lift when the bike is a non-roller.
Don't let Ricardo see that pipe. haha.

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 2:45 am

Rick, you're right on. Through a chance meeting last January I met this fellow at a bike show in Toronto. A brief conversation later and he had my contact info. To make a long story shorter, I picked it up last Sunday. The poor thing has been sitting in a barn since fall of 1999, getting crustier by the year. If you want I'll put up a couple of pictures that show how nasty it really is. But, it's all there and it looks like it will clean up okay. POD naysayers, I got the plugs out today and they look great. It's got just under 42k-km on it and I'm second owner now.

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 10:42 am

"Hey that's cheatin' using a fork-lift when the bike is a non-roller.
Don't let Ricardo see that pipe. haha."

TOO LATE--saw the Wolf Pipe.

This is "maybe" the same bike that we tried to get the seller to "release" the WOLF pipe in exchange for a BRAND NEW V&H pipe but he said NO. His reply was "buy the bike and you can have the pipe for FREE"

STILL LOOKING for a WOLF pipe--ANYONE??

Best to all

Ricardo

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 11:01 am

tomk1960 wrote:

Wulph wrote:

I unloaded my new bike from the trailer

Well are you going to tell us what your new bike is???

I couldn't see the picture thanks to the network blocking it yesterday... Embarassed

Very nice, and a little TLC will bring that back to beautiful condition. My blue 1100F was an absolute mess when I got it - it makes yours look pristine in comparison. I see a sport kit and rearsets too. Sweet!

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:14 pm

Here are a couple of reality check pictures that show what it was like when we took it out of the barn with a front-end loader

it really is grubby but it should clean up well.

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:20 pm

Wulph wrote:

it really is grubby but it should clean up well.

Thanks for the before pics, must have rained on the ride home as it looks much better already.

And answers the burning question why the fork lift was needed when you obviously rolled the bike on the trailer.

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:27 pm

The poor old thing was hosed off in the driveway to get the loose crap off of it, along with some of the loose paint from the engine side covers. We put it on the trailer with the front-end loader. Wasted all the effort taking my ramp with me. Very Happy

Quick update, swapped out the cracked battery for an old weak one from my red 11 and all lights, signals and horn work.

Twinstar Joined: Sep 25, 2010 Posts: 240 Location: Vermont

Wulph - Nice score, I am envious. That bike looks like it will clean up sweet. I love the deals where it looks grubby like that and helps you land it cheap. That stuff all comes off the factory finish brought back with a little time, patience, and polishing.

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:26 am

I know at least one member on this site that is liable to go gaga over that wolf pipe. In fact he will likely be along shortly to tell you all about it in a few succinct pages of text and he may even use the opportunity to work in some random 80s punk rock band trivia. 😃