what did you wrench on today??

[Gorminrider]

a new cheapo front tire is on and a rear tire is in the pipeline. (Oh, why am I doing this for the so-called parts bike! a soft spot for strays, maybe...)

[rlbaker]

Painted tank and fenders

[Jedz123]

Finally got my 79 GS750E Cafe Bin Project painted... I tried a speckling technique with gold paint... I think it looks great on the tank... might re do the rear plastic. My clear coat came out great! also painted other things... shooting for a gold and black retro look.




Still awaiting the head bearing so I can start to build the front end from my part pile. Also have new fuel needle valves and Intake O-rings coming in. Taking my time with it... Next step is to Break down the electircs and make a seat. In 2 weeks new shoes will be in so hoping she will roll by the end of February...

[pete]

Well technically it's not wrenching... but I got the support for the new fence post concreted in today which means I can move the fence soon... which means starting the shed... which will mean much wrenching when the shed's done

[cowboyup3371]

About time Pete. Good luck and looking forward to seeing more pictures of this project

[GS ace]

The '55 Roadmaster had its heater fan wired in and the polishing of the 4.6 Ford cam covers was finished.

[pete]

About time Pete. Good luck and looking forward to seeing more pictures of this project

Cheers Scott, sure is about time! It's been far too hot lately to think about doing anything... and then this weekend wind/rain/floods so I was lucky to get it done... now to move the fence and I can really get moving on it

[mrbill5491]

Sync my carbs Saturday. May need to readjust my idle mixture a bit yet. seems a bit rich at idle.

[Zim]

First day the garage hasn't been freezing since last post. Carb, manifold & top motor mount on, pushrods installed & adjusted. Hopefully tomorrow I can button up the rest and throw throw the new pipes on.

[Jedz123]

I finally got around to harvesting the oil pump gears our of my old 750 motor and installed them into my 1100 motor in the dragon. Didn't take too long 45 minutes tops...

[Gorminrider]

New rear tire on the beater bike. It's good to know I can recall how take tires off and on, so the beater bike has been worth a lot just to practise on.

[wwwcycle]

I got the electric starter working tonight on my new 1971 at1 125 yamaha project.

[Toasty]

I made a trip to the hardware store after work to get the bolts I needed for my fairing mount. I also picked up a dremel bit I needed to finish clearancing the block, I needed to take off a few mm here and there for it to lay flat. It took me like two weeks to get around to that , I didn't feel like fighting it.


The heads still need paint though.




I tossed the cylinders in my Berrymans carb dip, I'll check on them in the morning.

[mrbill5491]

Let's see, disconnected the clutch safety switch, think I like it that way and installed the last crush washer on the sync outlet. Lost one so I ordered about 10 of them, expensive little buggers, nearly $3 bucks a piece.

[Zim]

This friggin exhaust is about the biggest pain in the keaster that I've ever run into on a motorcycle. Took the whole top end off, ball honed the jugs, glass beaded & repainted them, new rings on the pistons, re-installed the whole top end, adjusted valves, all no problem. Then, the new pipes. First, they were too tight at the heads and it took hours to get them on. Then, Trying to get the squish pipe & head pipe on the fron cylinder to go together was another nightmare. Then, the muffler clamps were just a little too big and wouldn't clamp the mufflers onto the pipes. So I order new clamps that came in today and....You guessed it, too small.I gave up for the day, but tomorrow I'm gonna try to stick the mufflers in the vise and try to just move it in enough to get the clamps on without closing them too much so they don't go on the pipes. Amazing, I thought it'd take maybe twenty minutes to throw the pipes on after all the other stuff. When it's done it'll have been worth it, it's a nicer looking set of pipes than what was on there.