what did you wrench on today??

[Shin-Ken 1074]

Katana Fork Tubes

Hi to all, the fork outer tubes are now polished and clear-coated, the anti-dive lines are nice and tidy so now its time to waitout for the fork springs to be made. The supplier starts work on the 9th of Jan so I hope to have the springs in a week or two after the 9th and then, Stop! Katana Time!

[Shin-Ken 1074]

Katana Anti-Dive and Lines

This is how the anti-dive units looked before the clean up. Second pic is the anti-dive lines after their treatment, cheers.

[979roadrunner]

I built an engine stand engine stand for "Gabrielle". I also built the other half so I can slip the two together and it becomes a stand for storage/work on the bench.

Not sure how I missed the roadster in the backgound here, I'm for sure jealous

[Guest]

Hi to all, the fork outer tubes are now polished and clear-coated, the anti-dive lines are nice and tidy so now its time to waitout for the fork springs to be made. The supplier starts work on the 9th of Jan so I hope to have the springs in a week or two after the 9th and then, Stop! Katana Time!

They're lookin' awesome Glen! Will she be done in time for the run on the 5th? You'll be showing my 450 up with that work for sure

I'd best give her a bath the day before the run too... and a bit of a spit and polish...

[Shin-Ken 1074]

Hi Pete, yeah the springs should be back by then and if their not I'll just drop the old springs in for the day and we'll be good to go!

[Guest]

Nice! Who would've thought you could improve on the BOM bike hey?

[Shin-Ken 1074]

O.K., anti-dive and line are now done. Fork springs to be ordered Monday, cheers.

[Guest]

That's drool-worthy stuff Glen... nice

I actually got in the garage tonight to start carving the knee pads out... tedious and painful! Not sure if it will be worth the effort or not...

[Frank Z.]

Watched Chuck rebuild front brakes on the HondaMatic... then took 'er for a ride! (First "clutchless" I've ridden since the moped I crashed into a palm tree in Destin, FL back in '84) Man, that thing is smmoooooth.

[Normk]

Yesterday did carb. clean, brake service, cables and bunch of stuff on a 1984 Honda Big Red. ATC.

Today sorting some Fellows Gear Shaper helical gear cutters for sale on EBay. Thought this old Fellows film (before video as in the Leave It To Beaver TV series quoted by Salty Monk) on gear pattern engagement & cutting might be of interest to someone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQrliy1uZQE

There seems to be misunderstanding regarding tooth engagement and spur versus helical tooth types so this might be a beginning for someone. It doesn't deal in detail but provides a nice over view.

Modern production is often very different as sintering and other processes have taken over.

[chuck hahn]

Frank and I did a tutorial on the basics of brake caliper teardown and rebuilding. We also put then tank for the 78 1000C back together. We had to solder new connections to the sending unit to plug it into the wiring harness. Got the bike fired up after about a 4 month downtime.

[chuck hahn]

Back tracked to see why my fuel guage on the 78 1000 C had stopped working. Circuit tester had a good light all the way to the wire that goes from the waffle board to the pass thru hub on the base plate. But at the waffle board end of the wire is where the continuity stopped....so I had to solder a new wire in from the waffle board to the pass thru thingy and now all is good again.

[Rover]

Frank and I did a tutorial on the basics of brake caliper teardown and rebuilding. We also put then tank for the 78 1000C back together. We had to solder new connections to the sending unit to plug it into the wiring harness. Got the bike fired up after about a 4 month downtime.

Where can we find this tutorial?

[chuck hahn]

It was a visual for Franks benefit..I tore the caliper down and showed him what to clean and such and showed him the reassembly.. We didnt write a tutorial for publication purposes.

[Mindless]

Did quite a bit of work on the Mk.II last night. Gonna try and finish up the rear end this weekend (new shockmounts and finish up the bracing).

Braces mocked up.



Cleaned up and tacked into place.