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  1. philosopheriam

    Progress!!! 1978 GS1000E Restoration/Performance Rebuild

    TEASER: Something new in the works for Francine due to tendinitis in my clutch arm and COVID-19 boredom. Hint: Clutch modification Parts on order, stay tuned...
  2. philosopheriam

    Progress!!! 1978 GS1000E Restoration/Performance Rebuild

    Thus far, I've been pleased with the Delkevic - it's loud, but not obnoxious. Sound quality isn't raspy, either. Build quality of the pipes is excellent, too.
  3. philosopheriam

    Progress!!! 1978 GS1000E Restoration/Performance Rebuild

    Try again - just realized my sent items was full...
  4. philosopheriam

    Progress!!! 1978 GS1000E Restoration/Performance Rebuild

    First ride of the season, 3-31-2019, 36 degrees, sunny and a bit breezy. Changed the engine oil and filter, gave her a bath, lubed the chain, aired up the tires, re-oiled the pod filters, did a function check, and went back to my previous pilot air jet size of .7. Last year, I forgot that I...
  5. philosopheriam

    Progress!!! 1978 GS1000E Restoration/Performance Rebuild

    PS: I deleted all of the messages in my inbox, just in case anyone was having a hard time PM-ing me...
  6. philosopheriam

    Progress!!! 1978 GS1000E Restoration/Performance Rebuild

    "What type of heater did you use for the cleaner/degreaser?" THE PLATING BATH USES A HEATER, NOT THE DEGREASER... I used a saltwater aquarium heater - my heater only went to 93 degrees Fahrenheit. In my experience, temperature isn't the most important variable in plating, however, you do not...
  7. philosopheriam

    Progress!!! 1978 GS1000E Restoration/Performance Rebuild

    Spring of 2019 - I got lazy in 2018 :-)
  8. philosopheriam

    Progress!!! 1978 GS1000E Restoration/Performance Rebuild

    Dude, I honestly just got fed up updating links - it literally took me half a day to do 10+ pages. Not the kind of thing I enjoy on a lazy sunday. I also had other pages that got screwed up during the photobucket debacle, so this returns them to normal.
  9. philosopheriam

    Progress!!! 1978 GS1000E Restoration/Performance Rebuild

    Folks, With this post you are all allowed to call me a lazy a$$ - I was supposed to have all of the picture links updated in this thread almost a year ago, and I got lazy/busy/tired-of-updating-links... However, to my surprise, Photobucket stopped charging extortionist prices for its services...
  10. philosopheriam

    1997 Ducati Monster 750 Dark, not a restoration, just a fixer upper...

    So, this project was on the backburner for awhile until I got some other projects and work stuff out of the way. However, nice weather has returned and it's time to get cracking again! Today's progress: Got 90% of the back end put back together today: Removed the swingarm to inspect the...
  11. philosopheriam

    Progress!!! 1978 GS1000E Restoration/Performance Rebuild

    If my memory serves me correctly, I think I paid just over $400 for the powder coating job on the wheels - they have two different colors plus a clear. Also, my coater was having issues with the wheels outgassing, so they had to be pre-baked a couple times and then primed. They still look awesome!
  12. philosopheriam

    Progress!!! 1978 GS1000E Restoration/Performance Rebuild

    To all: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Sorry I have been MIA for the past few months - a combination of busy at work and laziness on the weekends. The goal this new year is to finish all of the picture updates, 1 page per day until everything is done. Everything up to and including page...
  13. philosopheriam

    Progress!!! 1978 GS1000E Restoration/Performance Rebuild

    UPDATE, 9/30/2017, Everything up to page 25 has been migrated to Flickr
  14. philosopheriam

    Progress!!! 1978 GS1000E Restoration/Performance Rebuild

    UPDATE: As of 8/20/2017, everything up to and including page 20 has been migrated to Flickr
  15. philosopheriam

    1997 Ducati Monster 750 Dark, not a restoration, just a fixer upper...

    More progress: Tail chop and frame straightening IMG_2612 by Anthony Monteleone, on Flickr IMG_2613 by Anthony Monteleone, on Flickr IMG_2614 by Anthony Monteleone, on Flickr IMG_2615 by Anthony Monteleone, on Flickr Frame straightening jig (the R/R of the tail got tweaked downward when the...
  16. philosopheriam

    1997 Ducati Monster 750 Dark, not a restoration, just a fixer upper...

    Progress over the past few weeks: Painted the brake and clutch M/C caps, cleaned the calipers and installed new brake pads, flushed/bled all of the goo from the system,replaced the leaky brake M/C reservoir house with a piece of Tygon 2375 (withstands glycol), cleaned all of the...
  17. philosopheriam

    Progress!!! 1978 GS1000E Restoration/Performance Rebuild

    Slow but sure I am working on it - everything has gone to Flickr... UPDATE: As of 7/30/2017, everything up to and including page 14 has been migrated to Flickr
  18. philosopheriam

    1997 Ducati Monster 750 Dark, not a restoration, just a fixer upper...

    7/15, Progress Pulled the forks today - the seals were so bad that there was very little oil left in each leg. Cleaned the tubes with kerosene, flushed with ATF, let drain for 30min, and then refilled with 10w Fuchs Silkolene. Reused the stock springs and bushings as they were in decent...
  19. philosopheriam

    1997 Ducati Monster 750 Dark, not a restoration, just a fixer upper...

    7/8, Progress Reassembled and installed the carbs, reinstalled the lights and gauge cluster, made an elegant *cough* temporary battery holder, installed some new spark plugs, checked all of the electrics, and adjusted the tension on the timing belts. All appears to be working properly - the...
  20. philosopheriam

    1997 Ducati Monster 750 Dark, not a restoration, just a fixer upper...

    Not bad - I was able to locate the parts manual and service manual online. Sourcing parts has been interesting - I have been finding things like fork seals in England, carb kits in Thailand, and the rest of the stuff I need used on eBay. OEM Ducati parts will put you in the poor house :D PS...
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