From 78c to 79s clone

[chuck hahn]

rphillips..

worst comes to worst i can always take a seat off one of my other two 78C models till i can source a seat. Same year abd frame as the clone frame. OR OR a rolled up beach towel heaviy duct taped thrown on there...lol.

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

... Rich, do you know more about computers or motorcycles?? You seem pretty zeroed in on both.

I think I don’t know near enough about either. Just enough to get me in trouble with both.

 

[steve murdoch]

Wow, it fired up in about half a second.
Congrats on passing another level on the resto list.

 

[chuck hahn]

I had the ignition wires to the coils crossed and had cranked it a little before realizing i had to swap them around so it was already "primed" so to say when i hit the button. Thats probably why it hit so quickly. Before i came home it had sat about an hour and it instantly hit when i tried it agan. Still need to throw a timing light at it and sync the carbs but i suspect neither sre very far off bsed on how easily it starts

 

[chuck hahn]

Today bi put on new tgrottle and clutch cables, synced carbs, colortuned tgem, and painted the chain guard. Sge is getting very close to having body work added. Had to order the oval gasket between petcock and tank and piston seals for front nrakes today. till need the orings for the carrier pins and the dust boots.

 

[chuck hahn]

Started adding body work today. Replaced all the phillips heads with the Stainless allen head kit from Z1. Still need to rebuild calipers, add fairing mounting kit and fairing, And im sure ill stumble into a few other things. So herers pics of where I stopped this afternoon.

 

[rphillips]

Love it... If I were still doing the wheat harvest, I'd stop by and see in in person some time. good chance not another red and white here in the U.S., clone or orig.?... Rekon how them handlebars are gonn'a look, stickin up above the top of the wind screen

 

[chuck hahn]

never considered the bars.That may be addressed at a later date,,,lol

 

[steve murdoch]

Looking great, Chuck.
Is the seat trim solid white?

 

[chuck hahn]

seat trim isnt on. i did it solid red. I also need to add the grab rail.

 

[nvr2old]

Piece at a time, piece at a time. Lookin' good, Chuck. Curious as to why you painted the seat trim red. Won't that look a bit odd bumping into the tail section and side covers..? Can't wait to see it with the fairing. Keep the pics coming.

 

[chuck hahn]

Saw a pic of an Ausie example with red seat trim and liked it so i copied it Larry.

 

[chuck hahn]

Tires ordered today. Im leaning toward the "EUROPEAN" style bars on Z1 website.

 

[chuck hahn]

Today i got te tach cable on, both front calipers mounted, added the vintage Henry Abe breadbox air cleaner, and just got home from using a buddies tire machine to put new rubber on the beast.

 

[rphillips]

OOhhh, updates without pictures... that shouldn't be allowed?

 

[chuck hahn]

ILL snap some eventually. I did all this today after doing fork seals on a customers VMAX and doing a petcock swap on another customers Royal Star. To say im tired isnt even close.
Wrenched for almost 12 hours today.

 

[rphillips]

OK, excused...this time

 

[chuck hahn]

No big progress lately. I hand sanded down the chain guard this morning and found a 78C model rear rim to salvage the rotor off of. Ill have it sand blasted and repaint it and hopefully this solves the problem of getting the rear caliper to set in far enough to be able to bolt it to the bracket. It is a full half inch smaller than the one i put on so im thinking this is the correct rotor this time.

 

[Kiwi Canuck]

Bump, hey Chuck, we need to see some more pictures.

Love the progress so far.

BTW did you get the package I sent yet?

David.

 

[chuck hahn]

I did get the package. I am now saving money to get another front master cuclinder. Seems i will need to go with an 80 G mocel master because they still make rebuild kits for it. Then again i may go with a rectangular one from a dual disc 80s model. Havent really decided though.