Jennifer's Makeover

[bccap]

Goodie.... Looks like we're getting close to seeing the body work on the bike. I like the paint scheme you've chosen.....

 

[Guest]

Bike porn.

 

[rustybronco]

Dammit! SLOW DOWN!!!!

[As I'm still working out the TSCU's front end]

 

[Flyboy]

Thanks Garth, it is the original paint scheme that she came out the factory with, and it is kind of unique, I don't see many in this original colour scheme any more, which will hopefully make it stand out.
All paint is now done.....almost, so just for you I will pull her out this weekend, give her a good clean and mock up all the clothes on her and take a pic or two.

Doc, relax, still a way to go yet, the tank still needs to be wet sanded, another three coats of clear and wet sanded again and polished, the front mud guard and fairing also need to be wet sanded and polished, maybe another three coats of clear on the fairing too, will see after the wet sanding.

The whole rear end has to come out again as well, because I can't get the rubber boot between the engine and swing arm onto the swing arm and secured with it in place, so plan is to drop out the rear end, fit the boot to the swing arm and push it back into place, then secure the boot to the engine.
Still hoping my side cover emblems turn up somewhere.

 

[rustybronco]

Still hoping my side cover emblems turn up somewhere.

After two years I've given up hope.

Might have a so-so set you can rehabilitate.

Can't relax. Gotta get a few projects done and the weather isn't co-operating.

 

[Flyboy]

Don't worry Doc, it will be 100 in the shade before you know it, Oshkosh only 12 weeks away.

 

[bccap]

After two years I've given up hope.

Might have a so-so set you can rehabilitate.

Can't relax. Gotta get a few projects done and the weather isn't co-operating.

Cleaned the air conditioners today.

 

[rustybronco]

Yehbut, did you finish the laundry?

 

[bccap]

Yehbut, did you finish the laundry?

Yeah... Three garbage bags full and I've got the sore back to prove it...
{ Couldn't have made two trips ? noooo. }

 

[Guest]

Looking great Stan! Keep up the good work! :clap:

 

[Flyboy]

Ta Pete, wet sand tomorrow, 3 more coats of clear, then sand and polish next weekend.
Gonna see if I can find a front brake reservoir and two cam cover caps tomorrow.
Oh, and float bowl gaskets, so I can get the carbs and airbox on.

 

[Flyboy]

Ok, so the shopping expedition was not as fruitful as I had hoped it would be, the owner of the bike shop down the road who helps me out with the odd hard to get part for a 30 year old motorcycle was away this weekend to attend the annual bike week get together down at the coast, and the little rubber boys who don't even shave yet behind the parts counter wouldn't know the difference between a carb and a coil if it hit them in the face, so I kept it simple.
Result, no float bowl gaskets, or cam cover caps or front brake master cylinder reservoir.
But I did walk out with a new battery and a new oil filter, I figured they could handle that.





Before fitting the new oil filter and filling the engine with new oil, I wrestled with the whether or not I should drop the sump and just check how much crud has settled there;
1) From the 30 years of use
2) From the bottom end standing in the garage on the floor, sans head and barrels for the last four years.

Am I glad I did, what came out of there was nasty, the sludge/grime/filth was packed on about a quarter of an inch thick and full of nasties, plenty grit and stuff that would have blocked the filter in about five minutes and then wreaked havoc on the engine.





But half an hour later, I was good to refit the sump



Fit the oil filter and fill the engine with oil.
As clean as clean as oil can be, and now it should stay that way and the engine should be good for another 370 000Km+

 

[Guest]

Nice work Stan! Good call on cleaning the sump, well worth it!

 

[Flyboy]

Dressed





















Not fantastic, not wow, but presentable and good enough for govt. work.
Some touching up to do here and there.

 

[bccap]

Bullsh!t ! It's gorgeous ! Excellent paint job Stan. I really like that paint scheme. European colors ?

 

[sinkankan]

Jenifer.

Jenifer.

Very interesting use of the mono-shock theory.
What are those tyres, it looks wicked.

 

[Flyboy]

Thanks Garth, we got this scheme down here in the colonies, but I do believe Europe got it as well, I had to source the decal kit form the UK, many thanks again to Chris.
This was the colour scheme that Jennifer was dressed in from the factory when she landed on the showroom floor here in Souf Effrika, back in '80, I think it is understated, but attractive.

sinkankan, hahahaha, mono shock, I like it, yeah still much work to be done, nowhere near finished yet, just had to finish the clothes and display them as Garth was chewing my ear off about it, you know how impatient he can get, its a Kanadian thing.
I need to turn up a top shock mount, the one that was on there snapped off just where the threads begin, strangely enough, I rode it for many years without a nut to hold the shock on and it never fell off.

 

[Guest]

Looking good Stan.

I remember a tread where a member was showing what he did about that shock mount.

If I recall he drilled through the remainder, stuck a bolt though then welded the head on the inside.

 

[Guest]

Not fantastic, not wow

Well, F/B, it's missing a few bits... But when complete it's obvious it IS going to be WOW!
:clap:

 

[Flyboy]

Bits? What bits?
Thanks Psy, still a way to go yet.