Not bad for an afternoon's work + pics

[beergood]

I broke my ground wire earlier this year, and bought a replacement at Murrays for about 6 or 7 bucks. It was a little longer than stock (which wasn't a terrible thing). It was an off the shelf part, used for riding lawn mowers and such.

Might save you some trouble.

 

[byrdman76]

The seat and tail look sweet man!

The seat and tail look sweet man!

Looks great man. I know your chompin' at the bit to ride that thing!

Byrd

 

[Mike_H]

Waaahhooooo!!

Waaahhooooo!!

Electrical Gremlins have been sorted out! She turned over, all by herself today. All I did was push the start button. I did have to short out the clutch switch. The end all, be all problem here was the start button itself. When I took the switch apart to clean and paint the housing, I saw the reason I had a melted connector. The metal contact had a hole burned in it. So I filled that back in with solder. Well, A glob of solder was holding the spring up, and preventing the contact from making...contact...with the rest of the circuit. I fixed that, and viola! Starter turns, engine turns, wheel turns. Not too much left until I'm ready to try to start it for real. I have a countdown now. Third week of September, wife and I are going to visit my in-laws. I'm going to bring the bike with me. Wish me luck!

 

[HammerHead]

Electrical Gremlins have been sorted out! She turned over, all by herself today. All I did was push the start button. I did have to short out the clutch switch. The end all, be all problem here was the start button itself. When I took the switch apart to clean and paint the housing, I saw the reason I had a melted connector. The metal contact had a hole burned in it. So I filled that back in with solder. Well, A glob of solder was holding the spring up, and preventing the contact from making...contact...with the rest of the circuit. I fixed that, and viola! Starter turns, engine turns, wheel turns. Not too much left until I'm ready to try to start it for real. I have a countdown now. Third week of September, wife and I are going to visit my in-laws. I'm going to bring the bike with me. Wish me luck!

Another success story. Way-ta-go Mike...................

 

[Mike_H]

Not Dead, Just busy

Not Dead, Just busy

So, Its been a COLD ass winter in MI this year, so I've been staying out of the garage. My Job has actually Exploded this winter as well, Crazy Busy. Last week, I put in 83 hours from Friday to tuesday (yes, that Saturday and Sunday). Anyway, none of that is an excuse. I have primed my tank and fender for the first shot at final sanding. No pictures, and its finally starting to warm up. I'll try to find some time to actually update this thread with real info, soon...

 

[beergood]

I feel you, this winter has been incredibly hostile. My bike stares at me as I walk by every day, unable to do anything about it.

However, me and the girl are in the process of purchasing a house, and with it comes new garage/shop space to work, and as it starts to thaw I am getting pretty antsy.

 

[Mike_H]

Well, At least this thread hasn't been deleted, though progress on the bike is still stalled. I have the body almost done, and I think I've decided to never do it again...at least on rusty, dented sheetmetal.

I had a dent in the tank that was a PITA. I made a fiberglass mold of the opposite side of the tank, and used it to hold self-adhesive sandpaper. Now the dent is gone, and there is no more flat spot. Thankfully, with the help of members here, I learned how to lay up fiberglass. The rest of the body work is just sanding, filling, spraying guide coats, and sanding some more. Its coming, but slowly.

The rest of the bike is more or less finished. All the electrical gremlins are sorted out, and all wires have been routed. I do need to install the throttle/choke cables and the headlight bezel, but thats pretty minor.

I just realized that this project is almost two years old! WOW. Thankfully, I will have my new project launched pretty soon at work, and I should be able to get it cleaned up and rideable.

 

[Mike_H]

Update!

Update!

So, After 2 years (This week!) I finally have some paint on the tins, and I'm one good weekend away from DONE! This is a teaser, as I hope to finish my stripes and Clearcoat this weekend (Labor Day). I will post pics as soon as I can, as its the first paint job I've done that I will be proud of. Bear with me, its getting close...Here is a reminder pic...

 

[Mike_H]

Finally paint!

Finally paint!

Ok, Pictures as promised, sorry about the lighting. It's not even 11:00 in the morning here yet and the sun it still too low for good pictures.

This is Pre-buff. The paint is not perfect, but good enough. I sprayed it outside, and rolled the tins inside to flash. The dang gnats were out, and a couple of them met an untimely demise in my clearcoat The bike is also FILTHY (2 years of dust and grime from my garage) so you'll have to forgive me that.

 

[TWorx81]

Ok, Pictures as promised, sorry about the lighting. It's not even 11:00 in the morning here yet and the sun it still too low for good pictures.

This is Pre-buff. The paint is not perfect, but good enough. I sprayed it outside, and rolled the tins inside to flash. The dang gnats were out, and a couple of them met an untimely demise in my clearcoat The bike is also FILTHY (2 years of dust and grime from my garage) so you'll have to forgive me that.

Are those braided brake lines? Any good places to source those? I am def thinking about replacing the stock lines on mine.

Like the bike turned out really well. I can't wait till I get mine back running. I'm at the point with the engine off the frame, and getting ready to clean the frame and swing arm up and spray those. I love your carbs by the way, the black looks great, I might go a different color with mine, not sure, but it looks sweet!!

 

[Mike_H]

Are those braided brake lines? Any good places to source those? I am def thinking about replacing the stock lines on mine.

Like the bike turned out really well. I can't wait till I get mine back running. I'm at the point with the engine off the frame, and getting ready to clean the frame and swing arm up and spray those. I love your carbs by the way, the black looks great, I might go a different color with mine, not sure, but it looks sweet!!

They are braided lines. I bought them from Summit. They are Earls, and I measured the lengths I needed (3 line system) and bought prefabricated ones. I bought all the fittings and such from Summit as well. I think I spent around 90 bucks for the front, and 40 for the rear. I did have a post on here when I switched the front end to a dual disc set-up...

Not too much info, but a little
http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=89563

The rear is a goodrich bought the same way

 

[Guest]

That looks awesome! Nice job on the whole project!:clap:

 

[Mike_H]

Long Time Comin

Long Time Comin

So finally, I got ol' Suzy running again. It was actually much easier than I thought. I turned her over till the oil light went off, put some gas in her, gave her full choke, and cranked. Took about 30 sec to catch once. Cranked again, and she caught twice. As they say, third times the charm. two cylinders to start with...Ok, lets check the air screws. Set them all to 3 turns out, Now shes starting to run smooth, still seems to miss a little and I think only three cylinder are running (cuz #2 cyl header is lots cooler than the others). Hmmmm....check plug, its got gas. Look at the carbs, oops, forgot to plug the vacuum connection on #2. Plug her off, and start her up. No choke, purrs like a kitten. WAAAHOOO!

Now, to drink a celebratory beer, and this weekend, I should get her done.:dancing:

 

[briyenkieth]

Awesome! So what was wrong with your clutch? Very well built.

 

[Mike_H]

Awesome! So what was wrong with your clutch? Very well built.

Nothing Really, Just a little stiff after sitting so long. I have it freed up now. Thanks for the complement

 

[ron bayless]

Nothing Really, Just a little stiff after sitting so long. I have it freed up now. Thanks for the complement

That sure does look bopis project he did a long time ago.Your bike looks great.Anyone interested, if you dont mind fiberglass you can get a rear fender like that by clicking on fiberglass motorcycle fenders.They are cheap.

 

[Mike_H]

That sure does look bopis project he did a long time ago.Your bike looks great.Anyone interested, if you dont mind fiberglass you can get a rear fender like that by clicking on fiberglass motorcycle fenders.They are cheap.

Actually, Bopi's bike looks like mine. He used mine as inspiration, He just finished much quicker than I did...He says as much somewhere in this topic.