what did you wrench on today??

[JMHJ]

As little as possible.

 

[jeffgs]

Put a rebuild on the petcock....... now leaking fuel. theme of the day so it seems

 

[Guest]

Had a good couple of nights. Last night I flushed and bled the rear brake on both the 1100E and the GSXR. Tonight I installed a set of 2 line Galfer braided stainless brake lines and fresh Galfer 1375 pads on the GSXR. I am waiting on a set of seals and then the 1100E will get salty_monk's twin piston brake upgrade next. It sure feels good to get some of these things done that have been sitting for a while.


Mark

 

[viperg]

Yesterday, I repaired the sprag bearing in the starter assembly of my Ducati 916.

 

[Grimly]

Replaced 7 out of 8 exhaust bolts with stainless studs - the 8th one, of course, is the most awkward one, right next to the frame tube and can wait until I've got the front end off. In the meantime, the tendency for leaks will be halted until I can do a proper job on it.

 

[jeffgs]

Sanded and refinished the mounting plate for the R&R and ignition. Will be installing a new battery to engine case ground. I have the new stator mounted to the case side and will finish off the charging system. Then I am going to remove the exhaust and re-painting the headers. While off the engine case is going to get scrubbed. Once that is complete I will rehang the carbs and the exhaust. After that I am just waiting on my new fuel petcock then cosmetics.

 

[Chris G]

Just stripped the master cylinder on the 850 ready for a OEM rebuild kit, no corrosion in there but amazed how much Krud and cr@p there was.

 

[terrylee]

Seems like everyday I'm working on one of the bikes for some reason. But this week have been trying to remove por 15 lining from tank that started peeling two days after I installed it. I followed their instructions to the letter but still bad results. So far have used two cans of paint stripper in it and it is slowly working. Been rotating positions a lot trying to get stripper to flow everywhere. Son is waiting for this tank so he can start riding his bike. terrylee

 

[Guest]

IT LIVES!!!

After collecting dust in my garage for 6 years the 1100E once again breathed fire this afternoon. I did a light carb clean, drained the old gas (which looked and smelled surprisingly fresh), put a new battery in and she fired right up. Took a minute to warm up and then it was idling very nicely at 1100rpm with no issues. Had to move on to other things, but will be taking it for a spin around the block sometime this weekend to make sure everything is still working as intended. I am very happy that I didn't have to strip and dip the carbs, I figured it was 50/50 if I was going to have to or not and got lucky. The only issue I found was a gunked up starter button that I had to spray down with some cleaner to get it working.

Next up is salty_monk's twin pot brake upgrade and then paint.


Mark

 

[jeffgs]

Um well removed.rear fender to remove carbs so i would not damage the carb boots. Cleaned the carbs, installed new carb hanger o-rings. Reinstalled carbs and just about sold the bike trying to get the throttle cable back on the cam before i realized i could just use my third hand instead. Unplugged wiring harnesses and checked resistance for kicks then used wires ties and rerouted them where i could to hide them. The mounting plate for the R&R got sanded and resprayed, install new R&R and cleaned grounds and used new fasteners. Painted shifter and foot brakes as well as turn signal pedestals and then realized i might regret that. Then i heard a scream for daddy and ran down the driveway to find my son had crashed skateboarding and darn near broke his arm in half. He is in better shape than the bike though.

 

[jeffgs]

Um well removed.rear fender to remove carbs so i would not damage the carb boots. Cleaned the carbs, installed new carb hanger o-rings. Reinstalled carbs and just about sold the bike trying to get the throttle cable back on the cam before i realized i could just use my third hand instead. Unplugged wiring harnesses and checked resistance for kicks then used wires ties and rerouted them where i could to hide them. The mounting plate for the R&R got sanded and resprayed, install new R&R and cleaned grounds and used new fasteners. Painted shifter and foot brakes as well as turn signal pedestals and then realized i might regret that. Then i heard a scream for daddy and ran down the driveway to find my son had crashed skateboarding and darn near broke his arm in half. He is in better shape than the bike though.

 

[tnrider]

My 60th birthday present to me today

My 60th birthday present to me today

I'm sure the kids will text message me a Happy Birthday but this is all mine! Will be putting in new rings, rebuilding a new head, rebuilding a new carb body, Oh Fun!!

 

[Guest]

The wife is gone and I immediately turn into a full fledged bachelor

next I'll be bringing the bike into the living room

 

[Redman]

The wife is gone and I immediately turn into a full fledged bachelor

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next I'll be bringing the bike into the living room

What is that Tupperware bowl doing there on your work bench....?
Carb dip....?


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[Guest]

What is that Tupperware bowl doing there on your work bench....?
Carb dip....?


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Egads no...I once boiled my carbs on the stove.....bad idea. How was I to know it would stink that bad?? next time I boiled them on the BBQ, equally as smelly, and I left the door open..opps

 

[Guest]

Well, it held up for two years, when I bought the bike. Bought some duct tape at the time. Luckily it's not where I sit, as I know it just turns into one sticky mess after a while if you're sitting on it. I will keep your trick in mind when the roll of duct tape runs out.

Harbor Fright sells a liquid electrical tape that I have used quite successfully on cracks in my old seat(on the bike) pending a new seat cover.

 

[steve murdoch]

Egads no...I once boiled my carbs on the stove.....bad idea. How was I to know it would stink that bad?? next time I boiled them on the BBQ, equally as smelly, and I left the door open..opps

A couple years ago i did the wintergreen/carb boot proceedure in a pot on the bbq.
NASTY tasting hot dogs a couple days later.

 

[Anthony]

Today I installed a used airbox that I got, but have no filter, so I decided to go ahead and do it anyway. After almost 2 hours of lots of choice words and thrown things, I managed to get it and the carbs correctly installed and clamped down. Now I have to install the air filter which I will be receiving in the mail Tuesday. What a task all that was, holy cow! My bike had pods on it when I got it, and I didn't know how much of a bear it is to install an airbox. I also knocked out the old sight "glass" on my front master cylinder, and put in a new lexan glass one. It's currently drying, and I can't wait to see the results of that. If everything goes to plan, I will have my girl road ready this weekend!

 

[rudeman]

Worked on the front end this weekend. The intent was to simply (yeah right) change the fork seals and fluid. But, when I had the had them apart I noticed a scored stanchion tube. Nothing too serious but suddenly the job became significantly more involved.
I used emery cloth to smooth out the groove; followed it with 000 steel wool. Good as new.

Also swapped the standard length clutch cable for a shorter 1000S cable.

 

[GSX1000E]

Replaced a timing belt in a mercury tracer and removed, rebuilt and reinstalled a supercharger in a mustang.
Perhaps next weekend I can get back to the '78 750 project and finish it.