what did you wrench on today??

[Grimly]

Trust me... you want want a lift table.

I know. I can only build one thing at a time.

[cowboyup3371]

After the Blessing of the Bikes today I made my attempt at lining the tank with Por-15. I'm not confident that it applied properly despite following the directions but I'm hoping it did. So it's looking like this and will be sitting in the garage for the next week.

[Flyboy]

Wow Doc, I can't remember when last I worked on a side valve engine, do they still make gas for that thing. ;-)

Now there is a trip down memory lane.

[gustovh]

Took Suzie Q out for it's first spin, first time that I have known how fast I was going past 85.....somewhere in the triple digits. She has a low rpm miss when going slow, past 3500 or so woooohooo. Now back to work.
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[Grimly]

Made a bracket for the reg-rec, using the space released by the paucity of carburettors.

[GregT]

[QUOTE=rustybronco;2054310]Pulled the head for the second time on Flyboy's GK to fix a previous 'hack job who over torqued two of the cam cover bolts. I found them when I tried tightening the cam cover after replacing a leaky base gasket and valve stem seals.

I'll probably see if I can find a drill press to use, if not, then I'll drill them out by eye like I did on the lawn mower.

Ness, you've really got to get yourself a table if you plan on working a lot on these things. Real easy to get a bike into the air and stable as

If the ends of the broken bolts are visible, just MIG or TIG another small bolt onto the end and wind it out...easy as...

Had to do just that Yesterday. Building a Honda CB1100R motor which has been in boxes for some years...there was one missing cam cap bolt - the end of which i eventually found in the head. Friendly TIG welder took about 5 minutes to pull it out. The owner had paintstripped the head and had it professionally repainted - along with the rest of the motor - without noticing the bolt in there.

What is p...... me off about this build is finding all the bits - and so far it's taken just over a day to reshim the head from scratch. And that's just the exhaust cam so far. Nothing was marked where it had come from and the valves had all been refaced....oh joy. try, try and try again - writing everything down as i go. Aftermarket cam chain tensioner which came with no instructions - but requires the two bosses on the back of the block to be tapped 8mm - one of them right through - about 50mm....that took some modification of a standard tap to get it through that far... Wish I'd known about that before i put the block on the pistons....Rag, lots of rag - followed by a small vacuum cleaner....
I might get the head on tomorrow.....or walk away for a couple of days...

[dorkburger]

Finally at long last replaced my battery last night. Cleaned, checked the cables etc. I havent ridden since Super Bowl Sunday. Hoping to get out this weekend. Maybe ill even wash it....

[rustybronco]

Pulled the head for the second time on Flyboy's GK to fix a previous 'hack job who over torqued two of the cam cover bolts. I found them when I tried tightening the cam cover after replacing a leaky base gasket and valve stem seals.

I'll probably see if I can find a drill press to use, if not, then I'll drill them out by eye like I did on the lawn mower.

If the ends of the broken bolts are visible, just MIG or TIG another small bolt onto the end and wind it out...easy as...

I should have made myself a bit clearer. All they did was strip out the bolt holes in the head. If they had snapped those two off in the head I would have caught it the first time it was off.

[Carter Turk]

Look no hands or straps...Got some new tires from Dennis Kirk. Seemed to have the best deal and showed up exactly when they said it would. Ronin, put the tires on the rims for me.
I helped a little, but not much. Doing another track day at the Ridge in June, maybe 2 if I can pull it off. Chain and sprockets have expired, got those on the way, but forgot to loosen the countershaft sprocket nut, because I didn't think I was replacing the chain at the same time as the tires. Also getting a used Super Hub from Rapid Ray tomorrow, hopefully. Guess I'm getting a little more patient with age.

[mrbill5491]

Look no hands or straps...Got some new tires from Dennis Kirk. Seemed to have the best deal and showed up exactly when they said it would. Ronin, put the tires on the rims for me.
I helped a little, but not much. Doing another track day at the Ridge in June, maybe 2 if I can pull it off. Chain and sprockets have expired, got those on the way, but forgot to loosen the countershaft sprocket nut, because I didn't think I was replacing the chain at the same time as the tires. Also getting a used Super Hub from Rapid Ray tomorrow, hopefully. Guess I'm getting a little more patient with age.

Ummm, I hope those brake pots aren't just hanging by the brake hose...cuz that's a no no. Didn't know the Katanas had leading axle frorks?

[gustovh]

I finished this.
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[Griffyn]

Nice work on the breastplate, I'll bet you could shape a really nice set of sheet metal fairings.

Today on the bike I installed a horn louder than the engine at idle, adjusted the valves, adjusted the idle to work with the valve settings, adjusted the choke cable to fully close the choke circuit, broke the choke cable and then took it out for a nice high-RPM test ride to check for oil leaks.

I also disassembled the front suspension of a Tiburon in the process of changing out the axles. Not nearly as much fun as tinkering on an old GS, but it needs to be done.

[tkent02]

adjusted the valves, adjusted the idle to work with the valve settings,

No synch?

[Griffyn]

Havn't built my synch tool yet, that comes after I get the Hyundai out of my garage. Customer cars come first, then I get to work on my own stuff.

[loud et]

Drained, cleaned the 650 forks and did new fork seals and oil.
Decent improvement.
Also ordered some Grab On foam grips and a cruise control device for the ride down to Brown County next month. oh yeah.
Tired of a painfully numb index finger and thumb