Jennifer's Makeover

[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+

[pete]

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.

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.

[Highway_Glider]

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.

[psyguy]

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!

[Flyboy]

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

[tkent02]

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

Yeah, it's butt ugly, but I might have to borrow a few lines from it……
























Just kidding, it looks great!

I hope mine turns out anywhere near that nice!

[Flyboy]

You think it's butt ugly now?
Wait until you see my fat ass on it.
Thanks Tom, I have seen your work, and it is tops.

[tkent02]

Wait, Africa's hot. I've been there, it's hot as Hell, and then some.




So why the fairing?

[Flyboy]

'cause chicks dig it.
And you can ride with your leather unzipped when it is as hot as hell and then some.
But mostly, 'cause chicks dig it.

[tatu]

Wait, Africa's hot. I've been there, it's hot as Hell, and then some.

So why the fairing?

Have you seen the size of some of the bugs? Some of those are as big as helicopter gunships.