Project:Old Yeller on the road

[SVSooke]

Guess I was wrong.They don't fit.Could probably mod them to fit but I'm not going to.Give them back to my friend looking better than they did.

[SVSooke]

So it seems I might not have a project for this winter.I have made some mistakes with this bike I would like to fix.Biggest one is not adding enough catalyst to the clear when I painted the bodywork.It is VERY soft.Much better polisher,with better equipment as well.So unless something else comes up reworking Old Yeller might be this winter's project.Now the question is will she be Yeller at the end?

[SVSooke]

Been having charging problems with Yeller.In a couple of trips up Island the battery was going dead as I was going up.Got real good at bump starting her,right Trevor

So I bought 2 of these voltmeters for $4 and change from China.Showed me that the bike was charging when I left but stopped 1/2 way though my 20 min commute.As I have a good PH009 MOSSFET R/R that was not the likely problem.


Thinking this might just be the problemPO's(we need a shaking head smiley)

The other side and the one I put in.Good solid 13+ volts now

[GSequoia]

IF you need a project you can pop by L.A. and grab my boxes and boxes of parts I'll be getting. I'll come up to ride the complete bike back to Los Angeles come spring, cool?

[trevor]

Been having charging problems with Yeller.In a couple of trips up Island the battery was going dead as I was going up.Got real good at bump starting her,right Trevor

So I bought 2 of these voltmeters for $4 and change from China.Showed me that the bike was charging when I left but stopped 1/2 way though my 20 min commute.As I have a good PH009 MOSSFET R/R that was not the likely problem.


Thinking this might just be the problemPO's(we need a shaking head smiley)

The other side and the one I put in.Good solid 13+ volts now

Yes Greg you did!

[SVSooke]

Yes Greg you did!

Thing of the past now.On the trip to Renfrew this last weekend I could turn her off with confidence she would come back to life with a touch of the button
Last day for insurance Friday.As fiances have dictated no new projects this year I'm moving the redo of Yeller up a year.Yes another complete teadoen.Kelly will be SO happy when it's time to remount the swing arm and the engine.Great 2 projects and nothing to ride

[SVSooke]

IF you need a project you can pop by L.A. and grab my boxes and boxes of parts I'll be getting. I'll come up to ride the complete bike back to Los Angeles come spring, cool?

Yeah right.My 1000 still needs to be done and so does this one^^^

[GSequoia]

Hey, it was worth a try, right?

[SVSooke]

Yeah I guess so,but odds where against you as well as my lack of storage room.
So we are off the road today as the insurance has run out.The tires are looking worn and so is the paint.Want to repolish the stuff that I did back when I was learning the process.Still an open question whether she will be Old Yeller when she's done.

[GSequoia]

Still an open question whether she will be Old Yeller when she's done.

Picking the color is hard stuff. It'll be quite awhile before I even get to that stage on my GS700E and it's already bothering me. I think I'll shove the decision off to my four yera old son... Well, I'l have veto rights anyway


Should have possession of the pile of parts in about four hours!

[SVSooke]

Please do a build thread,I'd love to tag along with that!

[GSequoia]

Please do a build thread,I'd love to tag along with that!

Oh I will. And I'm sure I'll have plenty of annoying questions as well. Real work to the bike is going to be a little while off, I need to remove and either rebuild or replace the six speed automatic transmission from my wife's stupid Mini first. That was deal was made so I can still have a happy wife after I bought another motorcycle

[SVSooke]

So spring has sprung,here at any rate and the KDX project has taken up most of my energy.Got to fix Yeller's paint,messed up not mixing enough hardener into the clearStrip down and repaint in orderno small task with this much bodywork.Tick tock tick tock.

[SVSooke]

All the bits off the bike.

The tank is the worst looking bit.

The sanding I got done today before I got tried of doing it.Even with 80 grit on a sander it takes a lot of time.

[SVSooke]

All the soft clear is off.Can only do so much at a time and I've been splitting the time getting the Red Skunk's tank ready for paint.Need to fix a few things then sand with 150 then 400.Still not sure what I'm going to paint it http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=206721