82 850GL Resto...here we go

[pete]

Man she's looking top notch GT! Those little details make all the difference in the end... and bummer on tossing the wrong cover! I hate it when you realise mistakes like that... just makes you want to find the nearest brick wall don't it?

Hey GT, it's coming along very nicely......Thanks for the Kudos on the bumper paint idea, we did it on our sleds years ago for the inside of the windshields, believe it or not, the stuff is still on, no cracks or anything....and this on machines made for the winter.....

Hey i thought you were goinog to use all SS Allen screws, I see lots that are still the old ones......do I need to get some for you.....hehehehehe

so you get a new cover and then throw it out....sorry but I had to laugh at that one....LOL

looking good....

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Back to real posts....

Ok, so I've been working on what seems like minutia with the bike. So I haven't been posting pictures. I now have enough done to show some progress. A lot of little things add up.
I spent the last few times working on the bike cleaning, painting and polishing small parts.

Rear caliper replaced, repaired, rebuilt, painted with new SS lines to boot.


Front brakes finished up. I still need to pick up some SS allen heads to replace the old hex heads. I also wish I had gone an inch or two longer with this brake line, but it will do.


Not a good picture, but the coils are cleaned up and back on along with the wiring harness being greased and wired up.


I am particularly pleased with the way the Duplicolor bumper paint "restores" the old plastic. Thanks goes to GateKeeper for that tip. I am waiting on a set of decals from Frank Z to go on the control switches. I used a little red fingernail polish on the faded red run/stop switch. Can't even tell.





Here's the thing that's killing me. I had to tear up the center gauge back because someone put an additional screw in over the original screw. See my previous post for details. SO I ordered a new back cover. Got it. Then threw the old one away. So I thought!! Guess which on I still have!!



Anyone have a spare back cover? I hate to buy another new one. s

Live and learn! Oh well, I would have bought the epoxy anyway.

Still painting bits and pieces. I picked up some of the duplicolor bumper paint that you used GK. That stuff is great on plastic. Appreciate the heads up on that. My switches and gauges will look new when I'm finished. s

you should have asked for the crystal.....I have one....spare......bummer.....

or did you and I didn't see it....

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Eric came through in a big way. Got the rear caliper. Put all of the good parts together. Prepping the caliper for paint right now. Painting little odds and ends on the controls. Ordered a watch crystal to repair my brake fluid window. Ordered a set of decals for the controls.

Taking pictures tomorrow after I work on it some more.

[pete]

Glad to hear it GT! Eric, you da' man again

Well, a brand spankin' new used rear caliper should be on my doorstep sometime this week. Thanks to 7981GS, the show will go on!

Hey man, great build! I realy like what you did with the motor, and the paint on the frame looks fab! You're well on your way to make it a great bike!!

Thanks Biggie. I hope to have her on the road this fall.

Hey man, great build! I realy like what you did with the motor, and the paint on the frame looks fab! You're well on your way to make it a great bike!!

Rear Caliper

Well, that bleeder on the read inside piston proved to be a problem. I hit it with heat for a few cycles. Knocked the mess out of it with a hammer to loosen it up. Nothin doing. All attempts to work it free were failing.

So I drilled and tapped it. Did not work. The bleeder won't seat correctly now and leaks. Time to find a used rear caliper.

The front calipers and coming along nicely. Painted them up and have put the back together. I'll post some pics next time.

May try to find a good disc while I'm at it.

Had another goodie show up today. The DJ Stage 3 Kit.



But.....I'm out of town all next week so the build is postponed again. The trip is worth it though.

Anyone up for some King Salmon and Halibut?

See ya in a about a week!

I used the air compressor to very easily pop the piston out and just thought I would reverse the process when I put it back in. Just happened to find a video where some one else had done the same.

Lol! Great video, that little trick is going to be quite handy here in a couple of months. I hadn't even thought that far in advance on how I was going to tackle that. I do know that one of the calipers on the front end is seized up.

[Missile99]

Cool GT. It's nice to see you approaching the finish line. I plan on rebuilding my brakes next month and will definitely try that little trick.

Ohhhh my.......that was funny as hell.......

Yes indeed. How simple and great ingenuity.