What I did yesterday

[hppants]

Bike is looking great.  You can't go wrong with the longevity of powder coating.  Are you still going with the green color for the tank and plastics?

[Adam Roby]

Wow...  I'm impressed, inspiring my own build!  Can't wait to see the finished product.

[JB1290]

hp, yes, I'm still planning on the lime gold color. As a matter of fact, I have a Dr's appointment in the morning and it happens to be a couple of miles away from where I get my paint so, I'm going to look at some colors and probably end up buying it. I did see a really cool pearl blue that kinda caught my eye though. I'll try and decide tomorrow. I spent the evening finishing up the sanding and polishing of the valve cover tonight. Needless to say, my fingers are killing me but, the cover looks fantastic. Just seeing how it turned out motivates me to get the other parts polished.

[JB1290]

Since it was nice out, I figured I would clean out the garage so I have more room to work on the Honda. I had to put the tank on to see what it would look like. Its definately coming along nicely.




Figured I would get the Harley fired up but the battery was low so, had to charge it for a bit.

Living together in peace.
 


The puppy was happy to be outside too.

Since I was out, I couldn't resist seeing if the footpegs I bought off of Ebay would fit. They are for a CBR 600 so, I needed to do some slight modification to get them to work.


Bring on the summer!!!  More work tomorrow. 

[Hangster]

Yesterday i realized that life sucks and so i spent the day watching movies/drinking beer/smoking and hoping for the day to end.

[Adam Roby]

Cute puppy!

[fishball]

Yesterday i realized that life sucks and so i spent the day watching movies/drinking beer/smoking and hoping for the day to end.

Life doesn't suck Hangster, hope things straighten out for you.

JB I think the bike is coming together great.  I'm really looking forward to your completed work.  And yeah, that is a cute puppy!

[Bumblebee]

Yesterday i realized that life sucks and so i spent the day watching movies/drinking beer/smoking and hoping for the day to end.

That means it's time for a significant lifestyle change. Something far more than getting rid of the motorcycle.

The last time I thought something like that, I was simply existing in a rathole, um, alljammedtogether, um, apartment. The next morning I bought a motorhome and drove over the horizon with it that night. Never looked back to the point I was seriously thinking about taking the rear view mirrors off the vehicle. 24 hours changed life from sucky existence to excellent ever since.

To heck with everyone else and obligations. Find what makes you happy. Do that.

[JB1290]

Spent the day outside with the idea I was going to get alot accomplished on the Honda. I ended up doing a brake job on my brother in laws Ford F350. I didn't think it was going to take too long but, then he told me he needed to replace both front calipers, rotors and pads and the rear rotors and pads. 3 1/2 hours later, its done. Did some minor stuff on the bike but, I was hoping to get it closer to firing it up. Funny how your plans of getting stuff done always gets derailed by people needing your help. Oh well, maybe next week. 

[dj_justice]

Looking good. I look forward to seeing your progress.

[detdrbuzzard]

Yesterday i realized that life sucks and so i spent the day watching movies/drinking beer/smoking and hoping for the day to end.

stop by the house an hop a bike. a nice ride will do you good

[JB1290]

I spent all day working on the wiring. It wasn't easy but, after many hours studying wiring diagrams and looking at some of the posts here on wiring that some of you fine people have posted, I relocated the fuse block and set up all the wiring. I'm happy to say that everything works!    I have lights and spark at the coils so, all is well.  I'll be working on the body work this week and am hoping to lay down the color next weekend. 

I still have to "clean up" some of the wiring to make sure its well hidden but, that should only take me a short time... I hope. The goal is to have it on the road in 2 weeks. 

[flyingbrick]

Did you make a tool to tighten up the castle nut for the tripple tree bearings? I put cone bearings in my bike last year and kind of faked it. Now when I hit the front brakes I can see/feel the top of the tripple tree move. If you have a tool, think I can borrow/buy it from you?

[wojoman29]

Wow.  Can't wait to see updates.   

[detdrbuzzard]

saturday i spent some time with my nephew david, he had never ridden a motorcycle. just some basic starting and stopping. sunday i spent a few hours with my nephew jerry, i take him on a three mile loop four or five times then back to the house which is another half mile. then i helped a friend clean his carbs while my nephew joardan rode my little dirt bike

[JB1290]

Did you make a tool to tighten up the castle nut for the tripple tree bearings? I put cone bearings in my bike last year and kind of faked it. Now when I hit the front brakes I can see/feel the top of the tripple tree move. If you have a tool, think I can borrow/buy it from you?

I just used a socket to tighten mine. I have a normal metric nut on mine.

[Laminar]

Did you make a tool to tighten up the castle nut for the tripple tree bearings? I put cone bearings in my bike last year and kind of faked it. Now when I hit the front brakes I can see/feel the top of the tripple tree move. If you have a tool, think I can borrow/buy it from you?

Do you need something like this spanner wrench:



I had to use one on my '76 550 when reinstalling the steering neck and bearings.

[niteman]

Project's coming along nicely JB. Can't wait to see the final outcome. 

[flyingbrick]

Did you make a tool to tighten up the castle nut for the tripple tree bearings? I put cone bearings in my bike last year and kind of faked it. Now when I hit the front brakes I can see/feel the top of the tripple tree move. If you have a tool, think I can borrow/buy it from you?

Do you need something like this spanner wrench:



I had to use one on my '76 550 when reinstalling the steering neck and bearings.

Something like that would probably work. I used a pair of needle nose pliers on mine. I guess I should mention that I used an all balls cone bearing set. It didn't come with instructions, so I followed the instructions from Honda for installing regular ball bearings. At first I couldn't even get the nut on. Everything looked fine, but the tube of the triple tree just wasn't coming up high enough. That didn't make any sense since I measured the height of the old bearing stack and made sure to use the correct spacer from the new kit. Eventually I figured out that the seal was having a hard time going in to the neck of the frame. I walked the thing in all around and then I was able to get the nut on the tube. I used the pliers to tighten the nut until it was bottomed out, and then backed off 1/8 turn. Well, maybe that seal wasn't up all the way, maybe I should have made it tighter before backing it off that 1/8 turn, maybe I shouldn't have backed it off that 1/8 turn, or hell, maybe I should have just used a better tool. All I know is that I was trying to chase down a front end wobble, and the steering stem bearings didn't fix it. The stem bearings need to addressed though because I can see and feel the top bridge move forward when I hit the front brakes.

[JB1290]

Heres a few pics of where the bike is at now. It doesn't look like much but, I've put a bunch of work into it lately. The wiring isn't completely done yet. Everything is working but, I need to wrap and hide the wiring. I got the headlight mounted up this morning. ( I'm supposed to be at work but, I played hookey). I like the look of the headlight but, the quality is cheap. I wish I would have just spent the extra money on a higher quality headlight assembly. Lesson learned.  Started doing the bodywork but, I ran out of sandpaper and, I dont feel like going to the store right now. Let me just say, I hate working with body filler. 






I'll get some more pics up when I start doing the paint work. Once that is done, it SHOULD be all down hill from there. Keeping my fingers crossed.

[fishball]

Wow that is some solid work.  This is one of my favorite current threads.  Keep up the good work JB, very impressive.

[flyingbrick]

Can you take some pictures of your wiring harness routing and fuse box relocation. The location of the fuse box really does suck.

[JB1290]

Can you take some pictures of your wiring harness routing and fuse box relocation. The location of the fuse box really does suck.

Here are some pics. Like I said before, I need to clean up the wiring still so, excuse the way it looks right now. I was going to try and relocate the fuse box under the right side cover but, I don't think there will be enough room. I put it right under the back of the tank in between the frame rails. I still need to secure it too so its not bouncing around and popping fuses. Its not the most ideal place since I would have to lift the back of the tank in order to get to the fuses but, unless I find a better place for it, thats where it will be.  I just don't want to clutter up the front end since the headlight is pretty much the focal point. If anybody has any other suggestions, feel free to let me know.

[niteman]

A thought was rolling around in the empty space I call a head earlier about this. If one were to go with pod type filters, one could feasibly remove the stock air box and use that space for the fuse box relocation.
I know opinions on pods are a mixed bag but I'm thinking of trying that at some point in the future.

[JB1290]

I was thinking about that as well, niteman. I haven't decided if I'm going to go with the pods yet. If I do and I can get the bike to run decent with them, I might fab up my own box for the fuse panel where the stock airbox is located.