Re the rear brake rotor, yeah it looks worse in the pics than in person, consequence of sanding it for paint. The grooves are not palpable so...
Lots of little things today. Fill/bleed rear brake, rear subframe, wire harness, reinstall rad and fill the cooling system. I wanted to mount the...
yeah man, and you know the feeling given how many of these you have done. it's great to see it coming together, just want to move faster! damn...
This weekend I got the new bearings fitted in the hub and sprocket carrier, and got the hub reassembled. Fitted the rear brake system after doing...
Super HOT Independence Day weekend here in southeast PA. Garage was unpleasant.... [ATTACH] Over the past week I managed to find some time to...
Do you know the children's book If you Give A Mouse A Cookie? Well this project should be called If You Give A VFR A Carb Rebuild. It's been...
Lots of stuff to do lately besides spend time in the garage, but last weekend we had success!! Defeated the rust weld with an acetylene torch and...
For those following the score, the 34 year old rust weld = 1, Harbor Freight puller = 0. Emptied a bottle of mapp gas on it and applied a little...
Grrrrr!!!!! Stuck. Soaked for days with penetrating lube, many whacks with a large persuasion device, and now failed with a HF puller. [ATTACH]
Truth!! I was so glad when the kids grew out of the lego phase
I painted the rear subframe, sorry no pics yet. Spent some time rebuilding the clutch master, installed a new SS braided clutch line and bled that...
I got the rear wheel balanced. Just needed an inch and a half socket with two layers of masking tape. That was just snug enough. Surprised me that...
And after checking the front uppers to plan repair of the cracked fairing tabs I also found that the L front turn signal was loose... well...
More updates: Exhaust painted with 2 coats hi temp [ATTACH] Carbs back on the bike and new throttle cables installed. Cleaned and greased the...
Yes, the machined flats were masked so hopefully good. Got the new rubber on the rear. I just need to come up with an adapter to fit the rear...
Thanks for the tips!
Painted the rotors a few weeks ago. Masking was a bit tedious! As suggested I used Duplicolor silver wheel paint and chose the matte clear. I'm...
Made a little more progress today. Polished the fork caps as they were a little corroded. Man, that's why everything is taking so long. Just to...
Thanks, good to know as that confirms my first thought. I just can't stand looking at it with missing letters!
Steering head bearings and races looked good! I was not surprised because this bike has been kept out of the weather. It was a quick job to clean...
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