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Renovation Time
z1100r:
That escalated somewhat didn't it.... :D :D :D I know how it happens, I've been there myself.
Just when I get going on the Honda I'm on hold again. I have a trackday March 11 and my RD500 is in a million bits.
I got the wheel rims and spoke kits from Silvers yesterday, I'm chomping at the bit to get this Honda ready for our IOM TT trip, and now I'm stuck reassembling my track bike.
Just out of interest does anyone know how you measure handlebar rise...I'm trying to figure out what the rise is on my bars.
z1100r:
Well it took me 2 hours...but man I enjoyed it..!!! 8)
Rear wheel Half done..!!
Finished...just got to true it up now..!! Another 2 hours I guess. All spokes are tight at the moment.
The front to do next. Blimey brand new wheels..!!!At this rate my rat bike is going to be my best show bike..hahaha
Spitfire:
Nice job, I made a mess of just tightening up some loose spokes !
Den
z1100r:
Thanks..still got to true it though. In saying that I've spun it and to the eye it is true, those rims are very good. an even toque on all spokes and it seems unbelievably good, so it might just be a 2 minute job with a clock and a tweak here and there.
Decided I'm going out for a final sentimental ride on the dirty old slapper this afternoon. The RD500 motor is now rebuilt and waiting for re-insertion, so the plan is to do that this evening. As I have the afternoon off I'm going to have a tootle about on the Direblade this savo before totally stripping it over the weekend. I've got to get rid of that 4 year old petrol somehow, and the oil needs to be warm for draining. I'll have to use an old RD battery and kickstart her but thats OK.
Her last afternoon of being reliable old Bessie before starting her new life of 'I would..!!!'.
z1100r:
Deary deary me. The nightmare begins. First of all I've spent what seems like an age altering the DSS seat to fit properly, still not completed that, need some trim glue. So start to strip down bike.
I get rid of the rickman box and the rack, I get the wheel out, I take both bits of mudguard off, the shocks off, its all going swimmingly. All nuts undoing no bother. Chainguard off...I'm lovin this..!!!
Right then, Swingarm out.. take off lovely crome nut and tap spindle with copper mallet. Hmmmm solid, does it screw in and is this just a locknut. Make with big wrench and socket on bolt head the other side, nooooohh that dont turn. Its seized absolutely solid aint it...bollox.
3 hours later, its out. Took some monster blows with a big hammer, my beefy impact wrench, Oxy/acetylene heat, and WD40. Its done though, so I'm happier now. Then I take a look over the swingarm, oh my god, its rotten as a pear. Where the plates for the wheel weld in the tube has rotted out underneath tube side of the weld. The big brace plate that welds across the whole thing at the front is rotten and fractured all over the place. Thats the end of that then...BIN !! new swinger needed, more expense...tch, tch, mutter, mutter, WTF am I doing ffing about this heap of junk. Hee, Hee.
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