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Started by Monsterlover, June 01, 2010, 05:16:06 PM

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Duck-Stew

#30
June 04, 2010, 07:16:09 PM
Ur just skeered is all....  :)
Bike-less Portuguese immigrant enjoying life.

Monsterlover

#31
June 04, 2010, 08:21:48 PM
>:(

I want my cam back.














































;D
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Monsterlover

#32
June 05, 2010, 05:45:31 PM Last Edit: June 05, 2010, 05:56:53 PM by Monsterlover
Tonight's progress

Since I got the valves done on the vert cylinder I tackled the front cyl today.

The easy access way-



With the valves all done I started on the front end. I had already pressed the stem into the lower triple so all that was left was to put the bearing cups in the frame, grease em up and put the tripled in.

With those installed I was able to throw the forks on.







With that done I started on the swing arm. Today's goal was to have the bike on the front and rear stands.



On issue I ran into was debris in the threads of the clamp holes. One thing I lack is a set of metric taps, which I would have used to clean out the threads.

I also knew that forcing the bolt through was a bad idea.

So what I ended up doing was taking one of the clamp bolts and with a cutoff wheel cut a notch in the end to act like the flute of a tap.

The picture is sucky but I tried at least. Hopefully you get the idea. To sum it up it worked beautifully. It threaded right in by hand and scooped out all the junk.



And the swing arm is in!



One more shot...



That's all for today :D
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Raux

#33
June 05, 2010, 09:06:19 PM
WHAT??!! all that color work and you left the spring yellow  [roll]

Monsterlover

#34
June 06, 2010, 03:41:19 AM
Huh.

Never even thought about it to be honest.

Maybe I should do it green

;D
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

TJR178

#35
June 06, 2010, 04:36:38 AM
Damn that looks awesome  [drool]

That ride must've inspired you to work your ass off on that thing last night...or you were just spending constructive time drying your drenched ass out  ;D

DesmoDiva

#36
June 06, 2010, 05:03:25 AM Last Edit: June 06, 2010, 05:06:42 AM by DesmoDiva
Quote from: Raux on June 05, 2010, 09:06:19 PM
WHAT??!! all that color work and you left the spring yellow  [roll]

I would think it's a bit sacrilege to paint an Ohlins?  


Quote from: TJR178 on June 06, 2010, 04:36:38 AM
Damn that looks awesome  [drool]

That ride must've inspired you to work your ass off on that thing last night...or you were just spending constructive time drying your drenched ass out  ;D

+1!!
'01 ST4 Yellow
'02 ST4s Yellow

Monsterlover

#37
June 06, 2010, 05:08:10 AM
Quote from: DesmoDiva on June 06, 2010, 05:03:25 AM
I would think it's a bit sacralge to paint an Ohlins? 

It might be.

But I just did it anyhow :D

Black spring pics coming soon . . .

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+1!!

I didn't get that wet.  I did actually hang up my leathers to promote drying, and hung my gloves off the garage door tracking with bungee cords to help them dry out [laugh]

Only a little water made it into my boots, which seem to be designed to collect it [laugh]
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

greenmonster

#38
June 06, 2010, 02:29:04 PM
Nice writeup! [thumbsup]

Don`t you think your forks will have a hard time matching the rear shock?
M900 -97 
MTS 1100s  -07

Monsterlover

#39
June 06, 2010, 02:35:40 PM
Stop it!  Stop it!  Stop it!

[laugh]

now I want black forks...

I wrenched on it for 10 hrs straight today and made a ton of progress. Pics to come soon.
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Monsterlover

#40
June 06, 2010, 03:38:46 PM
Lots of progress today. 

I'll start with a pic of the spring after I was encouraged to make it not yellow anymore. 



Got the rear wheel set up and installed. I had spacing issues between the swing arm arms. I used the air sander and removed powdercoating where necessary but I was still off a good .060"

Turns out I hadn't beat the Cush drives in far enough. The right sized socket and a wicked hammer took care of that right quick ;D



I figured I might as well do the front wheel while I was at it. 



It's starting to look kinda like a motorcycle :)



Now to get moving on the rear brake assembly. 





And on to the foot peg brackets...





The throttle bodies are easy to drop in place. Silicone spray can help if you have it around. I love the stuff, especially when it comes time to wrestle the airbox into place on the throttle bodies. 



Left side controls are in and the slave cylinder is bolted up. 





Here's the before shot of the airbox. I ditched my original box because it was full of oil and bits of piston. Much easier to use this other box I had laying around. 



And the after shot. My goal here is less restriction to incoming air.  It's not pretty but this isn't a show bike. 



Starting the wiring harness. It's like stuffing 10 pounds of poop in a 5 pound bag sometimes. I didn't take any before pics. I just relied on how the harness was bent and that got me close enough. 

Only a couple of the plugs could be switched so I used a paint marker on the plug and it's component to keep track of what went where. 



Fairing stay and gage in place. I say gage because there is only a tach on this bike. 



Got the airbox mostly where it needs to be. This was a pain in the ass, but I must be getting better at it. It was less of a pita this time around than I remember it being last time. 



Side note... WTF is this thing?  I found it on the floor under the engine. I have no memory of this item. Anyone know what it could be?



All right!!  Got the airbox in place. I didn't even have to bust out a hammer. 



Don't shoot me because of where these coils are mounted. The bike came to me with them like that. As ghetto as it is they did survive a left side low side completely unscathed. 



The last thing I did today was get the nose fairing back on. I'm likin it :D





That's all for now. Battery is on the tender so maybe tomorrow I'll get to try and light this thing off and see if it runs...
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

ducpainter

#41
June 06, 2010, 05:17:13 PM
What else do you need besides a tach? [roll]

And that coil mount was the only alternative after I salvaged what was left of the stock fairing cage.

Ghetto... >:(
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 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
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    is even more amazing than yours."
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    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
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Monsterlover

#42
June 06, 2010, 05:33:48 PM Last Edit: June 06, 2010, 05:35:28 PM by Monsterlover
Quote from: ducpainter on June 06, 2010, 05:17:13 PM
What else do you need besides a tach? [roll]

nothing ???

It wasn't a complaint, just pointing it out was all

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And that coil mount was the only alternative after I salvaged what was left of the stock fairing cage.

Ghetto... >:(

it is ghetto but I'm not saying it's wrong. Three really isn't a stellar place to mount those without some complicated bracketry.

I'd love to stick them in the airbox or somethin like that. However since this bike has already tried to murder me twice, it gets no such love from me. They stay how they are ;D
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Some Dude

#43
June 06, 2010, 06:10:13 PM
Quote from: greenmonster on June 06, 2010, 02:29:04 PM
Nice writeup! [thumbsup]

Don`t you think your forks will have a hard time matching the rear shock?

What he said.



Nice looking bike though
Bike Info
99 m900s                                                Sbk forks
41mm FCR's
Dyna coils
944 hi comp pistons
heads ported and polished
larger valves
new valves and cams
aluminum fly wheel & clutch basket
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redial

#44
June 07, 2010, 04:13:27 AM
great progress,


the rear spring looks sooooo good in matte black!  [thumbsup]
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