Pinned So what have you done to your bike today?

Resurected an old dead postie bike
Chopped guards, upside down bars, leds all round, pit bike exhaust with muffler, carby kit, bigger jet, inlet pod, new fork oil & seals
Good bit of fun

 

The seat is soft enough, but, no, I wouldn't make it

 

Got engine into the frame and bike running. Needs tuning. No light left now. Finished working on the bike and started the beer drinking

 

will- piker.lol.

 

3LN6 carbies need more work, have chucked the working 3LN1 carbies back on.

 

The XS is on the operating table, all good news so far with the top of the engine, full head & cylinder rebuild with all the old parts, Flexi honed the barrels, surface ground the head, re cut & seated the valves, measured the bores & all well in spec, new second hand pistons winging their way from America & a new set of rings. Bottom end next.
She'll be something more comfortable to ride away, but it's likely to end up with a single seat & clip ons !
Picked up the new compressor today, 8hr round trip ! Who said i am a piker.
Big huge 3 phase monster, 4 head twin pump, dual tanks, the big tank is 2.7m tall & 600mm dia, no lack of air for sand blasting anymore.

 

Slapped a squiddy fake carbon fiber tank pad on the almighty Korean race machine



Also I don't know if I'm allowed to post about cars but I refinished the dash and cleaned up the instruments on my car

 

The XS is an 1100, this ones an 81 model, the spare bike is a 79 model, it was supposed to be a parts bike but I think I'll do a second rebuild, there's almost a full bike there anyway. The first bike seems to have all the parts there & the parts bike probably won't be needed.
Dad's a retired mechanic & a painfully slow perfectionist, he has access to an engineering workshop, lucky stuff.
It wasn't all done in a day, he spent 6 hrs lapping in the valves to perfection.
I bought a new Flexi Hone, about $80, a lot for only a few turns in each bore, I think it's an aluminium oxide job 240 grit or it could have been a silicone carbide, got all confusing as the original one I got was an inch too small & when I returned it he didn't have the same in the larger size & sold me the different compound but said it was better, the right one for cast iron bores.
The bores were measured after the hone & found to be in spec but with some taper & hourglass wear.
I was surprised to hear the silicone would cross hatch a Nikasil bore good for new rings, weve got a couple of NSR's & an RGV with Nikasil bores
Cerakote is interesting, I'll have a look at it, there an engine paint made here that we'll probably use, I'll find out what it is, it's one of Dads finds, self levelling ??

 

a phone call would have saved you the 80 bucks- have a few expnsive ones here with a variety of grit hone stones.

 

I'm not psychic.
I bought a 2 7/8' hone
But you dont sell anything ever !

 

Ceramic coating, nice, hadn't thought about it.
Looks like nice stuff.
Now there's another option, damn, too many options.
The silvery light grey looks nice.

 

Look Ma! I'm Lorenzo







80x25x2.5 TJM Canopy channel rail with a rounded lip.

Paper template
Two bends
shaped the mounting surface to pick up on the spool mounts and curved to go round the welded 2 piece swingarm.
Strategically places slots for saving weight without reducing structural integrity.
33 grams, just needs final sand, polish, drilling and two 1/8 rivets hidden underside of swingarm and Double sided tape to seal.

13.17.10 Drive Chain Protection-
13.17.10.4 A chain guard made of suitable material must be fitted in a way to prevent trapping between the lower drive chain run and the final drive sprocket at the rear wheel.