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RE: Getting my bike ready for spring by... - 3/20/2008 1:52:51 PM

marc0011

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I also forgot to mention, my reg/rec plug is damaged from overheating. Does anyone know where I can get the male plug that goes into the reg/rec from?

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RE: Getting my bike ready for spring by... - 3/27/2008 8:51:24 PM

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Ok, here is an update on where I'm at. I started getting into things and finding a lot of things that have failed. I was looking at the carbs and discovered that I had some really bad leaks I need to invest a pretty penny into the carbs, my cush drives are worn out, speed sensor o ring has gone bad, repairing rust on my radiator fan shroud, and some interesting debrie in my coolant system. Here are some pics

The next few pics are of the carbs before I cleaned them up.

Here are the carbs post cleaning.

Here is the rest of my carbs

Here is the work of my fan shroud. I forgot take some pics of what it was before but I do how some in its current state.

My cush drives which are in pretty bad shape. Two of them have failed and the others are on their last leg.

Here is a nice shot of my garage

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RE: Getting my bike ready for spring by... - 3/28/2008 8:33:47 AM

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hey man so if you didn't just take your kush drive out and check it how would you know if it is bad and if it is bad like yours what does it effect. will you feel anydifference when driving new or broke???? i wish i had all that room to do that work, i put a huge tarp down in my living room and did it there lol it was a mess

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RE: Getting my bike ready for spring by... - 3/28/2008 9:34:57 AM

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Before I took the bike apart, I was noticing some slipping that wasn't in the clutch. It's kinda hard to explain but the best that I can describe as best I can. The slip was only when I got on it a little and it was like the chain was slipping just a tiny bit. There was plenty of tension in the chain and none of the teeth were missing on the sprockets so I knew it wasn't the chain slipping. I'll let you know how the new ones feel when I get them in and the bike running agian. I think it's going to be a little while though. The nice thing about being in the house is that you have heat... the garage is a little cold.

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RE: Getting my bike ready for spring by... - 3/28/2008 10:55:18 AM

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Wow, so what color are you gonna spray the frame?

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RE: Getting my bike ready for spring by... - 3/28/2008 1:42:15 PM

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I'm leaving the frame the same color, I'm just doing away with some of the rust in a few areas.

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RE: Getting my bike ready for spring by... - 3/28/2008 11:02:53 PM

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You are insane.
Or have a lot of time on your hands...

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RE: Getting my bike ready for spring by... - 3/29/2008 2:45:04 AM

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This is such a good thread ... I love to read about other peoples' restorations and rebuilds ... it's interesting and reminds me of when my dad used to show me how to do stuff on the bike, I used to watch mesmerised when he restored bikes and cars :-)

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RE: Getting my bike ready for spring by... - 3/29/2008 8:27:52 PM

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That's ridiculous man, I never thought that someone would tear down their bike just before the season started. Shouldn't you have done this back when it was cold instead of now when I bet all you can think about is riding. I know that I walk to and from class every day and all I want to do is go back to my parent's house and get the bike to go riding (and it's only about 40 degrees at noon here). Only problem is, my parents are about 2 hours away. Oh well, at least if it's warm next weekend I can go home and get my baby.

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RE: Getting my bike ready for spring by... - 3/29/2008 8:35:57 PM

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My brother and I have restored a 68 Mustang and a 63 Chevy Truck. Your comment about refurbishing old cars brings back memories of way TOO many hours of sanding. I have a few pics of those projects... just not digital. My main goal is to keep my bike in great mechanical shape as well as looking nice. I've actually found a lotta things that are on their last leg or have already failed in this spring inspection. The insulators between the carbs and intake manifold were rock hard and split when I took the carbs off. This tear down is mainly for the purpose of keeping the bike around another 10 years

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RE: Getting my bike ready for spring by... - 3/30/2008 5:42:24 PM

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i tip my hats to you bro now tell me where you live so i can drop off my bike n you give it a tear down and build back

cause lord knows my baby need a lil tlc after my spill

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RE: Getting my bike ready for spring by... - 4/9/2008 10:35:24 AM

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pointman, if you're in the area... lemme know. I've done crash repairs a couple times.

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RE: Getting my bike ready for spring by... - 4/10/2008 12:28:15 PM

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Since I have my carbs torn apart, I went ahead and got a jet kit (Factory). I was wondering if you guys have done this, what were the main jets and needle settings used. I'm running a K&N filter (contiplating BMC) and Two Brothers slip on. Any advice on what to watch out for or words of advice.

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RE: Getting my bike ready for spring by... - 4/10/2008 12:40:22 PM

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My settings for the same jet kit are 138out/140in for the main jets, #4 on the needles, and 1.75 turns on the fuel screws running a k&n and jardine street slip-on...best advice i could give is to read the tuning guide real good and make sure you understand it all.

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RE: Getting my bike ready for spring by... - 4/11/2008 9:50:39 AM

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Thanks for the input kwong. I've read the instructions thoroughly. It's just that Factory calls some of the fuel circuits different names than what Honda calls some of circuits. I know what the pilot screw is, slow circuit, and main jet are and where they are located. I'm not very familiar with the terms mixture screws and fuel screws. I am thinking these are the screw adjustments located on the exterior of the carbs. It's just a couple things like this that I want to clarify
I checked my valve lash last night. I got to say, it was soooooo easy to do when the engine is out of the frame. I had only only valve that was a .001 out of spec on the exhaust side. I don't plan on doing anything about it since it is so close to being in spec. Here are the results.