Here are a few pics of it done. I'll upload a video as soon as I can.

At last!!

As we left our heroes last at the Bat-cave...

My brake piston was seized so we rebuilt that. 

Having test ridden the thing I can tell you that even with the stainless braided line this thing stops like a dump truck.  I would definitely recommend swapping the front for something with dual disks. 

Here is the holder thingy I was making.  By the way, I found the little f@#ker today.  Figures.

And here it is, Finished.

Note, there is a number between the letters OC and D on my plate.  That bugs me a little.

I'll post a video after we go for a good ride.

It's alive!!!

The monster is awake.

That was Mr. G giving it a try.  Mr. Double J noticed the clutch is slipping , Mr. G is confirming that.

Mr. D also had a go at it.

I had a sticking throttle when the wheel was turned to one side.  I removed the push cable and lubed the pull cable and now it returns well.

I had to take out the carbs to do so, I don't have the steady hands or the dexterity to work in that confined space.  Stupid me, when I tried to put the damned things back I had them backwards.  I got  frustrated until I realized what I was trying to do.  The first thing I did when I figured out what a nimrod I can be is look around to make sure Mr. Double J didn't see me.  I know he's going to read this, and that's OK, but fixing it before he found out was important.  I have a way of frustrating Mr. Double J with my nimrodedness.  I don't blame him, I can do some real head scratchers.

Now what that is sorted out I have a clutch issue to deal with.  I have the one out of the spare engine, I'll check its tolerances and if it's good it'll go in the bike.

It's out of my house!!

I finally got the damn bike out of my dining room.  I'm so glad, do you have any idea what it's like to entertain with a bike in your dining room? 

Out the front door it went, thanks Mr. Double J.  Chico supervised the extraction.

Now we tie up some loose ends and see how well it tuns without an H pipe and with pod filters instead of the air box.

Here it is at the shop.

Home stretch

Soon...Very soon.

I've been looking everywhere for these.  I should have started at my favorite bike shop in the first place.  The Ottawa Goodtime Center hasn't let me down yet. 

 Now I have a good battery terminal, nice and permanent.

I've oiled up the pod filters.

I've got a question for you.  Does anyone know what these nipples, tee hee, are on my carbs?  Larry's, ptouie, bible of carbs doesn't mention them at all. 

Here are the goodies I've been waiting for.  I bought a set of bars and a brake master from Dime City Cycles and a custom Spiegler brake line from Moto Madness.

Sorry about the tuft of hair in the bottom of the last picture, I haven't had the time to shave my toes in a while.  Anyhow, cool stuff right. 

I took the old bars off and man are those grips hard to take off.  I tried it dry and broke a sweat.  Once I added a specially formulated ancient recipe lubricant it came off easy.

Ok, so the lubricant you see on the end of the grip is actually butter.  Shut up, it worked great.



Here it is with the new bars.

I don't know how comfortable they'll be but they sure look dope.   They fit the bike better aesthetically.

I lost the little thingamajig that holds the cables near the fender.  I've seen it at least a dozen times during the winter but now that I want it I can't find it.  No problem, made my own.

 I'll paint it black and you won't notice it unless you really look.

Soon Mr. Double J will help me get this thing out of my house and bring it to work.  There we'll fire it up and hopefully safety it.

 I hope it runs Ok, fingers and furry toes crossed.

Bad brakes

You've got to be kidding me, more snow.  It's almost April and we just got dumped on.

The top of that shelter was clear last night.

My brake master is not pumping fluid.  I tried to bleed them this week and got nowhere.

No problem, I have some goodies coming...

Enough winter allready

Still waiting...

It was -14 Celsius with a wind chill of -24, that's 7 Fahrenheit with a chill of   -11 F.  We just got about 10cm of snow.  No mater haw many cans of hair spray I go through I still can't get this global warming thing to happen fast enough.


I changed the final drive fluid with some of the purple stuff.  I haven't used it before, I'm more of an Amsoil guy, but the stuff was sitting on the shelves at work for years so I grabbed a bottle and gave myself an awesome deal.

I've bought a pair of Icon Elsinore boots,

I'll let you know what I think of them.