Recent content by Made2care

Okay!! Here she is all nice and pretty. The great reveal if you will. I hope everyone enjoyed this resto. This one is a keeper. Rides like a dream :) Take care everyone and thank you for letting me post on this bike. Chow for now !

Thank you. I really enjoyed this one … and can’t wait to get her out on the road. With new tires and rebuilt brakes, should handle nicely. The new steering stem bearing will make a huge difference too. Nice weather next week :)

Here she is 99.9% complete. I’m conditioning the original seat but after that… she’s done! This did not take me as long as I thought it would. Fun resto for sure. When the weather clears up I will get some nice pics of her. Oh shoot!!! Not so fast! I forgot the chain guard. So I guess I’m not...

Really close now. Completed 80% of wiring. Exhaust finally installed. Had to swap out center stand to clear this exhaust. Guess the difference between 73 & 74 is a crossover pipe on exhaust. Anyway, decided to stop and watch some football:)

Getting close! I’m probably close to $500-$700 on parts. Oil filter turned out to be stock , that was $40. The $$$ doesn’t matter, it’s the enjoyment of bringing this beautiful piece of history back to life :) You will notice in a few of the pics, the donor bike receiving no love or attention...

Finally starting to take shape. Every nut and bolt on this thing is clean. Lots left but I’m taking my time and enjoying every minute:) Pretty exciting mounting the rebuilt front forks and wheels today.

Another busy day but a good day. Only have 2 days left of vacation then back to work :( The steering stem now has fresh new bearings and is back on the frame. Forks are disassembled and ready to be reassembled tomorrow:) Same for the brakes and master cylinder:) All parts just came in, so...

That’s good to know. Thanks for the heads up

Tapered bearings

Lots of parts arriving tomorrow… so in the meantime, cleaning up a few pieces till then. Bearings were shot , new bearings on the way :)

Santa has left , so back to work :) Tackling the forks…. Less pieces than goldwings :) Also rebuilding front brake caliper and master cylinder. Parts on the way, Santa passed on bringing me those!

Nice and snug. Engine looks really nice and clean in its freshly painted frame. Attention to detail is very important :)

For me… easiest and only method to return the engine to its rightful home( frame). They are one again and with a big smile too :)

Amazing what one can accomplish on their days off from work. I’m off for two weeks and took advantage of it on the first day. As mentioned above, after stripping the frame , I decided to go with a high temp, oil and gas resistant enamel , which I’ve had success with in the past. No powder...

Frame is painted. Cleaning up engine some more then engine back into frame :) All the bits on my workbench lol. I did get lucky… someone already invested in the oil filter mod/ adapter( original oil filter setup only took oem odd size filters that are not made anymore) so now I can easily...