yeah pretty sure I paid some big bux for good ones too. Madness has a good set and so did the survivor that went to mm1ut1
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Zall the turd gets polished.
- Thread starter gggGary
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Somebody is going to get a good bike for a little money!
Zall went to it's new home yesterday then got a trailer ride back here for a minor electrical change related to the tytronics ignition. In the new owners hands now.
Thanks for the emblem machine!
kind of a final accounting
no title hulk $100
Seat, tank, side covers, mufflers, mirrors, caliper, front fender, engine mounts, bolts, ignition switch, and hundreds of other big and little things from the bins and new parts "stock" $700+?
Carb overhaul new floats float valves, throttle shaft seals a gasket or two. $80
Good used battery swiped from Madness $35
Pair of tires $120 rim strip $6
chain and sprockets $100
oil and repaired sump filter $30
brake pads $12
Swing arm bushings $40
paint n shop supplies $100
Tytronics ignition 100
bout $1400 plus 80 hours labor?
What I did
fork tubes replaced, Replacement tubes stripped buffed, fork oil changed.
Caliper replaced with good used, overhauled, new pads, SS line, copper crush washers, rebuilt master cylinder, fail, replace master cylinder with 11mm used unit. fill bleed test Did a (poor) job of sanding rotor. Really should have chucked it in the lathe for this.
cam chain, valves set, compression test done. oil, filters changed cleaned.
head stud retorque
new clutch cable, adjustment, worm cleaned lubed. Cleaned under LH cover sprocket area.
alternator and brushes checked for wear rotor tested, function tested.
wheels stripped scrubbed polished (some), tires, tubes installed.
Scrape, clean frame, brush repaint, sand clean swing arm, adjusters, spray paint, replace bushings find better chain guard repaint.
Extract busted off sprocket bolt chase hole clean bolts straighten tabs install new sprockets, chain.
Rebuild petcocks with new "valves", o-rings, fuel line, vacuum line, tee make adaptor to fit RH carb vacuum port.
Rebuild ignition switch replace starter button clean lube throttle cable, throttle barrel, speedo and tach cables, clean lube pivots etc.
Misc work on wiring, turn signals etc.
Replace tach with "better" unit, change gauge bulbs.
Change headlight bulb to stock type straighten bucket, ring etc.
New coil wires, plug caps.
gggGarys valve cover gaskets, polish valve covers new SS dome nuts, washers..
Carbs rebuilt, set, adjust.
MikesXS large pod filters installed.
rear turn signals removed, brackets straightened, polished, reinstall.
Side, center stands cleaned sanded resprayed.
seat lock repair, rebuild seat hinges pins found, fit, installed.
fuse holder replaced loom retaped, covered "yellow snake"
Gas cap "rekeyed"
Installed, timed Tytronics ignition. removed cleaned lubed and "changed" springs on advance shaft and pivot weights.
added missing engine mount bolts, brackets.
lots of other clean, sand, paint, repair, replace work.
Purchase and sales process pick up, delivery(s) etc.
Geez kinda wish I hadn't made this list
Next!
Thanks for the emblem machine!
kind of a final accounting
no title hulk $100
Seat, tank, side covers, mufflers, mirrors, caliper, front fender, engine mounts, bolts, ignition switch, and hundreds of other big and little things from the bins and new parts "stock" $700+?
Carb overhaul new floats float valves, throttle shaft seals a gasket or two. $80
Good used battery swiped from Madness $35
Pair of tires $120 rim strip $6
chain and sprockets $100
oil and repaired sump filter $30
brake pads $12
Swing arm bushings $40
paint n shop supplies $100
Tytronics ignition 100
bout $1400 plus 80 hours labor?
What I did
fork tubes replaced, Replacement tubes stripped buffed, fork oil changed.
Caliper replaced with good used, overhauled, new pads, SS line, copper crush washers, rebuilt master cylinder, fail, replace master cylinder with 11mm used unit. fill bleed test Did a (poor) job of sanding rotor. Really should have chucked it in the lathe for this.
cam chain, valves set, compression test done. oil, filters changed cleaned.
head stud retorque
new clutch cable, adjustment, worm cleaned lubed. Cleaned under LH cover sprocket area.
alternator and brushes checked for wear rotor tested, function tested.
wheels stripped scrubbed polished (some), tires, tubes installed.
Scrape, clean frame, brush repaint, sand clean swing arm, adjusters, spray paint, replace bushings find better chain guard repaint.
Extract busted off sprocket bolt chase hole clean bolts straighten tabs install new sprockets, chain.
Rebuild petcocks with new "valves", o-rings, fuel line, vacuum line, tee make adaptor to fit RH carb vacuum port.
Rebuild ignition switch replace starter button clean lube throttle cable, throttle barrel, speedo and tach cables, clean lube pivots etc.
Misc work on wiring, turn signals etc.
Replace tach with "better" unit, change gauge bulbs.
Change headlight bulb to stock type straighten bucket, ring etc.
New coil wires, plug caps.
gggGarys valve cover gaskets, polish valve covers new SS dome nuts, washers..
Carbs rebuilt, set, adjust.
MikesXS large pod filters installed.
rear turn signals removed, brackets straightened, polished, reinstall.
Side, center stands cleaned sanded resprayed.
seat lock repair, rebuild seat hinges pins found, fit, installed.
fuse holder replaced loom retaped, covered "yellow snake"
Gas cap "rekeyed"
Installed, timed Tytronics ignition. removed cleaned lubed and "changed" springs on advance shaft and pivot weights.
added missing engine mount bolts, brackets.
lots of other clean, sand, paint, repair, replace work.
Purchase and sales process pick up, delivery(s) etc.
Geez kinda wish I hadn't made this list
Next!
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An amazing transformation in just 35 days
...thanks for the posting.
Restoring old crap is not lucrative. If you'd really done it up you'd be out a lot more time and money. For most of us here, the reward is worth more than the price of admission. Nice job!
All of that in one months time! Thats incredible, It was a pleasure watching you work Gary!
If you're like me, you prolly made about a buck and a half an hr when you sold it. 
Looks good.
Looks good.
