My First Bike & Build

[SkavenDC]

I too love the color of the tank. That was the direction I was planning on with my build. Pearly white tank on a mostly blacked out bike.

Great start. Looks good.

 

[Ryca]

I too love the color of the tank. That was the direction I was planning on with my build. Pearly white tank on a mostly blacked out bike.

Great start. Looks good.

Thanks! This is a can of "Ivory" Krylon, just to get the feel.. I was inspired by this Norton here http://www.bratstyle.it/norton-commando-850-tracker-eng.html

 

[nonno]

looks like it is going to be an awesome piece of machine!!

 

[SkavenDC]

Thanks! This is a can of "Ivory" Krylon, just to get the feel.. I was inspired by this Norton here http://www.bratstyle.it/norton-commando-850-tracker-eng.html

Love the Norton on that site. That is very close to what I wanted to do as well. Good luck with the build.

 

[Ryca]

Any thoughts on the fork rebound? Have any of you run into that problem after rebuilding these 'older' style forks ? I put 7oz of 15wt oil in each tube.

 

[vsop-dk]

Sweet intro post, I laughed about the twix bars hahaha good one there. Take care of your old man, he is a workhorse so it seems.

Great bike and real nice turnout... for usd1000 your keeping it tight, but following all the great advise here, will help you along way, doing it by yourself.

Looking forward seeing where this turns out.

 

[fredintoon]

- - - Yamaha sort of screwed up by putting rubber washers under the 4 outside acorn nuts on top of the head. - - -

Hi 5twins,
nah, their screwup was using the wrong design of rubber seals.
The layered seal design may be OK for stopping rain leaking under roofing nails but not so much for keeping oil inside engines.
And while putting copper washers in there definitely works OK what they should have used is Dowty Seals.
These things:-
http://www.potterassoc.com/pdf/bonded_seal_information_and_sizing_chart.pdf

 

[Ryca]

27 years of rust.
50 days of wrench.
10 seconds of joy...

Its alive !!!

You might notice there is no seat... Yep, theres a few things we are touching up and tuning - but damn it felt good to roll on that throttle !

https://vimeo.com/123800649

 

[650Skull]

Any thoughts on the fork rebound? Have any of you run into that problem after rebuilding these 'older' style forks ? I put 7oz of 15wt oil in each tube.

77 Damper rods have no anti top out springs. Here is a link, go to 5Twins post #12, this explains it and shows a tip to help solve the prob. Read the whole thread for relevant info