I’m doing the Yamaha shuffle. One step forward , two steps back.
Today was another mixed bag, this is getting to be a pattern, good....bad....good....bad.
GOOD....
My painted parts arrived! I was out in the garage when the FedEx truck pulled up, the guy hopped out with this great big box and handed it to me , and the first thing I realized was that it smelled VERY strongly of fresh paint.
BAD....
I opened up the box and immediately saw paint splashed all over inside the box! Bad! Oh this is very bad! They had included a bottle of touch up paint and the bottle had ruptured and spilled it’s entire contents all over the inside of the box!
Fortunately they had packed everything ( except that bottle of paint ) very well and the paint didn’t penetrate the packing.
GOOD.....VERY GOOD!
The paint is beautiful, they really did a great job. This is the first time I ever splurged for a factory style paint job.
I had them line the tank also, with a 3M product that he told me is approved by the FAA for lining aircraft gas tanks.
They send it out to a specialist for that job.
So the tins are packed away waiting for the big finish!
Then I turned to face the new threat. I began disassembly of the forks to clean, rebuild and polish. I just started breaking down the right leg when I noticed this.
Oh Crap!!! BAD BAD BAD! How did I not notice this when I was taking the bike apart? If all that boss did was mount the fender I’d just make it work, but as you know the fender serves as a fork brace and is subject to some heavy twisting and those threads ( what’s left of them ) are crap! So once again , two steps back.
Now I’m considering my options, not many good ones. Either source a new fork lower, which more likely means having to buy another complete set of forks, or get it welded up , drill and tap. Jeeze Louise! I sure would like to see a job through to completion. I keep starting jobs only to have to stop ,order parts , start something else, and order more parts.
Yeah, me and Douglas MacArthur..........