Back to business!
In-laws are gone, brother in law is back in Cleveland where he belongs. I’ve caught up on my honey do’s.
Today I was back in the shop having fun!
First order of business, and the thing that wound up taking most of my time, cleaning up all the parts to be painted. To begin with I chipped off about a pound of welding splatter, then smoothed up the welds with a soft wheel grinder. I had degreased everything the other day, so today was scrubbing everything in hot soapy water, then wet sanding it all. The swing arm, chain guard and brake stay are now ready to paint.
It was getting too late to spray paint, so moved on to the next item. My new front brake line arrived a couple days ago, a new stainless braid line at 110cm long. It was a little on the long side, but I got it routed to my liking. It still needs to be bled, but at least now I have my master cylinder mounted again. I also need to lengthen my brake switch wire. ( Pay no attention to the spring wire around the hose, I will be removing that.)
Yesterday I finally got around to ordering new bronze bushings and dust/ grease seals for the swing-arm. While I was rummaging around in my parts looking for a spare swing arm shim that I knew I had, I was surprised to find a new swing arm bolt. I forgot I did not use it on my XS2.
Well I’ve got enough stuff to keep me busy until parts arrive. I might take a break and go riding tomorrow if the weather is nice.
Later!
Bob