I rented a bay in a machine shop for 6 months where I plan to do a lot of work on the horses this winter. So far I've done valve check / adjust on 2 bikes, fixed a broken captive nut on the Tiger tank and checked the DAR on one. I plan to check the DAR on the other machine and finish a sprocket cover divide. It's been really fun, but I wish it were closer to home.
On the plus side there are a few guys here who have some mad skills. One of them is a professional welder who I plan to point at the dipstick reroute problem. I've been wringing my hands regarding the other guy's skills!
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Wow, look at T H E S P A C E !
Liking the flags too 8) seriously cool.
Cool shop! Me likey lots
Thanks. If you guys have trouble touring mid-continent US, drop me a line!
The flag on the left is the Union flag from the civil war. The guy across from me is from Tennessee, which was a rebel / slave state at the time. He thinks its hilarious, all in good fun. I actually wanted a US civil flag of peacetime, which looks like this:
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But I was unable to find one. The "typical" US flag "old glory", whatever it's called, was actually intended as a flag for use in war only.
If you can see in the back is a yellow bike that I got very cheap because it has a bad transmission. It's Buell Lightning. I will be working on that next month, probably.
This is a great arrangement. You will learn a lot. Your girlfriend/wife/SO will not be pleased at all. Good luck with the latter.
JetDocX, the wife has already registered her feelings about the space! :wink:
I've already learned a lot. The hardest lesson so far has been "how soft aluminum is", heh heh.
The only downside to it all is the cost. It's money I should be putting in the bank (or in a mattress, considering our assclown banking system here) preparing for the next financial meltdown. :roll:
so I should call you when its time to do my valves??? I live 40mins south fo the cities in Jordan/... I go to School at Dunwoody...
PM me when you need to do the work. I will try and help you out.
I have rebuilt the engine in the Buell.
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Looking good Col Nik.... is that your overnight bag you're building it on? :lol:
It's my murse, dood. :shock:
Seriously, it's a fender protector for automotive work, y'know, when the hood's up you drape it over the fender so you can lean over without scratching the top of the fender.
I guess I should show how far down I stripped the engine (actually more than this because I rebuilt the transmission, which required splitting the cases, but I don't have pictures of that. I was too dispondent that the bike would end up a few dozen items sold on ebay at that point)
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I have quite a bit more work to do:
Reinstall and reset the cam position sensor
Reinstall the transmission sprocket
Empty out the gas and clean the gas tank by turning the chassis upside down :shock: (gas is stored in the frame)
Reassemble the clutch pack
Reinstall primary chain drive
Reinstall the primary cover with new gaskets
Put the engine back into the bike
Reassemble the swingarm and pivot axel
Reconnect the idle adjustment
Reconnect the velocity stack
Reinstall the oil lines
Reconnect the clutch cable
Reconnect the throttle assembly
Reassemble the airbox, left and right scoops
Reconnect the kickstand switch
Prolly a bunch of little things I've missed. I've had 4x 5 gallon buckets filled with labeled ziplock bags. I'm down to 3 buckets now.
Buell is now reassembled to this point.
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Awaiting some parts for the clutch pack.
I nominally put the engine back into the chassis by installing the swingarm back into the engine case mount. Now I'm waiting for heat wrap for the exhaust pipes so the pipes can be properly installed into the engine again. Then the engine will be rotated back up and mounted.
The work so far:
1. New rings
2. Cylinders bored out
3. New lifters
4. New transmission
5. New clutch bearings
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Engine in!
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Nice, so you are a local guy...
You ever make it south of the cities down 169 (Jordan area)??
Maybe this winter you can come and admire my shop while I go through my carbs hahaha
loving the work and the space you have to do it 8)
Quote from: "DWNUNDR"Nice, so you are a local guy...
You ever make it south of the cities down 169 (Jordan area)??
Maybe this winter you can come and admire my shop while I go through my carbs hahaha
I've gone down there over to Sport Wheels but not in many years. There are a few people on here that know how to sort out the carbs pretty well.
As far as the space is concerned, I'm fairly anxious to get out of it. It fills with an inch of water when it rains. The roof leaks. There are 4 other people in this space with me, of which I only see one. People "borrow" my tools and screw things up. I've enjoyed what benefit I've been able to get since I've been here, but I'm a little tired of the filth of the place and wondering what I'll see the next time I stop in.
There are huge benefits of forking out the dough and having your own garage. I may bite the bullet on that yet.
Drive belt and swingarm strut installed.
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Here is a video of the first crank of the engine to get the oil pumping through the lines over all the engine. Spark plugs removed.
http://youtu.be/yUMAVo538_w (http://youtu.be/yUMAVo538_w)
I've put 30 miles on the rebuilt engine and tranny. So far so good.
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30 miles oil change. Check this out. I think this is normal for new rings / cylinders. Right?
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looks awful nasty in the pic ...........you should run it for 500 miles with NON synthetic oil to let the rings seat good .
first hundred keep the revs under 4k or so
start gradually increasing the revs when you ride it by 599 miles you should be able to see red line
after 500 put in for oil what you will normally run .
Quote from: "Mustang"looks awful nasty in the pic ...........you should run it for 500 miles with NON synthetic oil to let the rings seat good .
first hundred keep the revs under 4k or so
start gradually increasing the revs when you ride it by 599 miles you should be able to see red line
after 500 put in for oil what you will normally run .
I'm following your instructions. This is non-synthetic oil of the specified grade (20w-50). Do you really think it's that bad?
The top of the engine is a little noisy to me. It makes a fluttering sound at different revs. The noise seems to have come down a bit since changing the oil.
The thing pulls like a tank: can't believe the torque!
Fluttering: not clacking or banging. I think it's OK. I wasn't running non-syth oil in it before.
3rd oil change: the engine seems to have cleared out. 375 miles left before it's first "normal" oil. Like weaning a puppy.
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:hello2 :thumbsup
Thanks Mustang! Unfortunately not all is 100% well. Here's the magnetic oil drain plug on the newly rebuilt transmission:
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Still some shards. On the plus side this is less than half compared to the first fluid change. I think the gears are still wearing into each other.
So...
I'm told by people who ride these things I should be averaging over 50 miles per gallon on these things. I'm getting between 37 and 45 miles per gallon, though. Everything is new on it that I can think of being related to fuel consumption.
I did do a Throttle Position Sensor reset recently. I wonder if I have to do other things like reset the Cam Position Sensor?
The bike runs very well, pulls very strong. It's not using oil or anything. I have popped a wheelie accidentally a couple of times, it's so torquey. It seems as though I'm not experiencing any real problems.
Any ideas?
yea you need to run it and break it in ,once it loosens up your gas mileage should improve a bit . average of 40mpg is not that bad for all new .
if it is running good and strong ....leave it be and ride it for a couple thousand miles .
Ok will do. I'm at 575 miles on the new drivetrain so we're close to the end of the initial break-in! Will report later...
So at the close of the season I'm getting around 42 MPG or so still with about 1000 miles on the drive train.
What's to love:
1) The bike handles really, really well.
2) The bike has more horses / torque than either my 96 Sprint or Tiger
What's not to love:
1) The transmission is a joke. Straight-cut gears do not like to shift. Overall the transmission is far behind the rest of the bike. The transmission was completely overhauled in 2008 with modern hellically cut gears (like what I have on my 96 Trumpets :shock: ) Wish I had one of those, this is an '03.
2) Air cooled engines get really really really hot in the summer and run like crap in the cold.