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Post by Phillip-S on Feb 24, 2012 19:40:50 GMT -6
Just for fun i ran the budget and I'm at around $400 including purchase price. Depending on the cost of shocks and allowing for one or two surprises i should bring it in close to $600 all in. As thrifty as you've become you'll be able to afford that many more additions to your stable! You better start shopping for a mega-multi bike discount insurance policy and some extra storage space. |
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Post by Tim-WT on Feb 24, 2012 22:02:23 GMT -6
Thrifty might be stretching it a bit...  |
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Post by Tim-WT on Feb 25, 2012 19:12:03 GMT -6
Doncha' just love that new part smell? Thanks you Mr ups!  |
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Post by Phillip-S on Feb 25, 2012 22:02:28 GMT -6
Doncha' just love that new part smell? Thanks you Mr ups! It smells like... victory! |
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Post by Tim-WT on Feb 26, 2012 12:54:28 GMT -6
Progress!
Running sea foam through her then i'll do an oil change and look at the plugs.
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Post by Tim-WT on Feb 26, 2012 17:06:25 GMT -6
Came home from the ride and installed the "new" clutch lever i got from Austin. Road her around the block!!! A bit sketchy since the mufflers, the tank and the seat were all just sitting in place.  More painstaking detail to come. ;D |
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Post by bobbed750 on Feb 26, 2012 20:19:56 GMT -6
:-D nice
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Post by Tim-WT on Feb 26, 2012 20:37:15 GMT -6
Thanks! Big achievements for a guy like me who never really turned a wrench till these vintage bikes.
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Post by Phillip-S on Feb 26, 2012 21:14:33 GMT -6
Great job! There's hope for a neophyte like me yet. But just to be safe I'm going to stock up on SeaFoam. :-)
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Post by Tim-WT on Feb 26, 2012 21:17:58 GMT -6
SeaFoam on sale at Oriley...
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Post by Jack P on Feb 26, 2012 21:55:21 GMT -6
Alright Tim sounds good... your almost set..not bad for not wrenching much.. building two bikes in one winter is pretty darn good as I am still working on finishing one..
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Post by Tim-WT on Feb 26, 2012 21:59:34 GMT -6
Hey thanks. But on the KZ i mostly deconstructed. ;D
This one will be all me as much as possible.
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Post by Tim-WT on Mar 3, 2012 18:47:49 GMT -6
Progress today?
Well... I chopped up the CB500 seat to try to make a flat one. Then decided the seat was too far gone (rust) and threw the bits on a shelf.
Then sat and starred at her for a while.
Then decided to make my life easier and chop my stock seat flat...tomorrow.
Then sat and starred at her for a while.
Took a wire wheel in my drill and smoothed out the frame where i cut the tabs off last week.
Then sat and starred at her for a while.
Then jumped on the V and went for coffee with Phillip.
So, i guess in the absence for making progress i at least made a decision.
That's something, right?
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Post by Phillip-S on Mar 4, 2012 9:24:37 GMT -6
Set that to music and I'm sure you'll have a hit!
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Post by Tim-WT on Mar 4, 2012 19:21:25 GMT -6
Most of the day spent with brushes and a brillow pad scrubbing the bike. When i got it it came with a coating of what appeared to be cement dust. Very hard coating but i think i got it all off. Then on to the seat.  Chopped about 2 inches off of the end and then used a heat gun to bend another 1 inch down to form the "back". Chopped the foam off the "step", to flatten the seat out. And an inch off the bottom tip that sticks down.  Had a little helper.   Then off to coffee. If I stopped drinking coffee i'd have this thing built by now. ;D |
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