Monday Monday...

So as if the weekend's festivities were not enough, Monday night saw us back out in the garage fixing all the problems we made with too much beer and wrench swinging.

Lauren and Matt removing the popped tube.  I replaced it with a new one from the motorcycle shop.  I have a feeling it is also flat in the garage as I write this but I'm going to try and be positive about it!

Lauren was very busy sanding the spokes and cleaning up the rims.  Thanks!

 

Meanwhile Matt was just doing this...come on man get to work!

I cleaned up the work bench (woohoo fresh cardboard!) and went about sorting all the spare parts into those we are using, to be sandblasted, painting or scrap/extra. 

Usable and finished parts on our Ruckus-shelf

 To be Painted:

 

All cleaned up with the help of Lauren and my trusty Dremmel tool.

 Matt sanded down the edges of the fins then gave them another coat of paint to clean up the small cracks.

 

It should be noted that the valve covers were on when he was painting.

 

Having never rebuilt a set of forks, I grabbed the manual (which seems to cover every Honda built between 1969 and 1980) and got down to business.  This production brought to you by the delicious Deviant Dales.

 

 After removing the circlip, Matt summoned his superhuman strength to hulk the ancient oil seal from the fork tube.  This action shot happens to shop him right as it popped out and went flying into a dark recess of the garage.

 Lauren decided to take a nap around midnight.  Matt decided to wake her up by pushing the convertible down the driveway with her in it!  What are friends for?