Mostly Successful

The evening wrenching went well, until we looked at the list around 11:00 and saw all the stuff we forgot to do.  Oh well.

1. Matt sanded the fins on the lower part of the top end.  
2. The kick stand support was ground down and the frame stuffed in the trunk of the TDI for welding tomorrow.
3. We disassembled the other fork and replaced the oil seal. 
4. I cleaned the fork lowers and prepped for paint.  We settled on painting only the top half of the bottom end of the engine in aluminum colored paint.  
5. Here Matt is putting on the primer coat ahead of paint.

6.  The fingerprints on the tank in the clear coat were getting to Matt so he decided to clean it again with acetone and respray it.

What is left?

So we are nearing the build timeframe for the bike.  SUPER STOKED!

Tonight we plan to:

1. Rebuild the other front fork and clean/sand both.
1. Fill with ATF Oil
2. Lightly sand fins if finishing coat is dry enough
3. Kick stand ideas/clean up old mount (for welding Thursday)
4. Mount rear sprocket
5. Mount brake drums to wheels
6. Begin engine assembly (if paint is dry enough)

Thursday Welding

1. Frame hoop 
2. Kick stand bracket

 On one sunny day:

1. Get Sand/Sandblast box of parts (engine mounts, kick stand etc..)
2. Paint blasted parts (sit for 7 days)
3. Paint Frame (sit for 7 days)

Once the paint is dry...WE BUILD! and curse

 Things we still need:

1. Sanity
2. Long hours in the garage
3. Beer
4. More Beer

Parts we still need:

1. Handlebar Tape Wrap
2. Exhaust Fabrication/Maybe Exhaust Wrap
3. Speedometer
4. Headlight
5. Metal Fenders?
6. Seat Pan/Foam

Lauren's Garage Pics

The talented Lauren and her talented phone.

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?

Sunday Wrenching and BBQ

Sanded more of the cylinder fins, drank beers, cleaned rear shocks. Something something

Hours spent, progress gained.

With the help of our beautiful assistant, we managed to get a ton of work knocked out Saturday on the Stinker.

Lauren is sanding the spokes while Jack uses the Dremmel tool on the triple tree.

Good work Jack!

Have a drink!

Matt ground off the fork lock and I cleaned it up a bit.

Hey you two... (his face says it all!)

And finally painted and drying

Lauren is proving to be a great garage helper.  Her specialty is tires.

Damn...a tube puncture!

Off to the store again in the Triumph for some patches.

Once remounted, it was time to paint the rims.

And drying.  Now we need to clean up the spokes a bit but I'm loving the look!

Got some new Dremmel bits and polished the carb.

Matt started grinding down the edges of the fins.

After snadlasting the triple trees and brake hub, I polished them up a bit.  Looking good!

More to come on Sunday.  

Shinko 705

Transported the new tires over in the Triumph. I should have known they wouldn't fit in the trunk...