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psi357 YaBB Newbies Offline Doesn't mater what you ride, just ride! Posts: 13 Dartmouth, MA Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #105 - 01/09/11 at 07:43:11 I actually registered to this forum to say your doing a heck of a job there! Someone on a forum I frequent was debating buying a Savage so I stopped by to see what you guys had to say about them. Been checking on this thread every day since. Great work. Oh, and he bought it
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #106 - 01/09/11 at 08:46:07 The tank is in exile until it's extradited to Ryca where it will be tortured into shape. (I really need to do some raking.)
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #107 - 01/14/11 at 17:15:19 I have a guy in Ohio making this for me. I know, I know... proper filtration and all that, but it's just for photos and such. Otherwise it can serve as a helmet for my pointy little head.
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Reply #108 - 01/15/11 at 10:45:23

Got the fork bottoms sanded down to 1000 grit. At that point the back of the sandpaper is about as rough as the front.

They still need the rouge and buffing wheel treatment, but just to see how things might look, I spent a minute or two using some aluminum polish by hand. (The lower fork bottom is polished, the upper one 1000 grit.)

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Reply #109 - 01/15/11 at 10:51:46

In the middle of polishing the fork bottoms, I got wondering whether the fork tubes are actually straight. Since everything is disassembled, it was easy to do a little test a friend told me about. I placed them on a table and rolled them back and forth while snugged up to each other. If either or both of them weren't straight, they wouldn't roll very well and a gap would appear between them. They passed.

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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #110 - 01/15/11 at 11:38:26 After all the tedious hand work of sanding the fork bottoms, it's nice to employ the brutal efficiency of power tools. With the Ryca kit, you send them your rear hub and they lace it up to an 18" rim and, if you want, mount and balance a tire. So I got out the angle grinder and in a minute or so, presto, the hub was free.
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Reply #111 - 01/15/11 at 12:27:06

MotoBuddha wrote on 01/15/11 at 10:51:46:

In the middle of polishing the fork bottoms, I got wondering whether the fork tubes are actually straight. Since everything is disassembled, it was easy to do a little test a friend told me about. I placed them on a table and rolled them back and forth while snugged up to each other. If either or both of them weren't straight, they wouldn't roll very well and a gap would appear between them. They passed.

doesnt sound like this guy has spent much time hunting a decent cue stick. Glad ya know the way to do that now, & Thanks for the updates, Im havin a vicarious blast.

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Reply #112 - 01/15/11 at 12:51:50

MotoBuddha wrote on 01/15/11 at 10:51:46:

In the middle of polishing the fork bottoms, I got wondering whether the fork tubes are actually straight. Since everything is disassembled, it was easy to do a little test a friend told me about. I placed them on a table and rolled them back and forth while snugged up to each other. If either or both of them weren't straight, they wouldn't roll very well and a gap would appear between them. They passed.

The PO probably used Klotz fork oil. Cool

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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #113 - 01/15/11 at 13:47:30 Take a bit of 1/8" steel bar, grind the end a bit and -- shazam -- a tool to remove the valve timing inspection cover. It ain't no Honda part #07700-0010001, but it works. Just turn it with a crescent wrench.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #114 - 01/15/11 at 13:50:12 Klotz? I think it was more a matter of the PO being a klutz.
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ralfyguy Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 932	Re: The project begins Reply #115 - 01/15/11 at 16:22:45 What aluminum polish did you use?
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #116 - 01/15/11 at 16:32:45 Mother's. It's what I happened to have around.
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Boule’tard Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Master of the Obvious Posts: 1620 Austin TX Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #117 - 01/15/11 at 16:40:34 MotoBuddha wrote on 01/15/11 at 13:47:30: Take a bit of 1/8" steel bar, grind the end a bit and -- shazam -- a tool to remove the valve timing inspection cover. I had almost the same idea Great going on this build!! I don't think anyone has so thoroughly redone their bike since Truckinduc.
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Edgar Senior Member Offline Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light? Posts: 353 San Diego	Re: The project begins Reply #118 - 01/15/11 at 22:30:17 Earlytimez did quite a rebuild as well
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Reply #119 - 01/15/11 at 22:34:19

MotoBuddha wrote on 01/15/11 at 13:47:30:

Take a bit of 1/8" steel bar, grind the end a bit and -- shazam -- a tool to remove the valve timing inspection cover. It ain't no Honda part #07700-0010001, but it works. Just turn it with a crescent wrench.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk182/motobuddha/b6c9dcec.jpg

Once you get it off, just go ahead and get one from an intruder 800/s50. Takes a 10mm hex and fits perfectly. I will never again curse and grind up the timing inspection cover trying to cautiously remove it as if i were defusing a ticking bomb.

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