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sbaugz

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Re: My RYCA project nearly done-pics added page 3
Reply #45 - 06/11/11 at 11:07:50

Surprised nobody has a finished RYCA posted here yet.
Mine is very close. Its basically done except for tidying up the wiring and waiting for the painted body parts. I mocked up the body parts and did all the fitting, drilling, seat mounting, etc. Hopefully when I get my parts back next week I will be ready to go.

Here is my color choice. My inspiration was the new camaro. Its going to be GM Jewel Red Tintcoat with matte black vintage stripes down the tank and rear seat cowl.

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Reply #46 - 06/11/11 at 11:54:22

Even though I got all my parts sooner, my bike isn't finished because I'm essentially doing a complete restoration and a performance upgrade along with the Ryca conversion. Remember, I started here:

Sometimes I wish I'd started with a newer bike, but the process has been fun and educational -- regarding the bike and myself.

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sbaugz Ex Member	Re: My RYCA project nearly done-pics added page 3 Reply #47 - 06/11/11 at 13:14:52 yah, I figured yours would take a while considering what you are doing with it. Just surprised nobody else has one done yet.
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Reply #48 - 06/11/11 at 15:53:10

sbaugz wrote on 05/07/11 at 08:37:21:

Decided I won't coat tank. Read lots of stuff about coatings peeling off. Probably will clean tank and coat with
Wd40. Any ideas on what to clean rust with?

I used Evapo-Rust with good results on some of my parts. But you need to let the parts soak overnight. In theory, you could put in the petcock (or seal the hole some other way) and fill it with Evapo-Rust. A couple of gallons of the stuff starts to get a little spendy, but you can reuse it

I ordered up some of this Caswell epoxy-based sealer today.

http://www.caswellplating.com/aids/epoxygas.htm

My tank isn't all that rusty, just the effects of it being empty and getting some water in it when I was rinsing off the stripping compound.

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Re: My RYCA project nearly done-pics added page 3
Reply #49 - 06/11/11 at 16:15:33

I worked on a drill ship in Mobile bay, back in the late 70's. We were doing a refurbishing job, running air tools & knocking rust off, sandblasting & usin Ospho, a dilute Phosphoric acid that turns iron oxide, chemically, into iron phosphate, so, the rust is GONE, it wont work thru scale, one layer deep, only, about 12 bux at Kelly Moore, dont get the gel,, liquid only. I use abut 1 qt a year. maybe less,, but I keep it around.

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Abbey Normal YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 24	Re: My RYCA project nearly done-pics added page 3 Reply #50 - 06/11/11 at 18:37:13 I'm glad to see your bike coming along nicely. What was the most difficult part to fit and have you decided on jetting for the carb? When is your paint due back? I'm hoping to have mine in two weeks, but my painter is a slow perfectionist.
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Edgar Senior Member Offline Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light? Posts: 353 San Diego	Re: My RYCA project nearly done-pics added page 3 Reply #51 - 06/11/11 at 20:06:56 Is that a stock carb? Where'd you get the blue tubing?
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sbaugz

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Re: My RYCA project nearly done-pics added page 3
Reply #52 - 06/11/11 at 20:41:50

Abbey Normal wrote on 06/11/11 at 18:37:13:

I'm glad to see your bike coming along nicely. What was the most difficult part to fit and have you decided on jetting for the carb? When is your paint due back? I'm hoping to have mine in two weeks, but my painter is a slow perfectionist.

Hmm, most difficult part seems to be trying to figure out where to hide all these wires and cables. Otherwise, the rest seemed pretty straightforward. Oh, I also had some issues with mounting the seat. The supplied bolts don't seem to be quite long enough to engage the rubber grommet nuts.
Painter should take a week or two from now. He is busy working at the local race track next weekend, so probably won't finish until next weekend.

As for jetting, I went with 155/ 55

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sbaugz Ex Member	Re: My RYCA project nearly done-pics added page 3 Reply #53 - 06/11/11 at 20:42:14 Edgar wrote on 06/11/11 at 20:06:56: Is that a stock carb? Where'd you get the blue tubing? stock carb. I bought the bike with the blue tubing on it already.
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sbaugz

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Reply #54 - 06/11/11 at 20:44:49

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 06/11/11 at 16:15:33:

I worked on a drill ship in Mobile bay, back in the late 70's. We were doing a refurbishing job, running air tools & knocking rust off, sandblasting & usin Ospho, a dilute Phosphoric acid that turns iron oxide, chemically, into iron phosphate, so, the rust is GONE, it wont work thru scale, one layer deep, only, about 12 bux at Kelly Moore, dont get the gel,, liquid only. I use abut 1 qt a year. maybe less,, but I keep it around.

my painter is taking care of the rust for me. He is dipping it into a special tank they have meant exactly for the purposes of getting rust off parts like that. Not sure what exactly is in the tank, but he says the rust will be completely gone. I would not recommend the tank coatings available out there. From what I have read, they peel off eventually. From what I have heard, many body shops and radiator shops have special dunk tanks like I describe. As long as you fill the tank up with gas reasonable quickly, it should be fine without coating.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: My RYCA project nearly done-pics added page 3 Reply #55 - 06/11/11 at 20:49:44 For your application, youve got someone you trust,knock it out, dude..
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: My RYCA project nearly done-pics added page 3 Reply #56 - 06/12/11 at 05:32:42 Edgar wrote on 06/11/11 at 20:06:56: Is that a stock carb? Where'd you get the blue tubing? You can get colored fule line on eBay -- blue, red, green, yellow...
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Edgar Senior Member Offline Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light? Posts: 353 San Diego	Re: My RYCA project nearly done-pics added page 3 Reply #57 - 06/12/11 at 12:50:16 MotoBuddha wrote on 06/12/11 at 05:32:42: Edgar wrote on 06/11/11 at 20:06:56: Is that a stock carb? Where'd you get the blue tubing? You can get colored fule line on eBay -- blue, red, green, yellow... Do you know what size I'd be looking for Buddha? Diameter?
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: My RYCA project nearly done-pics added page 3 Reply #58 - 06/12/11 at 13:06:04 Aw, come on, man, you can measure things, can't you?
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Edgar Senior Member Offline Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light? Posts: 353 San Diego	Re: My RYCA project nearly done-pics added page 3 Reply #59 - 06/12/11 at 15:26:25 Not the diameter no.
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