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Re: The Project: Phase 4
Reply #45 - 08/13/11 at 06:19:19

Digger wrote on 08/12/11 at 19:20:26:

Moto,

I have a question from a post you made in the "Phase 2" thread (I'm asking it here since I didn't want to mess up your "Phase order."

MotoBuddha wrote on 04/16/11 at 13:12:22:

All mounted up. Need to get some spoke weights to balance it. It's really off. The tire is the same Kenda model Ryca supplies on the rear.

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Do you recall if that wheel balanced out well before you mounted the tire?

TIA!

No, I didn't think to check the wheel without the tire. I suppose the rim could be off center from the axle. I can check that.

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Re: The Project: Phase 4
Reply #46 - 08/13/11 at 06:19:53

arteacher wrote on 07/30/11 at 16:04:12:

I have been following this thread for a long time now and I must say what a beautiful machine it will be when finished. If some magazines don't do an article on it it's their loss.
Personally I would be reluctant to ride it, or even let it get dirty.

On second thought you should have built two. One without all the sanding and polishing to run around on and the one you are doing to sit in a lawn chair with your favorite beverage and look at. Grin

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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #47 - 08/13/11 at 06:20:14 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 08/12/11 at 20:12:04: Did you use the line up on the tire? Theres a mark, sposed to line up with the valve stem.. Yes.
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Re: The Project: Phase 4
Reply #48 - 09/14/11 at 17:40:10

So, real life has been keeping me from making progress on this. Also, I've been trying to find some missing bits. I've been going a little nuts trying to find the guts of the switch pods. I'd looked everywhere. Several times. I was about to order some second-hand replacements but made one more pass through the garage. Finally, as I looked in the drawer that contained the wiring harness, it struck me. Oh, maybe they're in here.

Yes, they were. I had forgotten the small parts were attached to long wire bundles. I had been looking for a couple of baggies. Head smack, head smack, head smack.

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Re: The Project: Phase 4
Reply #49 - 09/14/11 at 17:49:36

So, I had applied the RVT and bolted on the head cover slightly more than finger tight. Later, I got out the torque wrench to properly tighten it. I checked the specs in the manual, set the wrench and went to work. No problem -- until I got to the dreaded left front bolt. On all the others, the wrench clicked after about 1/8 to 1/4 turn, but the left front kept turning past 1/4, on past 1/2. Had it just been looser, or were the threads stripping, as is common? I decided to stop and cross my fingers.

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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #50 - 10/10/11 at 15:30:15 I finally got my head out of other things long enough to get the engine placed back in the frame. It's not all bolted in, because I need to get the tape off and fiddle with some other things, but at least it's off the stand. I hung the pipe temporarily just so I'd think I was farther along than I am.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28387 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #51 - 10/10/11 at 15:51:33 Will you hurry up?... The hairs on my arms are standing up,.. and I don't think they'll go back down, 'till I see it done... ...
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sbaugz Ex Member	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #52 - 10/11/11 at 04:19:29 wow, an update has been sooooo long coming that I almost forgot about this build :'(
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #53 - 10/11/11 at 06:43:54 Yeah, it makes me sad too that I haven't been able to make more progress. Life has been wanting other things from me.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10606 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #54 - 10/11/11 at 10:53:27 Stuff happens you do what you can when you can
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dasch Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1137	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #55 - 10/11/11 at 12:03:09 Buddha, this is a masterpiece as it is!!! Man, looks so good, I'd hang it in my living room! Congrats!
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splash07 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 911 Charleston, SC Gender:	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #56 - 10/11/11 at 12:06:02 MotoBuddha wrote on 10/11/11 at 06:43:54: Yeah, it makes me sad too that I haven't been able to make more progress. Life has been wanting other things from me. Life is funny that way
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #57 - 10/11/11 at 12:06:27 Spent some time with my painter buddy. Rather than attach the ignition/idiot lights plate to the tank the standard Ryca way, we cut the three tabs off the speedo cavity and welded the plate in position. (We kept the bolts on the plate for mounting the ignition and lights.) Then he'll bondo the seam and give it a nice taper.
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crackmonkey YaBB Newbies Offline nothing to see here. keep moving Posts: 42 Hagerstown, MD Gender:	Re: The Project: Phase 4 Reply #58 - 10/11/11 at 18:32:47 that will be sweet man. it is really coming together nice
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Re: The Project: Phase 4
Reply #59 - 10/13/11 at 13:49:44

Pulled off the tape and bolted up the engine mounts. I also test fitted the exhaust and carb.

Since one of the engine/footpeg bracket bolts on the left side needs to be a button head in order for the chain to clear, I swapped out SS button head bolts in all four positions. Any excuse to use stainless steel.

The spots where the battery box used to mout are just begging for something else.

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