My 1987 1200 Interstate

[dan filipi]

Agree chrome is over rated. Enough damn work keeping painted stuff clean, if you're into that kind of thing.

 

[slabghost]

I'm not a fan of chrome either. Glad you decided to fix it and put it back to use.

 

[brianinpa]

I almost painted them, but I tried a small area that was pretty bad and they shined up pretty good. The only area that didn't was where battery acid falls on the left side. I'm not sure anything will work on that. Some chrome will be getting painted because it iseems too pitted.

 

[brianinpa]

More scrubbing, more cleaning, more sanding, and more painting.

The more I work on this bike, the more I realize that not everyone is meant to be a back-yard mechanic. I am fixing things that just make me want to :headscratch:

I've just been looking at mechanical and structural things so far. I am a bit worried about what I will find when I take a close look at the electrical.

 

[slabghost]

Have you been running it any?

 

[brianinpa]

Yes, running fine, but I was waiting for me plugs and caps. They arrived today. I need to work on the stator connector and dog bone fuse, then I can look at the rest.

 

[Ansimp]

Sounds like it is coming along nicely Brian. :salute:

 

[joedrum]

just keep not looking ..wont find a thing that way till its a problem ... :yes:

 

[brianinpa]

Well, it runs, so the important stuff works.

 

[Denver]

:good:

 

[Rednaxs60]

It's the "snowball" syndrome, the more you do the more you find. Like yourself, I do the same, one thing leads to another, but then you know this. Hell of an addiction these bikes, eh what!

Now on to the next one! :salute: :salute:

 

[joedrum]

addicted ..im addicted to nothing ...sheesh ....im moving my addiction to tractors for awhile just to prove im not addicted ...sheesh the nerve of some people around me... :smilie_happy:

 

[brianinpa]

We are our own 12 step program...

 

[Denver]

Can not afford 12 of em :nea:

 

[slabghost]

One at a time. Can't afford to buy em all at once but one at a time isn't that hard.

 

[brianinpa]

New plugs and caps make a huge difference on this onld turd. I dont even need to use the choke and it just fires right up.

I need to look at the horns to get them working, and then i can put the front end back together again.

 

[Ohara]

OK I am addicted, not interested in a cure...

 

[brianinpa]

Ohara » Sun Apr 23, 2017 4:38 pm[/url]":1i25uttk]
OK I am addicted, not interested in a cure...

:smilie_happy:

 

[backlander]

My name is Backlander, and I am a goldwingaholic.

 

[Ansimp]

Denver » Mon Apr 24, 2017 3:19 am[/url]":s12s9nvj]
Can not afford 12 of em :nea:

:smilie_happy: :smilie_happy: :smilie_happy: