Last weekend was a blast! I still haven't put her on the street but did a lot of the inspection rebuilding necessary to feel secure to drive back and forth to work 30 minute commute.
Work list completed over the weekend:
*1 Removed inspected polished and customized the exhaust due to damaged r muff. Short piped the right side with the left bipass(right angle/cross connector left open). * Sounds rowdy as hell! LOL = ]
*2 Polished and positioned the shocks including bead blasting nuts/washers.
*3 Attempted the Seafoam add to engine oil nuetral light fix(failed to stop errant neutral green light signalling even after running with half can seafoam for 30 plus minutes on the center stand and flushing, changing oil, replacing filter, adding seaform again, and 30 + more minutes of run time)
*4 Cleaned the airbox and added a HiFlo air filter. (still need to fab a gasket for the top of the airbox. The old foam one was crackly and broke apart in several places.
*5 Cleaned the plug wires and the cables which run around the air box. This became a good task due to the need to add a heat insulator to one of the spark plug wires as well as rebuild/clear a ton of corrosstion from all the connections on one particluar plug wire that was turning green with electrical corroding. Plus removed the spark coils and bead polished the grounding leads or metal mounting posts/where it mounts to the frame. This required a lot of inspection and just a minor bit of bead polishing. Then coated all the open electrical metal with dielectric grease.
*6 Placed and inspected the grandaddy bagger seat and started looking for ways to mount while at the same time avoiding any structural mods to the OEM frame etc. Considering modding strongle at this point due to uncovering some light frame damage from a tipping or collision incident from PO.
*7 Broke down the "fake tank" for inspection, repair, paint.
*8 Bead polished the foot pegs and forward foot pegs.
*9 Removed front right engine drag-bar for bead polishing.
*10 Double flushed the rear gear oil and refilled.
11 I know I did some more but, just can't think of it right now.
I'm liking very much how it fires up first time almost everytime. I think with regular use this will "always" be the case. Looking forward to having all the custom seat, fender, fake tank, handlebars, and bagging done for the 1980 gl1100 here at the "Mentally ill MC company #1327." = ]
Peace OUT! for now photos to follow?
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