The "Turd" is down and out(head gaskets & other stuff)

[mcgovern61]

Steve83 » Fri Feb 26, 2016 12:03 am[/url]":a9olg1zh]
You'd better get rid of the "Sa-turd-ay Night Fever" tape before you install a mirrored ball on the turd!

:smilie_happy: :smilie_happy: :smilie_happy:

 

[AApple]

Steve83 » Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:03 pm[/url]":b9gopccd]
You'd better get rid of the "Sa-turd-ay Night Fever" tape before you install a mirrored ball on the turd!

I had one on the antennae...it was too distracting, so I had to take it off.... :blush:
:smilie_happy:

My entertainment in da geeraj consists of a turntable/8-track/dual deck cassette system w/surround sound speakers, including two AR AX15 speakers. Also included is a color TV w/CD/DVD/Vhs. I have a decent collection of 8-track tapes....some I really like, some just because they came with a bunch of others in a package deal. :doh:

 

[Omega Man]

There's always the Hotpocket microwave mod. :yes: :yes: :yes:

~O~

 

[slabghost]

Omega Man » Fri Feb 26, 2016 6:51 pm[/url]":2y5djzpy]
There's always the Hotpocket microwave mod. :yes: :yes: :yes:

~O~

Oh no! She who lives here has to do SOMETHING! :smilie_happy:

 

[AApple]

Rear end all together today. Bags & trunk cleaned & waxed, installed, all lighting wired.

GL1100227

• AApple
• Feb 27, 2016

Added lights installed, bags & trunk cleaned and installed

While finishing all that, my A.D.D. kicked in, I wanted to find some way to make the lighting brighter on the Fuel/Temp gauges. I disassembled the cluster to see what I could do, and this is all I could come up with.
There is a shield/deflector around the bulb, that shunts the light to the backside of the gauges. I can't see the temp/fuel gauges at night...just too dim.

GL1100221

• AApple
• Feb 27, 2016

Fuel-Temp gauge cluster

So..I took the shield thingy out, and bent the three sides out. This allows light from the bulb to shine directly onto the gauge faces.

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• AApple
• Feb 27, 2016

Stock shield

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• AApple
• Feb 27, 2016

Modified shield

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• AApple
• Feb 27, 2016

Modified shield installed

(These pics are of an extra gauge set I have...I had already done the one on the bike before I decided to take pics)

Now...I'm ready to tackle the fairing repairs.

GL1100226

• AApple
• Feb 27, 2016

Nasty looking mess....

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• AApple
• Feb 27, 2016

Fairing damage to repair

I dug my plastic welder out, and went to town on this mess. Got one solid layer on today before it was time to call it quits, and take Mama to dinner. The plan is to finish up the repair tomorrow, install the fairing, and....I'M DONE! :yahoo:
Well...maybe. I may need to replace my starter solenoid....it's been acting up the last couple weeks I rode the bike, and I've been having to whack it to get it to work. I'll prolly just install a Ferd solenoid and be done with it.

Either way, I plan on being back in the saddle come Monday menrnin... :moped:

 

[slabghost]

Sounds great! Good progress on a now shiny turd. Hang on tight twisting the throttle now.

 

[Ansimp]

Not only a shiny turd but a bright turd as well :smilie_happy:

 

[Omega Man]

Would like to see a pic of the guages in the dark. This might be a mod others would like to make.

~O~

 

[Denver]

Especially on 84 standards, all the instrument light's are the pitt's. :cheeky: The gauge light's my 87's are a lot better, but totally different set up. :roll:

 

[mcgovern61]

opcorn:

 

[AApple]

Well fellers....the journey has come to an end. The Turd is DONE!! :yahoo: arty: :clapping:

Started this mernin finishing the fairing repairs. It ain't purdy, but it should hold up. Most of it is out of sight, anyway.

GL1100231

• AApple
• Feb 28, 2016

Fairing welded up

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• AApple
• Feb 28, 2016

Inside job

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• AApple
• Feb 28, 2016

Couple of holes welded up

Once that was done, I taped it off so I could skwert some fresh black paint on the inside of the fairing...it was gettin kinda not-so-black.

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• AApple
• Feb 28, 2016

Taped off for paint

After paint

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• AApple
• Feb 28, 2016

Blacked out

I spent the better part of an hour trying to get the dang rubber ducting for the vents back in....that's when I realized I was trying to put the left side duct on the right side... :doh: oh2: Once I got that sorted out in me haid, they went back in super easily.....DOH!

After that, the fairing was bolted back on, and then the real fun starts...figuring out all the wiring. What a friggin pain...

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• AApple
• Feb 28, 2016

I used to know where all this crap went...

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• AApple
• Feb 28, 2016

I used to know where all this crap went..

Took a while but I did get it all sorted out, and everything working as it should.

Which led to THIS...Ladies and Germs...

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• AApple
• Feb 28, 2016

The Turd, out in the sunlight again! Finished!!

I present to you, THE TURD, in all it's glory, in the sunlight, in ONE PIECE! :yahoo:
Rode it up to the gas station to fuel it up for tomorrow's ride to werk. Seems to run a wee bit better, but I dint nail it too hard...but it did slip the dang clutch a time or two....clutch cable felt a little tight. Once I got back, I loosened the cable adjustment a smidge, and made sure I had some free-play. Should be otay now. All lights working, fires up as soon as I hits the start button, idles really nice, no smoke/steam, and...NO LEAKS! Plus...I'm a full week ahead of my self-imposed deadline to finish! :yes: Granted...I skipped doing a few things I wanted to do, such as polishing the upper fairing molding, but I can do that in a few minutes anytime. I want to RIDE. Weather's nice, so ride I will. :moped:

btw...I tried to take a pic of the fuel/temp gauge light mod, but...my camera just won't do it. I closed the geraj door, turned the lights out, but the camera just won't show anything. Sorry. I can tell you the gauges are MUCH more visable now, tho.

Thanks for all the encouragement, ideas, and help, fellers. :thanks:

 

[mcgovern61]

arty: :yahoo:

(BTW, before you head out.......check your tires!! :hihihi: )

 

[AApple]

mcgovern61 » Sun Feb 28, 2016 7:16 pm[/url]":3atxkei1]
arty: :yahoo:

(BTW, before you head out.......check your tires!! :hihihi: )

:ahem: :cheeky: :cheeky: :cheeky: :cheeky: :cheeky: :cheeky: :cheeky:

I checked them when I got back from the gas station. :cheeky: Still got the same pressures as they did the day I mounted them. :yes: :BigGrin:

 

[dan filipi]

Good going Joel! Enjoy the ride.

 

[rob.lafady]

If ya get bored, I've got a 1000 you can redo...[emoji12] Nice work by the way!

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[slabghost]

Great news indeed! Looks more better nicer now too.

 

[Denver]

Nice job! :yes:

 

[Steve83]

Beautiful! As they used to say on Hee-Haw...Saaaalute!! :clapping: :good: :yahoo:

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgIMJcBpqKI[/video]

 

[Ansimp]

Great news Joel :salute: :moped: :good:

 

[Terry]

Very nice, congrats.
Hopefully this will give you lots of troublefree riding.
It looks very much like my 1100.
Time to get out and ride, the weather has been great.