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John I spend too much time analyzing.. I really have to understand what is going on before making changes. The big issue for me is that this is a non standard setup.. Star wheel with shovel disk brake..
Couple years ago I helped a bud doing a restore on his 49 get the forks right with mismatched parts. IIRC the damping tube was the wrong length and lower would leak out the bottom screw.
Some think i am picking on them but in a shop i keep an eye on everything from taking stuff apart to the wrenches used to the way the parts are arranged in trays and the attitude in doing it
maybe i should not be like that - but then again doing it the right way is all that matters to me - your like that and it shows
Some think i am picking on them but in a shop i keep an eye on everything from taking stuff apart to the wrenches used to the way the parts are arranged in trays and the attitude in doing it
maybe i should not be like that - but then again doing it the right way is all that matters to me - your like that and it shows
After spending time with you in that shop I cant see you NOT being that meticulous, I get **** about stuff but I know when Im seriously out classed at it.
After spending time with you in that shop I can’t see you NOT being that meticulous, I get **** about stuff but I know when I’m seriously out classed at it.
It may look like well done but in reality, I'm pretty scatterbrained. This bike is a challenge as there are so many little to medium things that need work. Pull something off and fined another that need attention.. After a while the bench looks like this..
Last edited by Max Headflow; Sep 28, 2023 at 10:27 AM.
Was a time it'd look a bomb went off after I got done with a serious project or rat resurrection.
I can clear everything off the benches and put it all away. Start working again and within 1/2 hour it's back to looking like it was. I clean up when I can't find a tool,, or at least start cleaning until I find it..
Food for thought - an old machine is a great 3rd bike
taking it to the screws is the only way to insure its right - most do it once we are involved in doing it 50 years so its become puzzles that you do over and over
SO the moral of the story - it never ends always something is not right - then it rains while you an hour away - and it was spotless
While I'm sure the forks and steering bearings need service, I'll save that for later. The fork bearings feel good. The next big thing bothering me was the accessory instruments. The bottom on one was dented and cross bar was bent.
I was able to pound out the dent from the inside and belt sand reasonably smooth. Bead blasted them and drilled a small drain hole in the bottom. That all showed evidence of water sitting inside. I suspect that the previous owner had the bike washed and detailed without riding.
I replaced the crossbar with a piece of 1 inch 304 SS tube and was able to recover the bar ends from the old cross bar.
Last edited by Max Headflow; Sep 29, 2023 at 12:21 PM.
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