The little beast is pretty much done. Last thing to do is glass the belly pan and put a fresh battery in. I’m about ready to race now. I have to hit the Mt. Bike hard. I’ve got a few more pounds to loose. I’ll post more pictures of the fiberglass work in a few days.
Until such time…………………………..
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Brought the wheels to Fox’s Yamaha to have them balanced. They didn’t need any weights! They were perfect! I got the front wheel on tonight and will do the back wheel tomorrow night. I have the chain soaking in penetrating oil to loosen up some stiff links.
It’s coming along nice. I have to buy a fiberglass kit and start on the belly pan this weekend. I hope to fire the motor up this weekend.
Until such time…………………………….More time…………..
Busy day out in the Man Cave. I started about 8:30 this morning after I saw Holly and Dedra off at 2:00 am. I’m so relieved they got to Mass OK.
First on the agenda was rebuilding the front forks. I drained the oil and added 20wt oil and put new fork seals in. I had to make a special tool to hold the lower emulator so I could take the forks apart.
I removed the rear wheel to mount the new tire. As I put the newly pained wheel against it, I noticed the color was off just slightly. It bugged me. I didn’t want the wheels to be different colors so I painted the rear wheel too. Sometimes I can be nit picky. The tires are on and I will drop them off Monday to be static balanced. Then I’m done.
All that will be left to too is reassemble and fire the bike up!
Until such time………………………….
The front wheel is DONE! all except getting it balanced. I hope to get that done tomorrow. Now the rear wheel!
Until such time……………….
The front wheel is painted and done. Tomorrow the gumball gets mounted. Then over to the shop for balancing. I need to make a wheel balancer soon. I’ll have to pay someone else this time to do it.
The rear wheel is next………………………………..
I removed the tire from the rim. What a chore that was. The tire iron just missed my head by an inch. It flew out of the bead at sub sonic speed………. I got the tire off after 45 minutes of swearing and sweat. I have NEVER had such a hard time getting a tire of a rim.
I got the rim painted white tonight. The yellow will go on this weekend. I have to find that shocking yellow paint somewhere here local.
Until such time……………………………..More time.
I managed to get some work done today on the race bike. I removed the front wheel and the front brake rotors. Next I will un-mount the old tire and get the rim ready for paint.
Things should start moving along quickly now.
Until such time…………….
Wheelies anyone?
The front wheel is GONE!
Air compressor corner
Wheel and rotors
Full view of the aftermath!
Work was a bear today. I’ve had better day’s. It’s day’s like this that make me glad to think about racing and things to do to on my bike. Mikey came and picked up his SV last night so now I have a little more room in the Man Cave.
I spoke with my friend Mark thru e-mail this week, and he’s going to help me get another set of wheels. Get well soon Mark. I need a rain tire set up. I did good back in the day when we raced in the rain but………..That was a long………………long time ago, many galaxies away. LOL That was also on DOT tires, and not on Bridgestone Rains. I got such a late start last year getting the bike ready I didn’t have much seat time on it. This year will be different. I know from riding my other 400 that the little FZR handles like a dream. I can only wonder what it will be like with slicks mounted. I’m really looking forward to having a go at it.
I’m going to try and get the front wheel off this weekend and at least get the tire off so I can paint the wheel. I’m going to go with the bright yellow that is on the rear wheel. I think the yellow wheels will look good. After I get the new tires mounted I’ll take them over to Fox’s and have them balanced. I need to make a balancing stand.
Until such time…………………………
