Danny Graves Gen 1 Build.

ShanMan · Post by **ShanMan** » August 28th, 2007, 6:59 am

come ride AZ...we'll get her perkalatin' like a Mr. Coffee!!!

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » August 28th, 2007, 7:14 am

ShanMan wrote:come ride AZ...we'll get her perkalatin' like a Mr. Coffee!!!

I went on the AZ ride last year and got my biker bubbling for sure, but not as bad as I used to get it at apex (which is where I was riding last weekend). its the load of the sand, it really heats things up, plus the 100*+
But I'd love to go ride AZ again, that was some crazy stuff! Only this time some brush guards would be nice, those cactus needles are REALLY fun when they go in you thumb nail. I don't know if Justin would want to go again though, he was whining like a little bitch about his crash and his thumb and arm being all beat up

He was all like "wwwaaaaaaa, I can't even buckle my seat belt!"
but all kidding aside he really did get hurt.

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » August 28th, 2007, 7:24 am

ok, so an update.....
So I must have been retarded or something because with the suspension, I didn't even think about the adjustments.
So I remembered that the forks had some big PC stickers on them and I assumed that the guy 2 owners ago who was also the original owner had them revalved by PC, but then I couldn't figure out why it was sooo harsh. Sitting infront of the TV watching some crap about medical miracles that my wife was watching, it hit me... Adjustments! I made it to the garage in a second flat and got my flat head to see where the adjustments were. They were all ALL THE WAY IN!!! My big mistake was assumign that since the last guy was almost the exact same weight and height as me and trail rode it it would have been pretty well setup for me, I forgot that he was a total idiot! Now I'm the idiot for not checking those sooner. I pulled everything out a bunch, I took the compression on the forks out 10 clicks, as well as on the shock and the rebound 5 clicks on both forks and shock and I will see how it performs this weekend. I also opened the air bleeder and it was under so much pressure that the screws almost flew off when I took them out.
After the next ride I'm going to get my adjustments dialed in, then I will change the oil and see how much was in there. I still don't know how much to put in the inner chamber, I guess I need to buy a gen-1 manual.

oh and as far as I seat goes, I'm going to buy one of these in the tall seat.
http://www.sdgusa.com/mx_seats.php

Hellbear · Post by **Hellbear** » August 28th, 2007, 8:52 am

Very cool man, congrats on getting her done.

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » August 29th, 2007, 1:24 pm

Hellbear wrote:Very cool man, congrats on getting her done.

thanks man, maybe one of these days both of us could actually make a ride and you could see her in action

kkvslayer · Post by **kkvslayer** » August 30th, 2007, 6:22 pm

Makes me wanna do it,Someday when I got the extra $$$ I guess,How long did it take from start to finish?So I guess it doesn't got the couch cushion your steely had for a seat eh!!Have fun tearin it up man.

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » August 30th, 2007, 6:28 pm

about 2 months because I had a bunch of delays. would be a good project for you to pickup over winter just like I did over summer, it still too hot to be riding here. We're still going on 2 rides this weekend ;-) just have to ride from 6am-11am

Coasty · Post by **Coasty** » November 19th, 2007, 9:09 pm

dannygraves wrote: After the next ride I'm going to get my adjustments dialed in, then I will change the oil and see how much was in there. I still don't know how much to put in the inner chamber, I guess I need to buy a gen-1 manual.

oh and as far as I seat goes, I'm going to buy one of these in the tall seat.
http://www.sdgusa.com/mx_seats.php

Danny,
The bike looks good, congrats on gettin' it finished. When you service the inner chamber on the Showa forks, you can't put in the wrong amount because when your assembling it there are bleed holes that all the excess fluid will drain from when you put it together. The book has you overservice it initially then once you reassemble it, it will purge itself of any excess fluid. It's not hard to do once you've done it once.

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » November 20th, 2007, 8:03 am

thx, yeah, I did that a long time ago as well as the rear shock. helped a lot, some black crusty stuff came out...probably never serviced.

CR500R7 · Post by **CR500R7** » June 24th, 2009, 2:33 am

Great looking bike Danny, thats MEGA SWEET.

Very clean and tidy build.
Do you still have that non metric bolt in the front mount.
How does it look after 2 years.
That actually looks like Honda built it that way in the first place.
Congrats and well done.

xtremeslide · Post by **xtremeslide** » June 24th, 2009, 5:12 am

I like the Danny Graves avatar and the menssage...

Like the Nike's old advert: JUST DO IT

I think i'm going to do a gen 1 first,later i'll try other options

when i'll get more experience or money

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » June 24th, 2009, 6:57 am

CR500R7 wrote:Great looking bike Danny, thats MEGA SWEET.
Very clean and tidy build.
Do you still have that non metric bolt in the front mount.
How does it look after 2 years.
That actually looks like Honda built it that way in the first place.
Congrats and well done.

thx! yeah, that front bolt has been swapped out for an oem honda bolt

the bike actually looks better now if I'd wash all the sand off it

but right now the subframe is busted

CR500R7 · Post by **CR500R7** » June 24th, 2009, 8:29 pm

I had been watching this site pretty much since it started, but didn't register until 4-26-09 and found this while looking for something else.
At the time I thought you did a great conversion, but could not post until now.
So I thought CREDIT where CREDIT is due, better late than never.

If the bike looks better now, it must look really SWEET.
Danny I thought that was a picture of you in your avatar, obviously not.

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » June 25th, 2009, 6:52 am

CR500R7 wrote:Danny I thought that was a picture of you in your avatar, obviously not.

, ya he just puts on one of those old Evel knevil open faced helmets and trims the burns to match

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » June 25th, 2009, 7:58 am

you know, thats not the first time somebody though that was supposed to be a pic of me

Post by **AlisoBob** » June 25th, 2009, 8:05 am

This is WAY more like it....

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » June 25th, 2009, 8:06 am

LOL! yup, when someone had tried to describe me, that has come up more than once

MFDB thinks I should get the mad guy tattooed on me

Post by **AlisoBob** » June 25th, 2009, 8:13 am

dannygraves wrote: MFDB thinks I should get the mad guy tattooed on me

MFDP's new Tattoo

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » June 25th, 2009, 8:20 am

dude, that tattoo is badass! the only thing that would make it better would be some care bears humping on the rainbow!

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » June 25th, 2009, 9:59 am

a kid in town helped out the grad fundraiser in his own way by taking reference to his hero, Ricky Bobby. He wasnt able to display it, but had a sheet over it wtih a paper describing " a velvet painting of a whale and a dolphin getting it on" it was a silent auction i guess, if id have know of it at the time i'd have been there, sold for 60$

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » June 25th, 2009, 10:01 am

googled, not what i was looking for. hahaha....

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » June 25th, 2009, 10:03 am

the only picture i've ever seen of danny was posted to show a black eye

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » June 25th, 2009, 10:09 am

there are pics of me from the az ride threads

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » June 25th, 2009, 10:09 am

Roostius_Maximus wrote:googled, not what i was looking for. hahaha....

WTF!?

CR500R7 · Post by **CR500R7** » June 25th, 2009, 12:35 pm

You guys are bloody funny.

I like the bit about the open face helmet and trim the sideburns to match.

BannedCR500Riders.com

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