97 steel rebuild
Posted: September 1st, 2011, 3:48 pm
hi all. i'm fairly new here but i've been lurking for a while. i finally decided i was man enough for a 500 so i recently found a 97 model that was fairly clean. my plan was just to ride it as is but as it was 105+ in north texas every freakin day when i got it, i had way to much time to sit and stare at it instead of riding so i ended up with this
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and eventually this
and this
the frame is just back from the powder coaters and is pearl white. im working on polishing the swinger and i'm slapping a new piston in the engine as soon as the gasket kit gets here. i tore the top end apart and the bore is .25 mm over and the piston was a little worn. would have been about .006 clearance so im replacing it. with the new piston the clearance will be closer to .003 and the bore is still pretty round so i think i'm good to go for the season hopefully(i won't be riding this bike a ton). also found some oldschool graphics that i think will look awesome on all white plastics
more updates soon
and this
and eventually this
and this
the frame is just back from the powder coaters and is pearl white. im working on polishing the swinger and i'm slapping a new piston in the engine as soon as the gasket kit gets here. i tore the top end apart and the bore is .25 mm over and the piston was a little worn. would have been about .006 clearance so im replacing it. with the new piston the clearance will be closer to .003 and the bore is still pretty round so i think i'm good to go for the season hopefully(i won't be riding this bike a ton). also found some oldschool graphics that i think will look awesome on all white plastics
more updates soon