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Here is a pic with all her clothes on....



Then some naked shots!!!!









IMO the welds look like horse poop, but it is welded good. The welder started filling in the lower area before I caught what he was doing. I really just wanted a clean weld on top and on bottom of the sleeved area. For anyone out there doing a build, make sure you clean all your parts and frame very good to get the best result before you take it to a welder. I have some minor grinding to do and I'm gonna have to get a longer return hose for the rad mod. Right now the hose touches the PC pipe. Instead of cutting on the outlet that connects the two rads, I gently bent the tubes in towards the main down tube (pics to come of that). Once I get all the tid bits fitting like I want I will paint strip the cases and start the complete engine rebuild.

I can't tell what you did with the Y. It looks as if it wasn't raised at all and you cut the cradle and put dowels in??? How did you install the 3/4" tubing without moving anything?

2weelz wrote:I can't tell what you did with the Y. It looks as if it wasn't raised at all and you cut the cradle and put dowels in??? How did you install the 3/4" tubing without moving anything?

I cut the Y at the top of it and at both bottoms of it. A little of the main down tube (about 1/4") was still in the Y. I knocked it out with a punch so it would freely slide onto the bottom of the main down tube. That raised it to a good height to clear the exhaust flange.The dowels slid up from the bottoms tubes. They were accesible from the two front motor mount cut outs.

Looking good, keep up the hard work!

Ported&Polished wrote:Looking good, keep up the hard work!

Thanks, I'll keep ya'll updated

Almost got the cases stripped. What a pain in the ass. I'll post some pics soon. I'm shooting for having her done by this weekend

Sweet!

Got a little farther in between laundry loads (LOL)

She is almost done. Just waiting on my new FMF silencer.

What did you use to strip the paint off the cases iv tryed and failed i was goin to shot blast them

ben wrote:What did you use to strip the paint off the cases iv tryed and failed i was goin to shot blast them

Here ya go...

http://www.bannedcr500riders.com/board/ ... php?t=2336


Blasting them will be easier to get the powdercoat off but the work to get all the bearings out and put back in might warrant just stripping them.

I took the Arrogant Bastard (bikes name) on a good ride Sunday. I met my friend at his house in Awanhee and we rode from there up the street to Miami trails. We did a good 2 hour non-stop ride. The terrain was singletrack through the woods with alot of rocks and wash out. The bike felt and ran great!! I'm ready for a good Desert ride!! I definetly like it better than the 01 I built. I got a little chain slap on my tire Did I here someone on here say you had to put the front sprocket on inside out? My chain may be worn out also. I'll post some more pics as soon as I get them down loaded.

what year is that motor? and it dosent hurt the case gaskets?

Looks good man. A none o-ring chain will also help if you have clearance issues with the tire.

Another good looker, corngrats! You know you can buy a service honda pipe and silencer that bolts right on because it's already modded for the bike, that's what I have.

aloha450x wrote:what year is that motor? and it dosent hurt the case gaskets?

It's a 1992. To strip it you should have the cases split, so gaskets are not an issue.

ou812 wrote:Looks good man. A none o-ring chain will also help if you have clearance issues with the tire.

I already got a non-oring chain on it.

Ported&Polished wrote:Another good looker, corngrats! You know you can buy a service honda pipe and silencer that bolts right on because it's already modded for the bike, that's what I have.

Thanks. I ended up buying a SH pipe and silencer.