I've been build busy - Dunno what to call it yet.

[GilaMinumBeer]

Originally Posted by joe in calif

looks like it will turn out nice, but I can't believe that a person with all your skills...

Skills?

Bwahahaha.

I got you snowed. I've never done any of this before. Learning something new with every step. I've just never been apprehensive about screwing something up.

[GilaMinumBeer]

Finished up the bulk of the paint last night. I do still have about 6 pieces to paint tonight and then it'll be time to strip down the garage for deep cleaning. At this point I have overspray dust on everything about an 1/8" Inch thick!

I am seriously considering clearing a space in a spare room of the house and bringing it all inside to cure for a week before I start re-assembling the bike. At least their I wont have to run the space heaters constantly nor will the humidty levels change very drastically. Plus, it will get it all out of the garage while I am cleaning it. I won't be completely out of paint for another week since I have a few parts that will get a two-to-three-tone treatment (wheels and covers) and they have to cure before I can lay anymore paint down.

I still have a few items to fabricate/modify too. The sissy bar is one. And I bought some driving lights. Need to make up a mounting bracket for those. Then paint that. But hey, at least I am getting down to the little stuff.

Once the garage is cleaned I'll start work on post paint cleaning/polishing the frame, re-installing the wiring harness and getting the switch locations decided and the wire ran for them as well as the other new items (lights, horn, etc..) I'm certain I'll have a few switch boxes to build for that. I think I can also start re-installing all the vacuum hoses and teh cooling system. By this weekend the motor and frame will have cured for a week.

Time to start getting this bitch back toghether and breathing in life again. I can't wait anymore. I've missed too many nice winter days for riding.

[Scaredofmyownshadow]

Just be careful. Painted items continue to put out noxious fumes until they are fully cured. Closed up in a room of your house for a week might not be good on your health. Think about the return vents in the room that will disperse the fumes to your entire house. Just sayin.


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[bob_suruncle]

Well Done GMbeer! I love it when people post detailed shots of what they are doing.... helps to motivate me on my build...... which I have never posted on this site, maybe I should.

[GilaMinumBeer]

Originally Posted by bob_suruncle

Well Done GMbeer! I love it when people post detailed shots of what they are doing.... helps to motivate me on my build...... which I have never posted on this site, maybe I should.

It can be a blessing, and a curse. On the one hand it can clarify how a thing is done, but on the other it can motivate one to create more things to do.

[GilaMinumBeer]

Originally Posted by Scaredofmyownshadow

Just be careful. Painted items continue to put out noxious fumes until they are fully cured. Closed up in a room of your house for a week might not be good on your health. Think about the return vents in the room that will disperse the fumes to your entire house. Just sayin.

Definitely something to consider. It would come down to one of two rooms;

- the boys "play room", but I am leaning away from this. They are young and not very mindful of what they do. And while they don't really play in that room they do use it a lot to get another toy to leave scattered about the house.

- the formal dining room, not sure if my wife will tolerate this for even a week. Despite tha fact that it only ever gets used on holiday family dinners. Otherwise, that table is a place of limbo for laundry between being folded and stored away. I've seen entire communities get developed quicker than that happening. Yes, I am guilty too.

[mlr]

also not shown is that giant thing the license plate hangs from. I guess even Honda thought it was too attrocious to include in there drawings.

I forgot to say you can get rid of it. They also make curved ones but they wanted more for it. LED plate frame

[GilaMinumBeer]

Originally Posted by mlr

"also not shown is that giant thing the license plate hangs from. I guess even Honda thought it was too attrocious to include in there drawings."

I forgot to say you can get rid of it. They also make curved ones but they wanted more for it. LED plate frame

I had considered it.

I ended up taking the pedestal apart piece by piece and came to realize that the chrome bits weren't what made it so gaudy but more the backer frame for the plate itself. I stripped the cat eyes off of it, cut the flanges that they were mounted to, ground the frame smooth, primed, and refinished it.

The chrome pedestal will be the stock shape but, i am removing the wedge bulb and replacing it with an adapted high lumen LED strip. I cleaned/polished up the lens and lined the inside of the lamp housing with tinfoil to improve reflectivity/ light throughput.

Then refinished the chrome in a high gloss black to match the black paint of teh fender that it's mounted in.

Total cost: a few hours of diverting boredom and maintaining sanity and ~$20 in materials (LEDS, adapter, foil, adhesive, wire, solder, polish, etc..)

I expect it look good reassembled and I repurposed teh cat eyes for the LED 3rd brake light I built into the backrest pad trim plate. BONUS!

I can only hope all of this work turns out as nice as i envision it to be.

[mlr]

From the pics and sound of it I think its going to be one hell of a nice ride.

[GilaMinumBeer]

So, I got the last bit of paint shot last night and I got everything that has been sprayed to date move into a spare room of the house into normalized temps where it will all sit for a week to cure itself.

Only paintwork left now are the forks and a handful of parts that will get a two or three tone application.

Got the garage washed down and myself re-organized. Then I proceeded to remove all the masking from the frame/engine and buffed the clear coat. I'm really liking the way it looks right now.

I did, however, find a mystery part while moving everything. So far I've done well to keep track of each and every piece and part and where it belongs but, this one is a mystery to me. It's a simple bushing. Barely a 1/2" OD with a 3/8" ID. I haven't got a fecking clue where it came from and I suppose I'll just have to figure it out as things go back together so, I put it in the parts box for safe keeping.

And then I began planning my attack on the wiring. All the wires and hoses go back on tonight.