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Reeble Rebuild
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Jaeger
- Baron von Scrapple
- Location: NoVA
- Contact:
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goose
- Pâté de Foie Gras
- Location: Foggy Peninsula West of Oakland and South of Marin
update alllllllready!
Drink triples til you're seeing double, feeling single, and looking for trouble! -Johnny Nitro, RIP
"British bikes of that era are made of a special alloy known as Brittainium. It is the only metal known to be able to rust even when fully submerged in oil. It also corrodes microscopic passages through itself whenever it makes contact with any known gasketing material." - AZ Rider
Re: Husaberg Build: "I pictured it more like the heroin addicted ex that keeps turning up, the bleeding you dry, breaking your heart, and crushing your soul, but you keep taking her back because it's the most fun ride you've ever had..." Bo-9
"British bikes of that era are made of a special alloy known as Brittainium. It is the only metal known to be able to rust even when fully submerged in oil. It also corrodes microscopic passages through itself whenever it makes contact with any known gasketing material." - AZ Rider
Re: Husaberg Build: "I pictured it more like the heroin addicted ex that keeps turning up, the bleeding you dry, breaking your heart, and crushing your soul, but you keep taking her back because it's the most fun ride you've ever had..." Bo-9
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AZRider
- "I said THREE motorcycles worth of Fuck You!"
- Location: Insane Diego, CA
So, as Petta said, we finally got back to the bike.
Our first half an hour or so was spent getting reacquainted with where we left off. Looking back on this thread was actually very helpful, so I have decided to add some detail to Petta's recent post.
We looked over everything, and wound up deciding that the last big thing is the carb cleaning. So, step one is getting the little beast off of the bike.
Like everything else in life, the things we expect to be easy turn out to throw a wrench in the works, and the things we work ourselves up to with dread turn out just fine.
So we read this thread, and read the manual. It was kind of disheartening to take the seat and tank off, since the bike had been looking so close to done. But they came right off, not a stuck bolt in the mess. Then off came the throttle cables and the choke cable. Hey, wait, WTF is up with the choke cable? Oh, its threads broke off inside the carb body, so we have to get the carb out to get the threads out to get the cable off. For a few minutes there, i thought we might have to remove the airbox to get the carb out of the boot. A bit of swearing, a gaggle of screwdrivers misused as prybars, and we got it out.
And then we stopped for the night, washed up, and Petta posted our progress, along with the one photo which we took after we were done an realized no pix. Oops.
Our first half an hour or so was spent getting reacquainted with where we left off. Looking back on this thread was actually very helpful, so I have decided to add some detail to Petta's recent post.
We looked over everything, and wound up deciding that the last big thing is the carb cleaning. So, step one is getting the little beast off of the bike.
Like everything else in life, the things we expect to be easy turn out to throw a wrench in the works, and the things we work ourselves up to with dread turn out just fine.
So we read this thread, and read the manual. It was kind of disheartening to take the seat and tank off, since the bike had been looking so close to done. But they came right off, not a stuck bolt in the mess. Then off came the throttle cables and the choke cable. Hey, wait, WTF is up with the choke cable? Oh, its threads broke off inside the carb body, so we have to get the carb out to get the threads out to get the cable off. For a few minutes there, i thought we might have to remove the airbox to get the carb out of the boot. A bit of swearing, a gaggle of screwdrivers misused as prybars, and we got it out.
And then we stopped for the night, washed up, and Petta posted our progress, along with the one photo which we took after we were done an realized no pix. Oops.
"Motorcycles are made of three kinds of materials: various metals, various plastics, and Fuck You. The trick is to design and build them with the right proportion and distribution of these three materials."
"--Really.. I AM a nice guy by preference. I do, however, have other options." - Merlyn
"--Really.. I AM a nice guy by preference. I do, however, have other options." - Merlyn
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AZRider
- "I said THREE motorcycles worth of Fuck You!"
- Location: Insane Diego, CA
A few days later, Stiles was coming to visit. He and Petta have a lot in common: Wicked sense of humor, uncommonly smart, obsessive about the things that interest them, too skinny to cast a shadow, the list goes on and on. They have liked each other a lot since they first met, which was back when Petta was still waiting for her front teeth to grow in.
I knew that the carb rebuild was going to be one of the toughest pieces of the project. It's just the kind of thing she struggles with: Small parts, the need for detail-oriented work, slow progress with no big changes, and cleaning things isn't her favorite thing to do. Not to mention that it would take more than an hour to complete, which is really stretching her attention span for mechanical tinkering.
So thank doG for Stiles. I knew we'd get through just fine, because he knows how to get her laughing when she's on the brink of frustration.
So we got set up at the official carb rebuilding bench, also known as the glass-topped patio table. Impervious to carb cleaner, and well ventilated. At least now it's not on a wooden deck. When I did the Shadow carbs at our old house, I lost a float valve screen that fell through the deck boards.
Three Ootmiks, two cans of Berrymans, one Phillips screwdriver vs. one devious little carburettor.
Stiles teaches Petta to use hashmarks to indicate orientation, a big help at re-assembly time.
Off comes the vacuum dome
Stiles is good at explaining shit
Petta had to get her glasses
Full of CRUUUUUUUUUUUUUD. I don't think that diaphragm could have flexed, even if the shaft wasn't so crud-coated that it was frozen in place.
Complicated little bugger for a 250cc bargain bike: It's a CV carb with a pumper.
Get that gunk! All of it!
More pro tips from Stiles: Use a wooden pencil through the bore to hold the throttle butterfly open. And notice that he has Petta laughing, even though we are well over an hour into the project.
Fiddly details, putting small parts back together the right way: Not Petta's favorite, but done very well with help from Stiles' clear explanations of how and why. Petta gets the float valve back together.
Almost done! The vacuum dome goes back on for the first time (we have no pix of taking it back apart because we had the pumper linkage rotated the wrong way, and the dome blocked its rotation back to right.)
Job done! And nobody's brain asploded! High five!
I knew that the carb rebuild was going to be one of the toughest pieces of the project. It's just the kind of thing she struggles with: Small parts, the need for detail-oriented work, slow progress with no big changes, and cleaning things isn't her favorite thing to do. Not to mention that it would take more than an hour to complete, which is really stretching her attention span for mechanical tinkering.
So thank doG for Stiles. I knew we'd get through just fine, because he knows how to get her laughing when she's on the brink of frustration.
So we got set up at the official carb rebuilding bench, also known as the glass-topped patio table. Impervious to carb cleaner, and well ventilated. At least now it's not on a wooden deck. When I did the Shadow carbs at our old house, I lost a float valve screen that fell through the deck boards.
Three Ootmiks, two cans of Berrymans, one Phillips screwdriver vs. one devious little carburettor.
Stiles teaches Petta to use hashmarks to indicate orientation, a big help at re-assembly time.
Off comes the vacuum dome
Stiles is good at explaining shit
Petta had to get her glasses
Full of CRUUUUUUUUUUUUUD. I don't think that diaphragm could have flexed, even if the shaft wasn't so crud-coated that it was frozen in place.
Complicated little bugger for a 250cc bargain bike: It's a CV carb with a pumper.
Get that gunk! All of it!
More pro tips from Stiles: Use a wooden pencil through the bore to hold the throttle butterfly open. And notice that he has Petta laughing, even though we are well over an hour into the project.
Fiddly details, putting small parts back together the right way: Not Petta's favorite, but done very well with help from Stiles' clear explanations of how and why. Petta gets the float valve back together.
Almost done! The vacuum dome goes back on for the first time (we have no pix of taking it back apart because we had the pumper linkage rotated the wrong way, and the dome blocked its rotation back to right.)
Job done! And nobody's brain asploded! High five!
"Motorcycles are made of three kinds of materials: various metals, various plastics, and Fuck You. The trick is to design and build them with the right proportion and distribution of these three materials."
"--Really.. I AM a nice guy by preference. I do, however, have other options." - Merlyn
"--Really.. I AM a nice guy by preference. I do, however, have other options." - Merlyn
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goose
- Pâté de Foie Gras
- Location: Foggy Peninsula West of Oakland and South of Marin
That Stiles is a good man and skilled with the carb apparently! She'll be dragging a knee anyday now I think!
Drink triples til you're seeing double, feeling single, and looking for trouble! -Johnny Nitro, RIP
"British bikes of that era are made of a special alloy known as Brittainium. It is the only metal known to be able to rust even when fully submerged in oil. It also corrodes microscopic passages through itself whenever it makes contact with any known gasketing material." - AZ Rider
Re: Husaberg Build: "I pictured it more like the heroin addicted ex that keeps turning up, the bleeding you dry, breaking your heart, and crushing your soul, but you keep taking her back because it's the most fun ride you've ever had..." Bo-9
"British bikes of that era are made of a special alloy known as Brittainium. It is the only metal known to be able to rust even when fully submerged in oil. It also corrodes microscopic passages through itself whenever it makes contact with any known gasketing material." - AZ Rider
Re: Husaberg Build: "I pictured it more like the heroin addicted ex that keeps turning up, the bleeding you dry, breaking your heart, and crushing your soul, but you keep taking her back because it's the most fun ride you've ever had..." Bo-9
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guitargeek
- Master Metric Necromancer
- Location: East Goatfuck, Oklahoma
- Contact:
Re: Reeble Rebuild
A year has gone by, what news?
Elitist, arrogant, intolerant, self-absorbed.
Midliferider wrote:Wish I could wipe this shit off my shoes but it's everywhere I walk. Dang.
Pattio wrote:Never forget, as you enjoy the high road of tolerance, that it is those of us doing the hard work of intolerance who make it possible for you to shine.
xtian wrote:Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken
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goose
- Pâté de Foie Gras
- Location: Foggy Peninsula West of Oakland and South of Marin
Re: Reeble Rebuild
I'm in, where are the pix?!!! Update?!!! Stuff? Aw hell, make with the story already!
Drink triples til you're seeing double, feeling single, and looking for trouble! -Johnny Nitro, RIP
"British bikes of that era are made of a special alloy known as Brittainium. It is the only metal known to be able to rust even when fully submerged in oil. It also corrodes microscopic passages through itself whenever it makes contact with any known gasketing material." - AZ Rider
Re: Husaberg Build: "I pictured it more like the heroin addicted ex that keeps turning up, the bleeding you dry, breaking your heart, and crushing your soul, but you keep taking her back because it's the most fun ride you've ever had..." Bo-9
"British bikes of that era are made of a special alloy known as Brittainium. It is the only metal known to be able to rust even when fully submerged in oil. It also corrodes microscopic passages through itself whenever it makes contact with any known gasketing material." - AZ Rider
Re: Husaberg Build: "I pictured it more like the heroin addicted ex that keeps turning up, the bleeding you dry, breaking your heart, and crushing your soul, but you keep taking her back because it's the most fun ride you've ever had..." Bo-9
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stiles
- Ayatollah of Mayhem
- Location: Mid Atlantic
Re: Reeble Rebuild
Petta has departed for college. Not sure where things stand beyond that, I'll let AZ pick up when he gets a chance.
"If we cannot be free, we can at least be cheap" - Frank Zappa
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goose
- Pâté de Foie Gras
- Location: Foggy Peninsula West of Oakland and South of Marin
Re: Reeble Rebuild
stiles wrote:Petta has departed for college. Not sure where things stand beyond that, I'll let AZ pick up when he gets a chance.
College! Shit, i suddenly feel really old, like . . . depends and a walker old. Like, shopping for my headstone kind of old. I need a drink!
Drink triples til you're seeing double, feeling single, and looking for trouble! -Johnny Nitro, RIP
"British bikes of that era are made of a special alloy known as Brittainium. It is the only metal known to be able to rust even when fully submerged in oil. It also corrodes microscopic passages through itself whenever it makes contact with any known gasketing material." - AZ Rider
Re: Husaberg Build: "I pictured it more like the heroin addicted ex that keeps turning up, the bleeding you dry, breaking your heart, and crushing your soul, but you keep taking her back because it's the most fun ride you've ever had..." Bo-9
"British bikes of that era are made of a special alloy known as Brittainium. It is the only metal known to be able to rust even when fully submerged in oil. It also corrodes microscopic passages through itself whenever it makes contact with any known gasketing material." - AZ Rider
Re: Husaberg Build: "I pictured it more like the heroin addicted ex that keeps turning up, the bleeding you dry, breaking your heart, and crushing your soul, but you keep taking her back because it's the most fun ride you've ever had..." Bo-9
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stiles
- Ayatollah of Mayhem
- Location: Mid Atlantic
Re: Reeble Rebuild
You and me both, buddy. I was talking to a girl in a bar a while back, she liked my motorcycle, asked what my first bike was... an '86 Magna 700 I bought in '88.
She then told me she wasn't born in '88.
ugggghhhhhh...........
in less than 4 years that '86 magna will be 30 years old.
She then told me she wasn't born in '88.
ugggghhhhhh...........
in less than 4 years that '86 magna will be 30 years old.
"If we cannot be free, we can at least be cheap" - Frank Zappa
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Jaeger
- Baron von Scrapple
- Location: NoVA
- Contact:
Re: Reeble Rebuild
THREAD RESURRECTION!
CUT TO THE CHASE. A Dutch Dream Team Customise the Honda Rebel
LINK TO PIX AND STORY
--Jaeger
CUT TO THE CHASE. A Dutch Dream Team Customise the Honda Rebel
LINK TO PIX AND STORY
--Jaeger
<<NEUTIQUAM ERRO>>Bigshankhank wrote:The world is a fucking wreck, but there is still sunshine in some places. Go outside and look for it.
2018 Indian Scout -- "Lilah"
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DerGolgo
- Zaphod's Zeitgeist
- Location: Potato
Re: Reeble Rebuild
Huh.Jaeger wrote:...That thing...
--Jaeger
So. I like minimalist bikes, I sure do.
But this kinda looks like a half-finished assembly of a body-kit, not yet painted.
The rounded bottom fairing, and the tank, they clash with the tail, in my eyes.
Obviously, ∞ prettier than anything I could ever build, and definitely not >ugly<. Just ... unbalanced.
If there were absolutely anything to be afraid of, don't you think I would have worn pants?
I said I have a big stick.
I said I have a big stick.
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red
- Yap. Doomed for all eternity.
- Location: Indy
- Contact:
Re: Reeble Rebuild
Jaeger wrote:THREAD RESURRECTION!
CUT TO THE CHASE. A Dutch Dream Team Customise the Honda Rebel
LINK TO PIX AND STORY
--Jaeger
Ooooooohh! I like it. Too bad the only time I rode a Rebel my knees and elbows had to fight for airspace.
Proud Survivor From Thread Hole 64 Campaign
1987 CBR600F Hurricane Sprawl Bike
-=High Tech / Low Life=-
1987 CBR600F Hurricane Sprawl Bike
-=High Tech / Low Life=-