Going to paste over my post on today's wrenching day....
Can't believe I'm first back to the thread....
Well we had our wrench day. I got mine and wife's bikes out of the garage and ready for the boys. It didn't turn out to be much more than wrenching, the weather was dull and shitty but it was at least dry so guys started to roll in...
Chopper Dave was first on the scene
So we got him up on the lift and started into his shifter linkage
The differences are more than just style...
Once we got the new heims on the linkage and mocked it up... BIG PROBLEM. The new hotness hits the jug fins. Try to find an offset, we had one from an old shifter in my spare parts... but need a longer bolt for the tranny arm... well off goes Dave and Uma in the SS to the hardware store and to pick up some beer...
Meantime while this is going down... we hear a pack of dogs coming... Big House, Big Al, Seatmaker, and Mudslinger show up... man o man you could hear them coming!!!
Big House goes straight to work on Big Al's new HID kit
Gut da bitch
I think Big House has done this a few times....
Then Cutter and Kam show up... start checking out what's going on
Big Al, Seatmaker (standing), Big House (working), Mudslinger, Cutter
Out front it was an array of bikes...
House, Mine, Uma
Mud, Kam, Cutter, Seatmakers (ready for its lift time)
Then Mad Dog (from New York) shows up. He was un-sure if he was going to, but this morning decided to make the trip. He was camping over in Canada and rode the extra 1.5 hr to come over and hang out. I give him BIG props for the ride and effort. It was good to meet him, and I'm sorry I wasn't more hospitable due to being busy with the wrenchin.
So I got Dave's lower wiring harness (only a few connectors) shrink wrapped, also pulled his gas tank again to get his speedo off, shrank wrap those 2 connectors, tek sealant sprayed the back of the tach, and re-assembled it all. Just to clear him off the lift so we could get Seatmaker up... we moved his aside till we figured out the shifter linkage.
Got Seatmakers Ridgeback up...
And here's why...
Nice hole from a sissy bar bolt, and it also fucked up the belt.
So within a matter of a few mins, Seat, Dave, and House got the rear wheel off. Kam and I get the exhaust off, the clutch rod out, and the front pulley cover off. Then we get the ball ramp removed, and clutch cable out of the cover.
During this process I was injured. The damn dog must have liked its scrapes and scars... I started to bleed out... damn...
Here's the cultrip to the pain for Seat and now for me...
But after I bandaged up my vageen I pressed on..
I think while I was busy some of the other guys were bored or somin... who knows...
mud, seat, cutty, mad dog
After Kam and I get the clutch cable threaded back into the cover (what a fuckin bitch). I get the ball ramp greased and re-installed and the cable hooked up.
Slide the new belt on
