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Armen

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Re: Starting the wake-up : )
« Reply #15 on: May 12, 2013, 06:11:34 PM »
Working 7 days a week makes it tough to find time to putter : (
Not to mention commuting....
Have to call in dead one day and play with toys : )
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Armen

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Re: Starting the wake-up : )
« Reply #16 on: May 15, 2013, 08:18:51 PM »
Bought a front axle assembly today on Ebay. Had bought a set of forks and triple trees last month, and a front wheel the month before.
Have a 4 pot caliper (36/32mm pistons) from a 2002 R1100S and an EBC rotor. Now I can dummy the whole thing up without having a beached whale in the garage.
As of now, the bike has a rebuilt ATE and a new 12.mm master.
Just got a 16mm master in the mail today that I'll use with the 4 pot if/when that happens.
Miles to go before I sleep...
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Armen

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Re: Starting the wake-up : )
« Reply #17 on: May 30, 2013, 10:21:03 PM »
Weighed the stock rotor and the EBC. They both come in at around 4.5 lbs. Good if you want to beat to death a charging rhino, bad if you don't like unsprung weight.
I'll look into the ultralight EBC rotors for some other model bike and see if I can make adapters for one.
Today all I had time to do was attack the 25 years of oxidation and light pitting with a rag and some semichrome polish. Came out pretty nice.
I had the usual tear at 4 o'clock on the right hand gauge. Carefully Crazy Glued and clamped the break together. Tried a test fit today and it seems to hold. New gauge cover is something like $400!
Have the carbs dummied up. Just need the little alloy sleeves that go from the airbox to the top rubber sleeve.
Still never got the rusted gas cap to unscrew : (
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Armen

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Re: Starting the wake-up : )
« Reply #18 on: June 08, 2013, 02:52:16 PM »
Ordered a digital scale that goes to about 8 lbs. Should be enough for all the brake pats. The one I use for engine parts only goes to 600G. Bloody rotor is over 4 lbs!
I'd put a VDO oil temp gauge on the bike in the early 80's to see how hot the bike was getting. It used a huge drain plug with a big oil temp sensor in the middle. Bought a used oil pan recently. TIG welded the inside of the pan to provide a bit more wall thickness, then drilled, spot-faced and tapped the side of the pan for the new (smaller) temp sender. Should make things tidier.
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Armen

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Re: Starting the wake-up : )
« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2013, 07:01:13 PM »
One of those days. Pull the front cover. Try to install the bean can block off plate. Find the right size stainless allens and wave washers. Attempt to bolt up. Holes slightly off. Drill larger holes, anti-sieze the threads. done.
Original Powerlet style socket died. He, it was on the bike for over 30 years. attempt to install new one. Orig hole has flatted sides, new one is round. Dremel surgery. Can't get a wrench behind the whole mess to tighten the locknut. Remove top shock bolt and Powerlet assembly. tighten. Reinstall.
Eyeball new coil location. Find spool of copper core plug wire. And 5K NGK caps. Install caps and dummy up the lengths to approx where they'll go. Cut, zip tie, leave hanging.
Weigh original, EBC and another rotor on new digital scale. Approx 1600 grams each. EBC is actually slightly heavier. Insane.
Eyeball possible location for ignition brain box for new crank trigger ignition. Make mental notes about a mounting bracket.
Get hijacked by friend who is working on his R90S in my driveway. Help him put the coils on my coil tester. Check timing, twiddle carbs on 90S.
Go to Ital joint and consume mass quantities.
Another few hundred days like this, and the R65 will be done : )
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