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What do you cut foam with? Seat looks 10x better in its new form.
Glad it was just a pesky petcock after the carb work haha. That first pop is the most satisfying of the pops haha. So close one can taste it.
Good luck sellin’ it quick. Time is right, and the curb appeal of that bike is high.
Haha glad M is interested to help.
My girls love to help for about 9 minutes at a time. So I usually stack a few easy tasks together for when they’re around. Otherwise, Matt is my helper.Yesterday my oldest daughter helped me swap over snow tires for all-seasons on her moms van. She worked the floor jack, impact drill, hand started lug nuts, and worked the torque wrench with me. She was also the keeper of the lug nut lock nut, and for the first time ever I didn’t have to spend 25 mins checking my pockets and the workbench looking for it!! Win-win!!
Last night (alone) I completed some well overdue maintenance on Truckee. Oil and filter change, only had 6,000km but hadn’t changed since September. I also put brand new OEM pads, rotors, pins and shims in the front. My rotors were 20,000km past being in “decent shape”, and I am a little embarassed how bad they got. (Uggh, photo below, don’t judge me)
I decided to use the new OEM shim kit I bought about 2-years ago. The next time I replace front brakes, I’ll do the same “WH” upgrade I did to Matts 4th gen. I’ve currently got stock WG fitted, but all 8 pistons moved freely, no need to core charge these yet. Maybe in 5 years.Ahh, then yes the looks are deceiving. Looked like a thin sheet metal skin, and couldn’t see much frame to it.
Does it hold all your gear well? Or still gonna make some mods to it?We finished it up last night as the snow was falling. Kinda cold and shitty, but we flushed 2.5L of clean fluid through and pressure bled all the calipers. Hoping Matt has no trouble heatin’ up those rotors as per directions.
I’ve never attempted pump-pump-hold with a stick. Not too determined to try it out anytime soon, but def one to keep in the back pocket. I will be flushing Truckee later this week when I service her up.
Oil and filter, pads and rotors and fluid flush, engine air filter, zerk greasing (get to try out my grease needle for that impossible zerk in the front d-shaft). Should be a fun time in the shop. All the parts are sitting waiting for me on the bench.
Oh that’s really cool!! Rat rod style? Street sleeper? Sunday cruiser?
Which of your trucks will be forced out of the shop?
Holy crap that motorhome is awesome!! Wish I had the skillset to refinish that interior, that would be a fun toy.
Took Redee for a blast to Orangeville yesterday, blew some carbon out. Had to turn on my GPS to track my speed, the t-case end of the speedo cable popped out of place, assuming it was during one of my many nights flat on my back under Redee. Already popped the cable back in, but still gotta work on a new retainer of sorts.
Today I finished putting Matt’s new brakes in while he got the hardlines from Collingwood Toyota.
When I parked the 4th gen in the shop, I tried (and failed miserably) to roll it backwards about 2feet, and gave up after 8 inches. Had to restart the engine and put in gear to get it to roll. It was the passenger side caliper that refused to let go, requiring a 3-lbs sledge to slide off the rotor after the two retaining bolts were out.
Anyways, quick job to replace the two rotors and calipers with the larger diameter WH version. Tonight, Matt will assist with flushing & bleeding all 4 calipers. I have a Princess Auto vaccuum bleeder, but such as 33% of PA merchandise, it sucks ass. So a “pump-pump-hold” party will take place tonight, and be done with this upgrade.Do you think that storage box is strong enough to be moved with your gear in it?
I really like that “kitchen slide”, but the rest looks too bulky for my storage needs to be permanently mounted.Yea I’m not bending up those ones, too short and radii too tight. I think I paid $16/per side for the same tube on Redee, so I told Matt we’ll wait till parts come in. Hopefully Monday, that FR pass caliper is really dragging making tons of heat.
I wasn’t sure if chrome fits in with Mad Max, but you may get a killer deal if you ride the Connie up there.
Quite the cozy bunch you’ve got there!!
Finished the epic swingset this morning as the sun was coming up. Girls approved! The dead patch of grass under the swings and base of the slide is already in progress! It’s a pretty fast slide haha.
Last night I was only able to put rear pads in Matt’s 4Runner. I was gunning to get it all done, but we need to order a new hardline that connects directly to the caliper. The old lines have not failed, but are too soft to be removed. I got the pass side to crack loose, but the tube itself started to twist/kink. Had I continued it would have yielded, pinched closed, or simply broken. So I tightened it all back while we wait on OEM parts to arrive. In the meantime I’ll assemble the new calipers with new pins, springs and pads on the workbench.
Truckee will be down for pads and rotors this coming week.
Sam’s Caravan will get its snow tires pulled this week too. Thursday the daytime high will cross the 7 degree threshold, and hopefully stay there this time!!
Cruisin’ kijiji, found a seller with chromed Concours parts.
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-motorcycle-other/kitchener-waterloo/1990-kawasaki-concours-chrome/1496577717Got the starter installed with only a little drama.
I complained to the ebay seller because the two bolts to bolt the starter to the engine are just generic bolts, not the knurled type as advertised. Also, only two 1/2mm shims were included, so I ended up making a 2mm shim from scrap steel I had. The ebay seller basically said “We are incapable and unwilling to help you, that’s how we got it from the supplier. Yea so what the picture doesn’t match what we shipped you.” So not too pleased.
Starter is finally in, and works just fine. Now I can pull Redee out the shop to do brake jobs on Truckee and Matts 4Runner. Matt’s first, sometime tomorrow I suppose.
