A forum for stories, pics and updates of your resto's. Be it a barn find, Grampas hand me down or a bike being brought back to it's former glory.If you are restoring it, show us your stuff!
RE: a thorough fuel tank cleaning
"And your carbs will thank you. They no longer live down stream from a sewage plant." -gregforesi
"Can't see the paint when your looking thru the handlebars..........." -Oldewing "I'd rather Ride than Shine" -RAT Me Too!!
Took a ride on the trike this afternoon, and broke the trike's clutch cable.
Rode back home in a Triple A flatbed truck cab.
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I had been thinking about checking the 1978 Honda drive shaft u-joint, and everything else continuing back to the rear axle drive pinion parts. I'm curious how the parts look. 11,000 plus miles since I put it on the road.
While I'm waiting for a new cable to arrive, now's as good a time as any to pull the back end apart, too.
Cliff (74yrs )
Keep your eyes and ears open and you'll learn something new, everyday.
RE: a thorough fuel tank cleaning
"And your carbs will thank you. They no longer live down stream from a sewage plant." -gregforesi
"Can't see the paint when your looking thru the handlebars..........." -Oldewing "I'd rather Ride than Shine" -RAT Me Too!!
I'd been fretting about my ability to upshift with the original heel/toe parts modified shifter lever for maybe 9,000 miles? see post#168 and 169 http://www.ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic. ... &start=165
A week or so before I took my epic journey to Paris, Ontario for the mini-rally, a friend helped me further improve the shiftability of the trike.
John and Doug spotted the change and seemed to agree it better served its purpose for me now.
The new shift lever:
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Cliff (74yrs )
Keep your eyes and ears open and you'll learn something new, everyday.
RE: a thorough fuel tank cleaning
"And your carbs will thank you. They no longer live down stream from a sewage plant." -gregforesi
"Can't see the paint when your looking thru the handlebars..........." -Oldewing "I'd rather Ride than Shine" -RAT Me Too!!
Give me another year or so and I will let you know how my home made jockey shifter works!
"Say not the struggle naught availeth." A H Clough.
'78 GL1000 Trike
1st bike: '58 150cc Ambassador 2 stroke. learned how to chuck it down the road
'31 BSA 500 single long stroke Sloper, dug out of a wall in Sussex, never went that well...
'49 Sunbeam S8, built from bits in '67, used daily, sold to a US biker in '84, still miss it
3 BSA Bantams, now a daughter has one
'78 Honda 500T
RE: a thorough fuel tank cleaning
"And your carbs will thank you. They no longer live down stream from a sewage plant." -gregforesi
"Can't see the paint when your looking thru the handlebars..........." -Oldewing "I'd rather Ride than Shine" -RAT Me Too!!
Please note: not all pictures will be in correct order as I had intended. I'll attempt to change their order to match their descriptions, later. Not quite familiar with their attachment steps yet.
Today was the day of reckoning re: the project's first disassembly of the rear end for inspection of all the modified components after the first ~ 15,000 miles of riding it had been experienced.
That took me about 2 hours to remember how it went together as it had evolved almost 4 years ago, and get my son to work at my speed with my directions. He did well.
Rear axle totally removed.
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Top view from back end. Female drive coupler "floating" , partially engaged over the pinions' shaft.
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The multiple stacked parts retained by the honda nut still looks as good as it did when finish assembled 15,000 miles ago!
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This is the compression spring placed where it pushes the coupler onto the driveshaft which eliminates the need for the buried in grease snap ring.
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I didn't couple the drive shaft and female splined with a snap ring. I utilized a compression spring to push it all together, instead.
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I haven't removed all the Moly 60, but I know where the critical areas to inspect are located. The modified and weld coupled pinion shafts were my main concern.I'm thrilled to report I haven't discovered any problems or obvious concerns yet.
The multiple stacked parts retained by the honda nut still looks as good as it did when finish assembled 15,000 miles ago!
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Cliff (74yrs )
Keep your eyes and ears open and you'll learn something new, everyday.
RE: a thorough fuel tank cleaning
"And your carbs will thank you. They no longer live down stream from a sewage plant." -gregforesi
"Can't see the paint when your looking thru the handlebars..........." -Oldewing "I'd rather Ride than Shine" -RAT Me Too!!
RE: a thorough fuel tank cleaning
"And your carbs will thank you. They no longer live down stream from a sewage plant." -gregforesi
"Can't see the paint when your looking thru the handlebars..........." -Oldewing "I'd rather Ride than Shine" -RAT Me Too!!
The 1978 driveshaft and its ujoint are still in very good nick. I don't foresee any issues for a few more 15,000 miles inspections down the road.
There's a slight resistance in all ranges of motion in the ujoint. Feels like a newly rebuilt automotive driveshaft ujoint would react when cycled, too.
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The highly modified 1980 CB900 Custom swingarm welds were closely inspected, and its structural integrity is still in good nick, too.
No signs of structural problems after 15,000 miles. Never worried about that happening anyway.
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Cliff (74yrs )
Keep your eyes and ears open and you'll learn something new, everyday.
RE: a thorough fuel tank cleaning
"And your carbs will thank you. They no longer live down stream from a sewage plant." -gregforesi
"Can't see the paint when your looking thru the handlebars..........." -Oldewing "I'd rather Ride than Shine" -RAT Me Too!!
"I'd rather Ride than Shine"
‘14 KLR650 ... not a rat ... yet
‘84 GL1200i ‘R2B6' (Rat to Be 6, the last, adopted by twowings)
My Original 'RAT' was a hybrid '82 CB900/1100F
RE: a thorough fuel tank cleaning
"And your carbs will thank you. They no longer live down stream from a sewage plant." -gregforesi
"Can't see the paint when your looking thru the handlebars..........." -Oldewing "I'd rather Ride than Shine" -RAT Me Too!!
My son and I started reassembling the trike this afternoon.
Transferring excess Moly 60 from one area to another without contaminating threaded assembly holes in the mix was tiresome.
This moment might be the last time I may ever see this beautiful thing.
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Beautiful thing went back into hiding......
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wah lah
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Cliff (74yrs )
Keep your eyes and ears open and you'll learn something new, everyday.
RE: a thorough fuel tank cleaning
"And your carbs will thank you. They no longer live down stream from a sewage plant." -gregforesi
"Can't see the paint when your looking thru the handlebars..........." -Oldewing "I'd rather Ride than Shine" -RAT Me Too!!
A video from a few weeks ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wjUzSZ ... e=youtu.be
I was riding the trike with my right hand on the throttle.
The left hand was holding the digital camera recording the sounds and sights of the experience.
You can hear the new mufflers, quite a bit drowned out by the wind, and various mechanical sounds which are somewhat amplified by the fairing.
70mph displayed on the speedometer is around 5mph faster than actual groundspeed.
The tachometer's 4,400 rpm reading is representative of the higher engine speed working with the GM rear end's lower axle ratio of 3.73 to 1, in comparison with a stock GL1000 3.40 to 1 ratio, and its comparatively lower engine speed(rpm) at the same speedometer's displayed ground speed of 70mph .
The trike and I have added approx. 17,200 miles to its odometer since we began riding together in late 2012.
Cliff (74yrs )
Keep your eyes and ears open and you'll learn something new, everyday.
RE: a thorough fuel tank cleaning
"And your carbs will thank you. They no longer live down stream from a sewage plant." -gregforesi
"Can't see the paint when your looking thru the handlebars..........." -Oldewing "I'd rather Ride than Shine" -RAT Me Too!!
This photo is of trike and me half way through our 1 day, roundtrip of 464 miles to Whiteface Mountain, Wilmington, NY in early October of this year.
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I don't foresee ever installing rear fenders, it has dependably taken me 21,000 miles over the past 4 years, and like every other "finished" project in this Club, it requires occasional tinkering to stay on the road.
No, I'm not selling it or retiring from riding!
Considering there is nothing else I intend to do to it, any time soon that is, I proudly declare that Threedom is, Finished!
Cliff (74yrs )
Keep your eyes and ears open and you'll learn something new, everyday.
RE: a thorough fuel tank cleaning
"And your carbs will thank you. They no longer live down stream from a sewage plant." -gregforesi
"Can't see the paint when your looking thru the handlebars..........." -Oldewing "I'd rather Ride than Shine" -RAT Me Too!!
Whatever I suggest here should be given ample time for a moderator to delicately correct. I apologize in advance.
77 WING, 1200 engine with 77 heads, cams, gl1100 foot pegs, Magna V65 front end, 764A carbs, [-gone Suzuki M109 monoshock--, replaced with gl1100 shocks] gl 1200 swing arm, gl1500 final drive, wheel and rear brakes Valkyrie seat, Meanstreak tank, Sportster pipes, Power Arc ignition off crank.
77 Wing. black
83 Wing, in pieces
"Continuing education is important even if the subject matter is fairly useless (as in this case)."---Greg Foresi