Newest family member = shed time

[dogsnbikes]

Last night we brought home the Latest member of the family

Melissa is stoked

for a $ a cc its a bargin and a good winter project

First job is too replace the fluids,plugs and filters and clean the carbs and fire her up,when they tried before it had all the marks of stale fuel and it had been siting for 2 years.......

Then it will be a complete frame strip down replacing bushes,seals,fuel lines,brake lines,oil lines and raditor hoses,wheel and steering head bearings,brake pads,tyres and drive train,

Rear suspension and front forks will also be getting and overhaul as well,

finishing with repainting and new decals and revinning......

we have allowed ourself a budget of $3500
and have so far spent $400 for 1 CBR400 areo

Time of completion labour weekend 2011

The benefits is that Melissa wants too learn too maintain her bike and what better way than too help in the rebuilding of the bike

the bike as it is now



I will post progress reports during the rebuild

[YellowDog]

She's a beauty.

Great project plan.

Congrats to you.

Look forward to the progress photos.

[unstuck]

Nice project,great to see how it goes

[dogsnbikes]

Biggest plus is that Melissa wanted this bike as its just the right height for her ,and a good size for getting back into motorcycling after being out of it for a few years

[Owl]

Melissa is stoked

I bet!

Be great to see her riding her own bike. Great too that she wants to get into the maintenance side of it.

[dogsnbikes]

Well.......We started with the basic's today......removing farnings,replacing spark plugs and getting power too the bike

farings were easy enough...but spark-plugs were alittle bit tricky,considering I have KIWI mits and the bike was assembled by japanese mits.....Firstly I had too drop the radiator and lift the thermostat just too get into the plugs.....undoing the plugs was easy getting them out a bit of a challenge and was easly solved with a Long socket packed with axle grease,replacing the plugs called for a 8" length of garden hose placed over the new plug too help guide it into the thread.....

Next was sorting out the power to the bike...now the last owner had blowen the 30amp power fuse and had by-passed it with a 20amp tube fuse with a 10amp wire

Now a 30 amp doesn't blow for no reason,so replacing the 30 amp with a 30 amp would be a good start followed by connecting the battery......All lights go,things are looking up,starter motor works sweet,its like #5 is alive.....still waiting too see what cause the other fuse to blow....patience is a wonderful thing as it wasn't long before we started too see smoke......Bingo its a Faulty regulator-rectifier which will now be replace with a new one

[yod]

nice to see you got the right brand

must pop over and have a nosey when i get a chance, hope Mel gets many happy miles out of it!

[86GSXR]

Very nice!

[chanceyy]

Orrrsommmee .. can not wait til Mel is mobile on two wheels ..

[dogsnbikes]

Well it was a total strip-down of the rear end today,it started by pulling of the sub-frame so I can get it ready for painting and it turned into a hell lets just get stuck in and get it all off.....and that is what I did....now the swingarm and suspension linkages are out and bearings removed which became a small issue as they were in tight they didn't want too budge,but with the help of some washers and a weilder and a fooken big hammer and punch they came out

Now I have the task of cleaning up all the parts for repainting and waiting for non stock parts too arrive....

The rear wheel has been striped and rotor has been measured.... its a fail so have too order a new one but I had alredy considered that in the begining along with new tyre,sprocket etc

so here is where we are at now I think the miss's will be somewhat shocked but at least I can save on tyre's if she is prepared too run behind her bike

[chanceyy]

I can save on tyre's if she is prepared too run behind her bike

ohh Can I be there when you ask her that .. can hear her now .. B.. J...

[dogsnbikes]

ohh Can I be there when you ask her that .. can hear her now .. B.. J...

Your wrong she just laughed

[chanceyy]

Your wrong she just laughed

hmmm looks like we might have to
cause you know when we get together its a wee bit



in realiity I thought her response would be ..

[ducatilover]

Very cool wee bike!!!!

[dogsnbikes]

Very cool wee bike!!!!

yes I wont be bored this winter,once I have all the parts I need for the rear-end I can knock it out in a arvo...in the meantime I will have too go back too work for more motorcycle token's