Got 'er on the road for a short ride! All gears work, no smoke, no leaks....YAY! Got a lot of work to do yet. Ain't going far on tires...
Thank you sir!
That is pretty OG S-Man!
Had to come up with a novel way of installing the engine....decided to drop the bike on top of the engine with a motor lift. May have to try this...
Finally assembled and ready to install.... [ATTACH]
More work finished.....Head are on and valves adjusted (or so I thought, more on that later) [ATTACH]
Sorry that really sucks brother.
[ATTACH] Head s are on! Did a mini-valve job and replaced the stem seals. [ATTACH]
Thank you sir, I appreciate the compliment!
Thank you! Will be even more beautiful when it actually runs!
Short block is finally finished....moving on to the heads now! Lucky I have a lot of experience rebuilding the VF500 engine so this one was a...
I must have assembled 50 of those in the 80's. Sold a ton of them at christmas. How about that chrome 86 model?
Good as you are going to find
I hear that. What a PIA it was to do the conrods today. I am super glad the clearance came out good. Not sure what I would have done if the...
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Plastigauge....wierd stuff. I had this laying around for 10+ years and it appears to be still good. Not sure if most people have ever seen this...
Correct, one piece.
Work got in the way of a good time AGAIN but work is progressing. Going to pasti-gauge the main and conrod bearings tomorrow. Lot of cleaning to...
Looking good brother....Painting is such a crapshoot unless you have a well ventilated room and plenty of light. I would give up painting if I...
Got a crank from a junkyard in PA, the rod is coming from Germany. Gonna be a while!
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