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#121 Post by BrianT » Sun May 13, 2012 9:42 pm

Thanks everyone. It's been a very fun and exciting build. I have made a bunch of new friends here, including one local who just happens to be my builder Bill Wilson.

I wanted to clean up the rear fender area but was advised against cutting on my perfectly good fender. I am buying a pre-cut fender from a member on the cheap and putting my good rear fender and tail section on a shelf in the garage. Who knows what I might want to do with it later.

I decided to go with the Buell turn signals. They are Italian made and have rubber mounts. I am getting the smoked lenses and longer stalks for the front. They are about $20 each from the local dealer. Here is a pic.

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#122 Post by steveloomis » Sun May 13, 2012 10:04 pm

Anxious to see it this week.
'81 RD350LC hybrid w/84 RZ engine. Zeel, Old style Toomeys, Yboot and filter 420 main 22.5 pilot, Air screw 2.5 turns out, DJ needle 2nd from top, Canadian VM26 carbs.
'85 KR/RZ US. Tank is seeping causing a blister in paint.....

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#123 Post by BrianT » Sat May 19, 2012 8:28 pm

Got a little more work done today. I received the cut rear fender from member silverstrom today, it was just what I needed. We cleaned the cut edge up a bit with Bill's grinding tool, and I cleaned the back portion of the frame while everything was apart.

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The cage that holds the turn signals and tail light was bent and a little crusty looking so first I straightened it the best I could by eye. I'll re-check it once I get the turn signals mounted. Then I scuffed it up and shot it with some satin black.

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I don't have all of the parts to mount the turn signals yet but couldn't resist holding them up just to get an idea of what they are going to look like.

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We plan on fabbing up a bracket out of aluminum to mount the license plate. Once the turn signals are sorted, then we will be ready to mount the solo cowl. There is a vintage bike show two weeks from today and we plan on riding there!!! :smt002
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#124 Post by BrianT » Thu May 24, 2012 11:29 pm

Tonight Bill fabbed up a license plate bracket out of aluminum. Of course, he had to polish it up to a mirror shine. It turned out nice, but I think I will probably redrill the license holes to move the plate up a bit.

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While he was doing that I finished tiding up the turn signal wires and started putting the mounts for the solo cowl on the seat. I didn't take any pictures of that process because I was a little stressed out poking holes in my seat and also drilling holes in the cowl for the mounting brackets. But here's the finished product.

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Overall, I am very happy with the way things have turned out so far. This holiday weekend I plan on sorting out the front turn signals while Bill continues to tweek the adjustments on the carbs.

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#125 Post by reddog952 » Fri May 25, 2012 12:15 am

Man, that bike looks sweet :smt007 You gonna put the Kenny Roberts decals on it?

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#126 Post by BrianT » Fri May 25, 2012 11:44 am

reddog952 wrote:Man, that bike looks sweet :smt007 You gonna put the Kenny Roberts decals on it?
Thanks! I'm not sure yet. I kinda think it looks cleaner without them.
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#127 Post by silverstrom » Fri May 25, 2012 1:12 pm

I like it just as it is. Just perfect. No plastic Robert's signature required.

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#128 Post by NJRZ350 » Fri May 25, 2012 1:50 pm

BrianT wrote: ...

Overall, I am very happy with the way things have turned out so far. This holiday weekend I plan on sorting out the front turn signals while Bill continues to tweek the adjustments on the carbs.
Those Buell turn signals look great. I've been contemplating a set for my bike as well. Will they work for the front turn signals as well? Hard to tell if the stalk will be long enough...

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#129 Post by BrianT » Fri May 25, 2012 2:13 pm

The fronts are longer and require stand offs which push the lens out past the fairing. I am sitting in the HD parking lot right now where I picked them up!
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#130 Post by Badass » Fri May 25, 2012 4:12 pm

Signals look good an not to expensive either, bike looks great!
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#131 Post by BrianT » Sat May 26, 2012 8:40 am

I got the front turn signals mounted last night. They mounted easily. Plug and play, except they wouldn't blink!! They would light up, so I knew I had wired them correctly, but no blinky?!? I took them apart and swapped in the stock bulbs and they worked fine. The problem with that was that the amber cover inside would not fit over the larger style stock bulb. Luckily the auto parts store was still open and I was able to buy four 1156NA bulbs. Popped them in and they work like a charm.

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I have to work this morning, but Bill is going to play with the carbs a little then ride it over to Mike the tuner's shop. Hopefully they'll be able to make some real progress on getting the carbs dialed in.
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#132 Post by BrianT » Wed May 30, 2012 10:05 pm

I brought the bike home tonight for the last time. It is here to stay for a while. The carbs are sorted out enough for me to put some serious miles on them. Bill and Mike think that my Spec II pipes might be holding us back a little on the top end, so we are going to hold off any final tuning and dyno runs until I can decide on which pipes I want to run and then figure out how I'm gonna pay for them! lol

Here are some pics that I took tonight with a decent camera. I am very pleased with the way the bike turned out and am looking forward to riding to the vintage bike show this weekend.

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#133 Post by cbirk » Wed May 30, 2012 10:27 pm

Man, I would be proud of that gem. Looks great!
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#134 Post by NJRZ350 » Wed May 30, 2012 11:40 pm

Bike looks great Brian! I hope mine looks that good someday :smt003

As for pipes...well it might be time for some Toomey replicas from Wicked Motorsports :smt002

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#135 Post by RuZty » Thu May 31, 2012 6:33 am

You need a small blue 'E' to stick on the end of your license plate!

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