Sunday, January 23, 2011

Here we go again!

I tore the bike down pretty far today to redo everything basically. the whole paint scheme is getting reworked, the front end is going to be rebuilt even stiffer than previously. I'm not going to post any pictures til its done because right now it looks good but when its finished it will look phenomial. this will be the 4th reimagining of how the bike will finally look. the look is evolving with my skill level and the tools i acquire. i spent 4 hours today with my new flap wheel attachment on my grinder cleaning up all the factory welds. Hopefully I'll get some body work done early this week and finish final paint and assembly. then i'll pull the front forks to modify them to stiffen. there has been a few posts on the cc forums about adding a preload spacer to take some of the squwat out of them front suspension. i got an axle spacer from my golf cart project the should do the trick once its cut in half to fit both forks. then i'm going to follow it up with heavier fork oil. factory spec is atf which is like 7 wt.  i'm giong to bump to 10 wt or maybe 20 if 10 isn't enough. want to clean and polish the motor but i don't know if i can get into every nook and crannie. maybe some toothpaste or baking soda and water with a stiff tooth brush will at least clean up all the anodizing that is flaking and looks like shit.

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