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The gsxr1000 I started the reassembly on a few days ago ran into a snag. One of the locator pins for the transmission wa...
10/25/2023

The gsxr1000 I started the reassembly on a few days ago ran into a snag. One of the locator pins for the transmission was missing when I disassembled it. I had overlooked ordering a new one, so I turned a new one out of a scrap piece of 4140 I had laying in the bin to be gotten rid of. It's back together and running now, and shes ready for the break in period to seat the rings and confirm overall function. The fairings are going to stay off until the very last step. This bike got a full overhaul on the engine. It has a fresh top and bottom end, with rings, pistons, rods, bearings, valve grind, valve seals, a new clutch with steels, fibers, springs, and bearings. The owner noted he had an issue with first gear popping out so the transmission got disassembled and inspected. A set of new bearings and adjusting the gear side clearance fixed that problem along with the new pin I had to make. Elsewhere it got a new drive chain, sprockets, and battery. The brake hydraulics have been gone through on the front and rear, with new pads coming today, and the forks serviced. Once I get it broken in and the new fairings on this will be a new bike on an old frame.

The gsxr1000 engine and transmission rebuild are officially started. Checking bearing clearances for the crank and rods ...
10/17/2023

The gsxr1000 engine and transmission rebuild are officially started. Checking bearing clearances for the crank and rods now, and assembly starts tomorrow.

The aprilia is back together and running like a dream. She's got a new pair of shoes with about 10 feet on them, all tha...
10/10/2023

The aprilia is back together and running like a dream. She's got a new pair of shoes with about 10 feet on them, all that's left is to scrub them in.

While I'm waiting on a few more parts for the gsxr1000 I have an 02 world championship edition Aprilia v60 Rmille to wor...
10/06/2023

While I'm waiting on a few more parts for the gsxr1000 I have an 02 world championship edition Aprilia v60 Rmille to work on. It has been a long stored bike with all the problems that come with storage. It was a crank no start, the brakes were inexistant, and it needed some love from someone who can troubleshoot electrical issues outside a manual. She's a beautiful Italian bike that has lived a life that was a little to pampered, and her business parts suffered the consequences. She's going to need the fuel system completely gone through, along with the hydraulics, and electrical system. Once that's all sorted she'll get a new set of shoes and moved down the road.

Parts are trickling in for the bigger projects, and I picked up another bike Saturday. It's an 02 world championship edi...
10/02/2023

Parts are trickling in for the bigger projects, and I picked up another bike Saturday. It's an 02 world championship edition Aprilia v60 Rmille in a non running condition.

09/18/2023

We've got a Gsxr1000 in for work, and its in rough shape to put it lightly.

It's been a while since anything besides service has come through, but now we've got two bikes in for repair work. I've ...
09/13/2023

It's been a while since anything besides service has come through, but now we've got two bikes in for repair work. I've got the k1200 trike back for some more work, and a 2006 gsxr1000 with a nasty rod knock. This seems to be the summer of blown engines.

We're finally back to the tl1000r from a few weeks ago. The owner dropped off an engine Saturday with a little external ...
08/22/2023

We're finally back to the tl1000r from a few weeks ago. The owner dropped off an engine Saturday with a little external damage. We had a broken boss and four snapped bolts. After a few hours of bolt extraction, several welded nuts, and some lathe work. I got the broken boss fixed and the engine ready for install.

It's been all tires and oil changes again lately, but we've got a bike back that you may recognize. This is the f4i I re...
08/04/2023

It's been all tires and oil changes again lately, but we've got a bike back that you may recognize. This is the f4i I replaced the engine in a little while back. The owner had a run of bad luck and went down. He's fine, but since then he's had a tick. It wound up being far less detrimental than it sounded. I done a little diag and narrowed it down to a shifted headder and noisy cam chain. I forgot to snap a shot of the headder, but I did end up with a newly modified tool to reach the manual cam chain tensioner. This was an all labor and no parts call.

07/26/2023

I got the fuel pump sorted for the TL1000 yesterday, and fired it up for the first time to a surprise. I called the owner with the news, and to discuss our options.

It has been a busy few days. I got the VROD out, the sportster back together abmnd running, a few oil changes, a set of ...
07/25/2023

It has been a busy few days. I got the VROD out, the sportster back together abmnd running, a few oil changes, a set of tires and now that i have my parts the widowmaker is under the knife. First things first I've got to go through this fuel pump and clean the rust out of the tank otherwise a new pump will be dead in short order.

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