Look out, work was actually done on the 900 this weekend!
First off, I found the lanyard for the Pingle dead man switch. The wires to the switch aren't hooked to anything, but this makes me think there might have been some drag racing in this bike's past.
Next, the bike went up in the air and the old (bent) wheel came off:
While I was there, I dropped the left hand fork and installed a replacement clip on that wasn't mooshed on the end:
One new wheel in place!
The bad news is that this wheel is not compatible with the cable driven speedometer. I have a few different options, such as new instrument cluster or saying "honest Officer, I had no idea how fast I was going!"
I had noticed the bike was hard to roll, and thought it was the rear caliper dragging. However, I was wrong, it was the front calipers that were hanging up. Disassembling the calipers showed me why - the passageways to the pistons were plugged with "boogers" of old nasty brake fluid. No pictures of the "boogers", as I was too busy flushing them out with brake cleaner. The pistons and seals were in great shape, so they were just cleaned. I use a brake assembly lube that's mostly silicone that prevents seals from tearing, and that worked great here.
Calipers cleaned and pistons back in place:
Reassembled (with thread locker!):
And loaded with pads and whatnot:
Bleeding the system was a pain, and I ended up pulling a vacuum from each caliper to get fluid down to them, and then having to crack open the banjo bolt that connects the master to the calipers to bleed the master. After all of that fun, the calipers grab hard, and almost as importantly, RELEASE!
I fired up the bike (after remembering I had turned off the fuel, oops), and after warming up for a few moments, it ran great. I've had to do nothing to this bike to get it to run other than replace the battery and add gas. Here's hoping it stays that way!
The fiberglass Airtech fairing has been painted a nice Honda black, so the next step will be to drill about 567,342 holes in it to mount it to the bike and mount the windshield and mirrors to it. I'm not sure if I'll be able to save the upper fairing bracket, as it's pretty bent, but I'll try. Closer and closer...