Kickeroo
Been Around the Block
What a day....retained a divorce lawyer, and brought home all of my extraneous junk.
Brought her home Wednesday, July 27th, my 25th Birthday present, the 1984 Yamaha FJ600, the one that started it all for me. The ebay watch list of stuff it will need is growing exponentially, as are the bikebandit list, the dennis kirk lise, etc, etc:
TO DO LIST AS OF 09/25/2013;
From here, and I guess it's as good a time as any to start a to-do list:
1. Clean up and install donor carbs with pod filters (they didn't fit, so I sold them!
2. Finish electrics with coils, new relays, and new fuses where appliciable
3. Figure out what to do about clutch.
4.Media blast exhaust parts, paint with hi-temp black paint, reinstall
5. Re-install cleaned tank. Put some fresh gas in
6. What the hell, see if she'll start Nope.
7. Change oil in forks, change seals.
8.remove old front tire, clean rim as best as can be, replace bearings, replace tire.
9. replace front brake pads, REPLACE all tubes in system. Replace fluid and bleed (need help)
10. Replace stearing bearings while we're here.
11. Do something about the seat. Re-cover ($) or replace ($$)
12. Remove rear wheel, remove old tire, clean rim as best as can be replace bearings. Inspect/replace rear sprocket replace tire
13. Replace chain.
14. Inspect/replace front sprocket.
15. inspect entire swing-arm assembly. clean, inspect/replace necessary bits.
16. Do something about the yellow patina on aluminum parts (new 2/2/12)
17. Now that it's running (and it is as of 9/20/13), synch carbs, find source of vacuum leack
18. Align rear wheel like an actual bike builder
19. Strengthen new-to-me fairing so that it doesn't break
20. Find source of auxiliary lighting failures (turn signals, horn, neutral light)
20a. pray it isn't the flasher relay
21. Find aftermarket mirrors
22. Go to bike junkyard and find nuts and bolts needed for exhaust manifold, battery box, turn signals
22. Ride past ex's house, middle finger extended.
More as I think of it.
What it would have looked at when it was new:
Stuff that's impossible to find (to be added to):
The chin fairing
Side covers that haven't been roached
Almost impossibe:
Good tires
Minor Inconveinience:
PA Title long since missing, but only $35 away
First....yes, I'm guilty of negligence
Umbrella removed:
And only 30,992 miles!
It really only gets worse from here:
Windsheild is a goner...knew that
Sidecovers are pretty ratted out
New flo-thru vision!
fork seals are.....good??? really?
Last shot in the old 'hood
Parked in 96..
It was June....i was broke
Again, look at the clean section
All tied down on the trailer that brought it here 11 years ago
I know for a fact that chain is kinked
Look closely, and you can see where mice were living in the tail section
Pod filters gave up the ghost a while ago
Thought bubble from the Guzzi, "No, no, no...dona bring dat in here"
Do i own ANYTHING that doesn't have a patina to it?? really?
Hey, look! a stoppie!
Summary
No illusions of grandeur here. The old girl deserves better than what I can do, but she's one loyal tough old broad
Brought her home Wednesday, July 27th, my 25th Birthday present, the 1984 Yamaha FJ600, the one that started it all for me. The ebay watch list of stuff it will need is growing exponentially, as are the bikebandit list, the dennis kirk lise, etc, etc:
TO DO LIST AS OF 09/25/2013;
From here, and I guess it's as good a time as any to start a to-do list:
4.
8.
9. replace front brake pads, REPLACE all tubes in system. Replace fluid and bleed (need help)
11. Do something about the seat. Re-cover ($) or replace ($$)
19. Strengthen new-to-me fairing so that it doesn't break
20. Find source of auxiliary lighting failures (turn signals, horn, neutral light)
20a. pray it isn't the flasher relay
21. Find aftermarket mirrors
22. Ride past ex's house, middle finger extended.
More as I think of it.
What it would have looked at when it was new:
Stuff that's impossible to find (to be added to):
The chin fairing
Almost impossibe:
Minor Inconveinience:
First....yes, I'm guilty of negligence
Umbrella removed:
And only 30,992 miles!
It really only gets worse from here:
Windsheild is a goner...knew that
Sidecovers are pretty ratted out
New flo-thru vision!
fork seals are.....good??? really?
Last shot in the old 'hood
Parked in 96..
It was June....i was broke
Again, look at the clean section
All tied down on the trailer that brought it here 11 years ago
I know for a fact that chain is kinked
Look closely, and you can see where mice were living in the tail section
Pod filters gave up the ghost a while ago
Thought bubble from the Guzzi, "No, no, no...dona bring dat in here"
Do i own ANYTHING that doesn't have a patina to it?? really?
Hey, look! a stoppie!
Summary
No illusions of grandeur here. The old girl deserves better than what I can do, but she's one loyal tough old broad