rattpunk
Been Around the Block
Sup?
I picked up this bike a couple years back so I would have a ride out here in Boston. Did the T (mass transit) the first year but that wasn't cutting it for me. Being a pretty short dude and just getting around the city I wanted a smaller displacement older bike and this one didn't look that bad to me with the rattle-can grill paint, solo seat and straight bars the PO had put on her. That and it was about all that was around in my price range. Don't mind the instagram pic, my wife took it
Moving out from the Bay Area in Cali, I ended up selling most of my tools for expenses, and I don't have a garage so I've just been enjoying being able to ride. Recently though, some break parts broke and in getting to a cotter pin sounded like a great time to pull the exhaust. Long story short, two of the header bolts broke off in the process. More rust than metal, you know the story. I actually found DTT looking for ideas on how to get the bolts out with the least heartbreak. I read about the pain of a broken EZout so just picked up a set of left hand bits a few people recommended in threads here. I also had to do something to replace the exhaust and had thought about a MAC 2-1 but decided to get a replacement set of stock headers and put on shorties. Call it a day. The only thing I've done other than maintenance was to swap out the bars for clubmans. They seemed like a much more comfortable and stable option.
So that's what I'll be up to this weekend, drilling out the bolts, throwing on the new pipes and making way too much noise around the block. After that I'd like to finally clean up the tail light and blinkers. I figure with one of the DCC cafe seats I can keep the rear fender, go with a light/plate combo on it, but then I'm stumped right now on where to put the signals. Fabrication and welding are out of the question for now so any ideas would be appreciated.
I'm keeping myself away from the airbox and carbs so I can keep riding it this season but after I get the lights/signals sorted out I'll start planning that stage of the upgrades.
See ya round,
Tyler
I picked up this bike a couple years back so I would have a ride out here in Boston. Did the T (mass transit) the first year but that wasn't cutting it for me. Being a pretty short dude and just getting around the city I wanted a smaller displacement older bike and this one didn't look that bad to me with the rattle-can grill paint, solo seat and straight bars the PO had put on her. That and it was about all that was around in my price range. Don't mind the instagram pic, my wife took it
Moving out from the Bay Area in Cali, I ended up selling most of my tools for expenses, and I don't have a garage so I've just been enjoying being able to ride. Recently though, some break parts broke and in getting to a cotter pin sounded like a great time to pull the exhaust. Long story short, two of the header bolts broke off in the process. More rust than metal, you know the story. I actually found DTT looking for ideas on how to get the bolts out with the least heartbreak. I read about the pain of a broken EZout so just picked up a set of left hand bits a few people recommended in threads here. I also had to do something to replace the exhaust and had thought about a MAC 2-1 but decided to get a replacement set of stock headers and put on shorties. Call it a day. The only thing I've done other than maintenance was to swap out the bars for clubmans. They seemed like a much more comfortable and stable option.
So that's what I'll be up to this weekend, drilling out the bolts, throwing on the new pipes and making way too much noise around the block. After that I'd like to finally clean up the tail light and blinkers. I figure with one of the DCC cafe seats I can keep the rear fender, go with a light/plate combo on it, but then I'm stumped right now on where to put the signals. Fabrication and welding are out of the question for now so any ideas would be appreciated.
I'm keeping myself away from the airbox and carbs so I can keep riding it this season but after I get the lights/signals sorted out I'll start planning that stage of the upgrades.
See ya round,
Tyler