guitargeek
Been Around the Block
To recap, I tore off my top end last week:
A couple days later, I worked a deal with a buddy in Kansas, then drove up there. It was a good haul:
This bottom end has a LOT fewer miles on it than mine.
Last night I pulled my bottom end, and damn near pulled my back:
Oh, my back...
I'll go back later today and finish stripping the frame, then start selectively detabbing and prepping it for paint...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HifnMGOrIuI
I'm glad I decided to tear into this thing, turns out one of my cam chain guides is broken.
Not worn out, broken, like rent asunder:
I found the little piece in the oil pan.
Who knows how long it's been like this? Probably as long as I've had it! I think it says something for the mighty KZ platform that I could ride it this way for years and it never complained...
As soon as I got home I found another one on eBay, snagged it for $15 on a buy it now. Hopefully that'll show up soon, and in the meantime I plan to thoroughly clean the head, block, pistons and pan. Maybe I'll do some light porting, just to clean up casting flash & such, nothing radical.
Also, remember how I told you guys the story of finding this bike buried in a sand dune? Well, when I was pulling the block, I found more of that sand! A little of it fell down inside the engine, but I dropped the pan and ran most of a big can of WD-40 down through there, so just cross your fingers...
Meanwhile, my back hurts & I'm tired! I predict that I'll be crippled up tomorrow...
A couple days later, I worked a deal with a buddy in Kansas, then drove up there. It was a good haul:
This bottom end has a LOT fewer miles on it than mine.
Last night I pulled my bottom end, and damn near pulled my back:
Oh, my back...
I'll go back later today and finish stripping the frame, then start selectively detabbing and prepping it for paint...
