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And, she's actually been done and on the road since July but of course I have been to busy actually riding finally to remember to take pics!!!!
A modified picture that came out looking pretty cool.
Ditched the giant 80's indicator pod and wired up some LED indicators in the fuse cover. Also changed the fuse panel over from glass to ATC blade fuses.
Got a bunch of things mounted to the handlebars before having the DUH moment that I need to make shorter clutch and throttle cables now, so...
That diagram is for a 650 Standard not a C but the same piece is in the C front fork. It's pressed into the bottom of the inner cylinder. You can see it in picture #10 of the fork post. It's the gold colored piece that you can see in the bottom of the cylinder.
Yeah, I was wondering at first about seating the bushing since the ID of the PVC was to big for it and then it clicked in my brain to use the back up ring on top of the bushing and lightly tap it into position before driving the seal in on top of that.
So, knew I had to replace the fork seals. When draining the old oil I noticed how awfully nasty it looked. I then noticed a slight clicky noise when shaking the one fork so I decided to completely break them down, clean, inspect and repair where necessary. Ended up replacing the bushings in the...
Well, so I decided what the heck! Caliper rebuild. New seals and boots. New stainless pistons, speedbleeders and new EBC pads. Fresh paint and ready to go. Or, er... stop....
Brake time. decided to clean and paint the calipers and replace pads. This of course lead to seeing the funkyness on them. Pistons look OK. There's a bit of pitting/corrosion at the very front end but no leakage and they move freely so I think they are a go. The slide bolt boots however are...
Well this is the first place I have found some 650C builds going on and they have given me some breakthrough moments in planning. Was really hitting some mental roadblocks with how I was going to convert what was more or less a cruiser model into the sport bike that these things really can be...
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