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I'm starting to think about registration for the projects I have going on. The main one is a 1966 bike that I bought from a fellow in CT. I have a bill of sale but nothing else as he never registered the bike after he got it (it was sitting in his barn for 10+ years). I know RI is a non-title...

I didn't show a picture, but yes, the rear dampers can be dismantled. I have to make a proper spanner for it, but that's about it. How would you do the upgrade?

Now that I have the swing arm and steering head sorted out, the next major goal is to get to a rolling chassis. In order to do that I need to rebuild the front forks and the rear shocks (I plan on using the original rear shocks, even though Hagon units look much the same an would probably be...

Been a while since my last post... seems things always take longer than you'd like and there just is never enough time in a day. I have been busy on the bikes though. I think I mentioned that the swing arm bushings were pretty worn, and that the original design was suspect at best. I had...

I also have the NEC version.. The 8201 which was in some ways better. I used these plus an Olivetti electric typewriter I made an adapter for as the printer for years, and yes, in some ways, they were a great laptop.

http://www.molla.org/DIY-CDI/DIY-CDI-Trigger/SC-DIY-TCI-Trigger.htm Using the above and an MCU you should be able to build a pretty good/cheap programmable electronic ignition. I'm planning to do just that for the W2 cafe I'm planning out.

I have a ZX80 in my basement, and a TRS80 model 100 :)

It took a while to find somewhere locally that had loctite 603 or 609... but the local Grainger did. I needed it because of the damage done earlier to the steering head... I figure it's better to be safe than sorry with these things. After getting my hand on some loctite I inserted the tapered...

So, the zinc plating on the parts associated with the steering head was completed. The parts started out looking like this: After plating, they look like this: I wasn't going for a perfect finish, so I didn't spend a lot of time polishing the parts before plating. That said, they all have a...

Yes, I guess it's what the A10 could have been. I am looking forward to building a cafe out of one of these... They should look good, and the motors seem well suited to performance mods. I should have another update within the next week.

So what do people think: for a restoration, is it better to stick with the original bearings/bushings, or shall I move to tapered rollers, and possibly delrin bushes? Stay original, or make it "better"?

I'm probably going to use an original set of steering head races for the restoration project (I have one set that isn't too bad), but I am contemplating putting in tapered roller bearings. I ordered a kit from All Balls (http://www.allballsracing.com/steering/22-1062.html) for the earlier...

Starting to put things back together... I still owe a post abut zinc plating, but I ran into an issue with the swing arm. Once I started putting it back together, I realized it has quite a bit of "play" in it... probably 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch at the end of the swing arm... not terrible, but...

I haven't been entirely idle. Between the bad weather and work it's been tough to get the painting done. I decided to use baked enamel rather than powder coating to keep things pretty much as they would have been from the factory. This is basically, sand, paint, wait a week, repeat again and...

Already a member on the weezer forum. I did go back through the archives and I did have one frame with timken bearings... so I know those will work, though there seem to be concerns about height with the timken. The Ducati bearings seem to be just about perfect though... those measurements were...

I haven't been entirely idle. The painting has been going slowly... especially on the frame which has all kinds of nooks and crannies. Lay down a few coats, let dry for a week or so, sand, lay down a few more coats, rinse, repeat. Given the cold weather here it's been a bit tough to get a good...

Quick update: frame and other blackware sent off for media blasting. If all goes well, I should be painting the frame etc. this weekend.

I had a good day today... pretty much everything is off the frame except the triple trees which need some penetrating on the steering damper. It was a pleasure to work on a bike that wasn't just a lump of corroded metal for a change! I'm going to finish stripping the frame down this week and if...

Here's a useful trick: the steering stem was pretty well rusted on, so rather than spending $$ on a generic C spanner which may or may not have worked, I went to Lowes and bought a 1.25 inch socket and then spent some time with a grinder. A little bit of heat and it worked like a charm.

Quick update: I have the 2 parts bikes completely stripped (frames, engines are not completely apart). I started stripping the bike I'm restoring, and hope to have the frame and other bits off to media blasting this week.