Recent content by Kendrick

The stock jetting was 117.5 on the mains and 42.5 on the pilots. I went up four sizes on the mains, so 127.5, and 2 on the pilots, 47.5. When it started, there were no pod filters on it, so we'll see if anything changes when those go on. These are CV carbs (Mikuni BS32SS), but this winter I'm...

The bike started for the first time last night: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=389394307856327&l=8176925478007778208 Now I really just want to ride it, so I'm thinking about just primering the tank for now, and finishing the seat up real quick, so its rideable.

Thanks to a crap ton of help from Sully, the wiring is done, and the starter motor lived for the first time in over a year today. Except for seat/tank, almost everything is back on the bike. One problem though is that the o-rings on the fuel line between the BS32 carbs decided to fail, so when...

No, I ended up running an 8 gauge wire directly from the battery to the electrics tray, and bolted it together with all the other grounds, so really the frame isn't being used as a ground anymore. We'll see, don't have time to work on it today, but Sunday I'm planning on getting it figured out.

Welp, spent the last 4 hours working on wiring, only to plug it in, and have absolutely nothing work, except the tail light turned on. Hell, couldn't even get the other general lighting to turn on even though I traced every single fucking wire and there was no reason for it to not work. Looks...

Battery location isn't gonna change right now. Sometime in the future, I'm thinking about trying to mount a smaller LiFe battery under the seat, because I do like the through the frame look. I've seen some people on their cafes mount the battery under the cafe seat hump, which is what makes...

I had thought about trying something like that, but I think the blue I'm using might stand out a little better with the white between it and the black. We'll see though, there's a few other ideas I've been tossing around in my head.

Alright, it's been a little while since I got around to really making a significant update, but we're finally getting somewhere. I'm counting on having the bike rideable (not necessarily tuned perfectly), in the next 3 weeks, tank might not be finished being painted yet though. I've made some...

Frame is...DONE! 7 months sucked, but it's so awesome it was almost worth it. Also got a couple pictures of most recent parts orders. Next few weeks will be spent in garage when I have time, want to get this running by the end of the month. These pictures don't do it justice, parts looks...

Re: Re: Can't get parts back from powder coating shop Not at all, I just didn't want this thread to turn into a giant war, these guys aren't bad, but I had good reason to worry. The lack of communication was a big part of it, mainly, Sunday I couldn't get a hold of anybody, and it was another...

Alright, lets tone it down a notch. 7 Months sucks, and I'm not happy about that, but at least I know these guys aren't trying to pull anything shady. I'm not expecting anything for free (although I don't expect a raised price either). Y'all have a good day, and thanks for the help.

No worries now, thanks for the clarification. But to be honest, things were looking pretty sketchy for a while, which is why I got worried. Looking forward to picking up my parts later.

Managed to get a hold of both Joe and Tim today. Looks like they turn their phones off on Sundays. They said they'd have it later today, and that they had started working on it yesterday. Good that I managed to contact them, but still....7 months...

^Quote from TPPs thread, guess nobody can get a hold of them.

These guys sounded like they were still planning on charging me full price. Was in there a couple weeks ago and he said he'd try and and at least get me a price quote from Joe (who I guess takes care of that stuff). When I just asked for a ballpark, it was still looking to be around $350. Not...