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last week i ordered a set of CB900F shocks off of ebay and they showed up the end of last week. this is what they looked like when i got them. crusty.
took them apart, gave them a good sanding and fresh coat of paint as well as a quick clean and partial polish job to clean up the aluminum. painted:
and somewhat together. i didnt completely put them back together as 1, i wanted to let the paint cure over night, and 2, i need an extra set of hands to help compress the springs.
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hoping to have them back together tomorrow and on the bike. updates then.
thanks to someone on sohc4, made me realize i had my shift arm upside down that ultimately made me have a GP shift pattern. no bueno, and a dumb air head moment on my part. heh... took the shift lever off, heated it up and bent it out to clear the sprocket cover.
my seat showed up today from hotwingglass. first order of business was to shorten it in length. cut off about 2.5" and then test fitted it on the bike. new length seemed right so i marked my cuts, as now i am going to have to shorten the front of it as well. the seat comes 8 3/4 wide and the tank is 7 3/4 wide where it meets the seat, so i had to take out a total of an inch. made my marks and took the ol cut off wheel to it.
marked:
cut:
sides touching, ready for fiberglass.
perfect width, no overlap.
in this photo it shows the first layer of fiberglass mat, after i took this i added 2 more and alot more resin. now just waiting for it to dry.
last order of business before bodywork and paint is to glass a seat pan for the upholstery. taped off the seat, then sprayed the tape with some spray adhesive and laied down a piece of aluminum foil. marked the edges with tape and went to town.
ready for fiberglass:
resin and fiberglass mat laid.
once the pan is dry, ill peal it off and cut it to shape. updates then.
got my seat pan cut to shape and ready for some foam and a cover. i found an old brown suede jacket at a thrift store and cut that up to be the upholstery. updates on the upholstery when i complete it.
seat pan:
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completed the mounting rails as well. painted and cork applied to the top to give a little bit of cushion, as well as a buffer between the fiberglass and steel.
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drilled the holes in the seat into the rails. the rails are tapped for a 6mm bolt that will sit flush in the tail piece.
used some heat shrink to cover the threaded rod on my rearsets. worked great, and def. makes them look finished, as well as helping them stay rust free. thanks for the idea!
buttoned up the exhaust today. as suspected, the mac muffler was in the way of the rearset, so i cut the muffler off at the weld in order to use the foot or so of pipe. found a simple, 2 1/4 exhaust tip at pepboys and cut the set screws out of it. slid it over the pipe, and put the whole thing back on the header.
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in this picture you can see that i now have enough room between the brake arm and the tip. it doesnt look like much, but at the angle the lever is at in the photo, would be physically impossible to get my foot to angle down that far.
took a baffle out of an old muffler i had and cut it in half. stuck one end down into the mac pipe piece and the other into the tip. packed some corse steel wool around them and used some safety wire to hold all the steel wool in place. the set screw that holds the tip onto the pipe, also holds the baffle in place as well. i cant say it does much for quieting the bike down, but i imagine it give some sort of back pressure. somethings better than nothing i suppose.
always hated how far the side stand stuck out and how low it was without the stock exhaust on there, so i cut a piece out to make it sit higher and tighter in on the frame rail.
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