Hey guys,
Yes I've been very quiet lately. Sorry bout that.
It's been very very busy for me the past month. I promised the mrs this year that I'd get her a pergola for the outdoor area. So I've been building that. I've also been trying to get my car on the road. 1978 ZH Fairlane. Which should be ready this weekend! woot! Pics to follow.
However, I have been working on the bike ever so slowly.
I got my 100 or so missing bolts, nuts, washers from america and I did all that fitting. Nothing exciting to report, just things that needed to be done.
I've been finishing up lose ends on the wiring, coz I did leave some things. Brakes, rear indicators, and the new R/R had to be modified.
Cleaned up and painted the dash mount and fitted the dash, and im about 99% done with the wiring just gotta add the head light and run those cables.
Im going to start the bike this week so I'll put a vid up when that gets done.
I'm back on the project 100% and hope to have it finished and ready for roadworthy in 2 weeks.
The Mount :
The Dash...
The modified Honda R/R
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Worked on the bike till 2am last night, just didn't realise what the time was. I bought conduit to run the cable in from Supercheap. Glad I did actually. Looks very neat.
I forgot to wire up the front brake line....and I also forgot to run a cable for the headlight. SO I had to pull the harness out of the conduit and add 3 cables...fun!
I mounted the headlight, and indicators...
The brake line runs behind the light and sort of does an S bend, is that ok? or should the brake cable and the clutch cable both run infront of the headlight, never had a naked bike so Im unsure how it goes...pics anyone?
I bought a new switch, as I hated the stock factory one, looked ugly. I didnt realise that the old switch is setup to "always on" and the kill turns it "all off"....was playing with my multimeter for 30 mins scratching my head, as the new switch is "always off", and another cable activates the KILL. I had to pull it apart and resolder the switch to how I wanted it....got it going so all is good. Just spent alot of time on it! Took me 1 hour!
Looks nice.
Headlight mounted, and indicators. Tested all the switches and headlight and it works lovley. Very happy.
Now I just have to cable tie the conduit to my frame, and fit the rear end (rear fender, rear light and indicators) and then I will give it a turn over :O
I've been delaying the starting of the bike, My wife, friends and family always ask me when they see me "have you started it yet", to my same reply "No"...and then i get a funny look or a "Far out man, just start the damn thing". lol...bit of fear in there somewhere that i'll push the button and nothing will happen
Oh and as promised, I go the ZH back on saturday with a brand new 351 dropped in.
Runs and sounds beautiful, however, my feul consumption has gone through the roof. Its very very veyr very thirsty! :O
Running the engine in still so I have to take it easy, then after 1000kms i'll see how it runs....