wrenchmonkey
New Member
Been lurking a while, and my lurking finally paid off.
I'm the guy that bought this 550: http://dotheton.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=0f0db0b9aaa48b017d0d63702b3012ad&topic=5382.0
but it's definitely not the one spotted at Kensington because it's not running. I've missed out on a few beat up bikes so when I saw this, I pounced.
Rented a pickup and the seller had ramps so we got her in the Ram bed pretty easily. Getting her off was a different story. I had myself, a ladder, a small piece of MDF and a handful of prayers. After nearly crushing myself, I managed to bust my back and barely save her from smashing onto my recently resealed and pristine driveway.
I used to tinker with cars a bit. The usual import stuff. No fabrication. Just wrenching, swapping suspension, slapping together a motor, clutch jobs. Basically hand tools stuff. Went through 3 civics, a corolla, an mr2 and 2 miatas. Now I drive a family car cause I got a family, and a growing one at that.
Anyway, I've only been on a bike twice in my life: the first day of the M2 course and the second day of the M2 course. I'm a complete bike newb. And this was 2 summers ago so I barely remember anything. Brake on the right, clutch on the left ... that's about all I know. All my cars were fuel injected so carbs is also something I'll learn about. I'm going to take everything slowly since I'm just not in a hurry at all. Plus, I'm on a budget.
Plans are to just get the bike running first, and then to get it running right, and then I'll consider what I want to strip off it, and finally what I might want to add to it. Hopefully it doesn't fall apart before I get a chance to take it all the way thru the process. I'm gonna have a lot of questions and very little progress so I hope everyone here can lend a hand.
How about a first question: is the transmission toasted if it clicks going into first and second, but I can't seem to hear the same click going into the higher gears? And a second questions: where is a good place to look for used tanks and what fits easily on the 550 frame? The current tank seems to have a nice rust bubble on the side and I may eventually have to replace once I get a chance to check how bad it is.
Cheers!
Shane
I'm the guy that bought this 550: http://dotheton.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=0f0db0b9aaa48b017d0d63702b3012ad&topic=5382.0
but it's definitely not the one spotted at Kensington because it's not running. I've missed out on a few beat up bikes so when I saw this, I pounced.
Rented a pickup and the seller had ramps so we got her in the Ram bed pretty easily. Getting her off was a different story. I had myself, a ladder, a small piece of MDF and a handful of prayers. After nearly crushing myself, I managed to bust my back and barely save her from smashing onto my recently resealed and pristine driveway.
I used to tinker with cars a bit. The usual import stuff. No fabrication. Just wrenching, swapping suspension, slapping together a motor, clutch jobs. Basically hand tools stuff. Went through 3 civics, a corolla, an mr2 and 2 miatas. Now I drive a family car cause I got a family, and a growing one at that.
Anyway, I've only been on a bike twice in my life: the first day of the M2 course and the second day of the M2 course. I'm a complete bike newb. And this was 2 summers ago so I barely remember anything. Brake on the right, clutch on the left ... that's about all I know. All my cars were fuel injected so carbs is also something I'll learn about. I'm going to take everything slowly since I'm just not in a hurry at all. Plus, I'm on a budget.
Plans are to just get the bike running first, and then to get it running right, and then I'll consider what I want to strip off it, and finally what I might want to add to it. Hopefully it doesn't fall apart before I get a chance to take it all the way thru the process. I'm gonna have a lot of questions and very little progress so I hope everyone here can lend a hand.
How about a first question: is the transmission toasted if it clicks going into first and second, but I can't seem to hear the same click going into the higher gears? And a second questions: where is a good place to look for used tanks and what fits easily on the 550 frame? The current tank seems to have a nice rust bubble on the side and I may eventually have to replace once I get a chance to check how bad it is.
Cheers!
Shane
