Cool.
Your picture gave me an idea of what I can use a parts cleaner for.
My bicycle chain!

Thanks!

post your progress Scott!

speaking of chains..... thats on the to-do list for me...... my chain is a MESS... i've already researched the "how to refurbish your motorcycle chain"...... seems pretty straight forward..... who knows...... gonna give it a try and see how i mess that one up! hahahaha.

My progress will be glacially slow as this is not a priority, unless my chain breaks of course!

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the example "Ichiban" used was either worse than mine or close too it and it came out perfect when he was done....... maybe i will get that lucky too!

show me how yours comes out and what you learned as you go down that path please.......

i get it.. the chain is down the road for me too....... so much bigger things to address..... like the engine and trans ! hahahaha.......

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i like it..... i think it goes with the flow/theme of the bike......

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so this weekend was the Long Beach Motorcycle Swapmeet..... I went. i got super lucky and just be chance i FOUND the EXACT fender i was looking, i mean exactly what i had in mind. i cant be more excited/happy.

now..... getting some mounting tabs on and getting it set up to be able to mount.....

then gonna paint it! did i mention i was excited about finding my fender!!!!!!

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this guy was selling a Gas Cap for $1...... i couldnt resist. maybe ill call this frankenbike a "Honda Davidson" hahahahaha.

Picked up this cool hand-made leather bag.... just gonne dye this badboy black and figure out where to hang it......


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i was poking through the box o stuff and i came across the original license plate... it was pretty dirty and rusty..... then i thought i wonder if i can bring out the Patina on this thing..... clean it up and make it look cool....... took a wire wheel to it.... the through on some Matte clear coat, i think it looks pretty cool...... (i wont use that license plate i dont think i was just horsing around......

NEED Some Help !!!
 

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can someone send me a LINK to where i can buy one of these engine mounting bolts?

im not sure what its called or anything... but i need make sure that engine is snug down tight....... please send me what you find out.

its a 1976 CB750A.................

little help please!

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so messing around in the garage...... re-did the swap-meet score gas-cap......

during the swap-meet search i was looking for a rear brake light option..... they were all more or less the same...... all small, some horizontal, some vertical, all red nothing to fancy or "wow" cool factor.......

my bike came with a rear brake light, BUT it was trashed..poorly painted and just filthy and grimy and dull......

SOOOOOO...................

i took it apart, stripped it, primed it, painted it, clear coated it!

i also polished the the actual RED LENSE..... now its looking pretty damn good!

i think i will keep it!


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its amazing what you can get done in the garage at 10 or 11pm after the family goes off to bed and you can get outside.........

2 more small quick projects from my swapmeet score!

the bigger bag i got for a couple of dollars and it was pretty beat up..... took of the tassles and decorative leather patch and re-dyed the thing...... came out pretty good i think..... not sure how i'm going to incorporate it but i think i will use it.

the smaller one was a hand-made tiny radiator cover that the guy sold to me for $1.... i think i may use it for storing a couple of tools maybe...... i like the way it came out too.......

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Brake light all done... reassembled and mounted....... looks pretty much the same dammit.... maybe a FAIL. hahaha oh well.

Nah, it all looks the part...

thanks for the moral support Milt!

lil bit of a fail BUT its better than it was before so i think it counts slightly!........ either way.....much appreciated.....

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soooo slowly moving onto other smaller projects.... this time.... the front caliper..... it was a MESS... 30 years of grime, dirt and oil, god knows what else.... it was a mess. needed to clean and strip the paint off and get it ready for paint.....

Im having an issue getting one of the pads out... i cant..... not sure where to go from here...... it is wedged in there and it isnt budging... BUT its clean ready for paint.......


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Nice work on that piece. Coming along well.

You asked about a mounting bolt which looks to be a double ended shoulder bolt. You want to use good hardware there and you might have to have that made. If I had my old 36" metal lathe I could have done that for you. However. I foolishly sold it years ago in favor of a 7 x 11 mini lathe that doesn't even cut threads.

Kick me in the head now.

thanks Milt!

the calipers were painted pretty badly so it wasnt so hard to clean it up, just a lil patience and effort i guess...... i tried to make some time during the long weekend, got a few lil things done.

oohhh ok ok cool...... "shoulder bolt" got it! i had no idea what those were called.

"good hardware" ok got it check...... i guess that reasoning is obvious even to me. hahaha

well i appreciate the thought on making the bolt........ i wont kick ya in the dome though. :)

this long weekend......
 

i tried to carve out sometime during the long weekend... an hour here a couple hours there...... turned out ok and got a few lil things mocked up...... pretty happy overall as the idea in my nogin is popping out onto the bike...... its better than it was so i'm good..... im sticking to that idea/concept.

got a chance to mock up the over all look with the large rear fender..... i love the coverage of the rear tire......

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welded the bolts to the fender for easy install and removal down the road......

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chopped off the top of the brace, i like the cleaner look a bit better...... fender waterfall flows all the way down with no breaks... i like it better for no reason other than i like it better. gonna throw on some square tube end caps to clean up the end there.... any suggestions are welcome....

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cleaned up the dirty dingy fender getting ready to throw on some primer, flat black paint... some kind of pinstripe or something and some matte clear.......