Well, it looks like my last post was sometime back in 2015. Shortly after that, I had a child. So not alot of progress on the motorcycle, and not alot of updates. But now things have calmed down abit and we can get back to our regularly scheduled updates. Annika is alot of help in the garage.
The CX has made some progress lately. Had the front brake rotor drilled/vented by my machinist buddy Brad. He did a much better job with a proper drill press than I would have done, half wasted free-handing a Dewalt.
This is purely an asthetic upgrade, but for a case of beer (of which i drank half) I think it was more than worth it.
Also finished painting the front wheel, I did an awful job, but you cant tell from the pictures so i dont care. Also got some new rubber for the wheel. It is a Shinko 241. Got it for Xmas. Rebuilt the forks using the seal kit I mentioned acouple years ago, also recently rebuilt the brake caliper. The front end is taking shape rather nicely.
This winter I also took the time to take the heads off this thing and do a general inspection of the inner workings of the motor. Things seems to be tip top in every regard. Very Clean and very low miles. I dont have any pictures but it looks great.
Next up on the todo list, purchase seat loop and weld together, acquire GL1100 wheel and bastardize the thing to get my rim size up to 17'', and register the bike in Vermont. Regarding the later point, the logic can be explained
here in great detail.
I said i would keep score of costs on this thing. So lets see where we stand.
Bike - $400
Spray paint/sand paper/wire wheels - $100
Front tire - X-mas Present
Fork Rebuild Kit - $20
Brake Caliper Rebuid Kit - Xmas Present
Rotor Venting - $20 worth of Budweiser minus half that i drank
Ignitech ignition module - $134
Gasket Kit - Xmas Present
Also, Christi has started to get on board with the CX. She has been caught throwing a leg over it and going "vroom vroom" more than once.
