March 29, 2020
March 26, 2020
The German..
The 2004 BMW K1200RS I picked up for a song, which happen to come with some nice goodies. This old interstate cruiser just needed a bit of TLC.
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April 23, 2014
Seal and Coil replacement complete!
Finally received the rest of the parts I needed (exhaust gaskets) to complete the rebuild, everything looks great, ran it around the block and it’s running like a champ. I did notice that the right side rockers are making a bit of noise, so I’ll adjust those again, soonish, that […]
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April 19, 2014
CX500 stator and seal replacement part 2
With all the seals in hand, and a few hours of work today I was able to actually finish most of the engine work on the CX500. The new stator is in place and the CDI advance pulser has been removed. I was also able to significantly reduce the number […]
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April 19, 2014
SV1000S SOLD!
Yesterday I padded my wallet a bit and sold the SV1000S. This bike was great, After it was all said and done, my work put into it, and the extra parts I sold off before selling it, I made a tidy profit after putting 4K miles on […]
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March 23, 2014
CX500 stator and seal replacement
The CX500, minus just about everything! As you can see, the engine is removed! Over the summer I noticed the stator got worse and worse until I nearly ended up stranded with a dead battery. So the first step is to remove the tank, side panels, foot break, carburetors, electrical […]
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July 31, 2013
Shimmed and Ready
Got the new shims in the mail today; ordered them from Thunder Valley Powersports and they were good about keeping me up-to-date on where my order was at. With parts in hand I set about correcting my valve clearances. Using my spreadsheet from before, I was able to easily decide which […]
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July 21, 2013
Calculating New Valve Shims
Went back into the cylinder head and took some measurements. Dirty work, but had to be done. I used metric feeler gauges to find the clearance and a digital micrometer to find the thickness of the current shims. The manual mentions that the shim thickness should be between 0.06mm and […]
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July 7, 2013
Clean Carbs But Still No Love
Finally had a chance to button up all the carbs and get the pack rebuilt. My attempts to fix the stripped air mixture screw all went poorly, so ultimately I picked up a replacement off of Ebay and cleaned it up. Things are looking pretty clean and came together quite […]
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June 21, 2013
Further Carb Work
Finally got some time to get back to the surprisingly clean carbs from the CB900. I went through the various air and fuel passage ways with some carb cleaner and all the pathways seem pretty clear. Piece by peice I started reconstructing the carbs replacing all original bolts with stainless […]
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