The Rebirth of the Phoenix
- Thread starter Gas Man
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Come on man... there aren't any baffles.. it will only hurt for a few mins...
Hell yeah!!!
Made some more progess today.. just have to finish up a couple things. Bleed the front brake, mount front fender. Then if the new headlight mount that is on there was chromed I would be DONE. But that will come off and be sent out for chrome monday.
Well boys n girls... if it wasn't for needing the new headlight mount and starting it... I'd be done done done!!
So here's the final break down...
The headlight mount that came with it. Didn't like the way it pushed the headlight out way past the forks and the double joint wasn't stable in my opinion.
So my bud Al and I designed a new one and machining master Steve cut it out
Some slight mod to the cut to allow the light to swivel down more.
Mount it up. don't mind the long bad bolt... just for mock up
BAM
Lights up well too
Low beam has a nice wide spread
Hi beam is high and tight
Also got the front wheel hub back from Steve and mounted that up with the crush axle spacer
Mount the rotor on
Then throw it on the forks, and mount up the caliper with some small shims to center on rotor.
Mucho better on the clearance
Hung the brake line with clamps
Pulled the tank to mount the speedo and tidy up the wiring
Put the tank back on with the wires all tidied up and things like the clutch cable and throttle cable stays in place
Assembled my passenger pegs with the newly chromed clevises and new roulette pegs
Decided to set those aside for now...
Strapped the front wheel in place so it wouldn't fall to the side and spill brake fluid all over from the resv.
Bled the brakes which being completely dry ended up being a ROYAL PAIN!!!
Then cleaned up the place a bit. No table is a good thing.
Then hung the front fender in place
What do you know... she's in like Flint!!!
With the brakes working, we put her back on the rubber, cleared the bubble wrap from under her and got to try out the new kickstand. Looks like it will work GREAT!! Real solid feel when you lean it. No more wobble out when you lean it over! Plus the lean angle seems to be JUST RIGHT!
Put the condor back on, wheeled forward...
And that's how we do it SON!
At the end of the project I ended up with all these empty zip locks that I used to sort the pieces. Used a helper beer bottle to show you just how many were used
Got rid of the table and the garage is returning to normal...
Got a contractor using the garage Monday morning for a home improvent project, so slide the sporty over and cover them both up... till next weekend when we fire it up like a un-vailing.
My utmost gratitude to Alhall, Cavracer (steve), Vickie, Nelson, Chopper Dave, Big House, Eric (Choppin Steel), Jake (lowdownchopshop), boys at Full Throttle, Exotic Coatings, Browns, and everybody here that has helped out in any way. Without the support of these people this would not have been possible.
Last and definately not least... my wife. For all the countless hours I spent in the garage, her car being outside all winter, me being in a bad mood for whatever, and supporting me as a good wife does. You're simply the best!
So here's the final break down...
The headlight mount that came with it. Didn't like the way it pushed the headlight out way past the forks and the double joint wasn't stable in my opinion.
So my bud Al and I designed a new one and machining master Steve cut it out
Some slight mod to the cut to allow the light to swivel down more.
Mount it up. don't mind the long bad bolt... just for mock up
BAM
Lights up well too
Low beam has a nice wide spread
Hi beam is high and tight
Also got the front wheel hub back from Steve and mounted that up with the crush axle spacer
Mount the rotor on
Then throw it on the forks, and mount up the caliper with some small shims to center on rotor.
Mucho better on the clearance
Hung the brake line with clamps
Pulled the tank to mount the speedo and tidy up the wiring
Put the tank back on with the wires all tidied up and things like the clutch cable and throttle cable stays in place
Assembled my passenger pegs with the newly chromed clevises and new roulette pegs
Decided to set those aside for now...
Strapped the front wheel in place so it wouldn't fall to the side and spill brake fluid all over from the resv.
Bled the brakes which being completely dry ended up being a ROYAL PAIN!!!
Then cleaned up the place a bit. No table is a good thing.
Then hung the front fender in place
What do you know... she's in like Flint!!!
With the brakes working, we put her back on the rubber, cleared the bubble wrap from under her and got to try out the new kickstand. Looks like it will work GREAT!! Real solid feel when you lean it. No more wobble out when you lean it over! Plus the lean angle seems to be JUST RIGHT!
Put the condor back on, wheeled forward...
And that's how we do it SON!
At the end of the project I ended up with all these empty zip locks that I used to sort the pieces. Used a helper beer bottle to show you just how many were used
Got rid of the table and the garage is returning to normal...
Got a contractor using the garage Monday morning for a home improvent project, so slide the sporty over and cover them both up... till next weekend when we fire it up like a un-vailing.
My utmost gratitude to Alhall, Cavracer (steve), Vickie, Nelson, Chopper Dave, Big House, Eric (Choppin Steel), Jake (lowdownchopshop), boys at Full Throttle, Exotic Coatings, Browns, and everybody here that has helped out in any way. Without the support of these people this would not have been possible.
Last and definately not least... my wife. For all the countless hours I spent in the garage, her car being outside all winter, me being in a bad mood for whatever, and supporting me as a good wife does. You're simply the best!
cavracer21
Active Member
lookin good chris, glad to see her back on the rubber
Chopper Dave
SIICK!!!
There we go! bike looks FUCKIN IGNORANT!!:2thumbs:
looking forward to the start up party Saturday!! 
bike looks FUCKIN IGNORANT!!:2thumbs: looking forward to the start up party Saturday!!
Cutter
Well-Known Member
:2thumbs: To Gas and everyone else :2thumbs:
scubaman15
Well-Known Member
Very classy Criss... Your wife is saying your a keeper ...
There will be... oh there will be.
Thank you gents! Tis a happy day... except for the fact of only getting 2hrs of sleep this morning
didn't want to bother with that... had other projects going on with those... if that is all I have to polish that's ok.
txchopperguy
Well-Known Member
Gas,
Maybe in your video "The Unveiling of the Phoenix" you could include some shots of those "three girls a giggling"...from the calendar thread post...lol
Maybe in your video "The Unveiling of the Phoenix" you could include some shots of those "three girls a giggling"...from the calendar thread post...lol
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