85 FJ1100 refurbishment/custom

[movenon]

My money is changing colors first then chipping.  "good to", "up to".... yea.......  But nice work. 
George

[Joe Sull]

I'll just keep buying cans of paint and prove you all wrong. How do ya like them apples

[movenon]

I'll just keep buying cans of paint and prove you all wrong. How do ya like them apples

I will take my apples red and in an warm apple pie.  With one scoop of vanilla ice cream.  Don't take anything here to seriously Joe 
George

[TexasDave]

All those parts look very nice. Can't wait to see the finished bike. Any plans for red LED accent lights? Also how about some technical data on that helmet and suit in your picture. Working depths. Mixed gas?  Chamber time?   Dave

[Joe Sull]

Any plans for red LED accent lights?=

A little bling aint a bad idea Dave. No red or blue lights in this state.
That pic was taken by my farther, when he was alive. We were working under a resturant pilewrapping about 80 miles from my parents home and they showed up when I was coming up for lunch.
The hat was a superlite 27 and my drysuit, at the time was a typhoon, apron entry. We usually dive the superlite 17 and hot water.  I buy a 7mm wetsuit and plum it up for hotwater. 105 degree water, 2 gallons a minute.
I haven't seen a chamber  since I was down the gulf in 89. Most of my work "inland" is heavy construction, Piledriving. We do a lot of work on dams and powerplants. Most of the work is in 60 feet or less. We hardly ever do repeditive dives. When we get something deep, we just get more divers and do non-decompression dives. Chambers cost a lot to have on site, like $700 a day. The outfits I work for, have to stay away from costs like that.
This has been the driest winter for me. I usually get at least one good job. Nothing yet! You gotta to have something to fall back on. I dig clams and work in the woods to get by. I think I'll be bussy this spring. Need to get this bike together.

[Joe Sull]

I thought the starter housing mounted closer to the upper case. Is that right?







Stopped shortof getting the front wheel on today. Forgot to paint one of the anti dive blocks
on a fork tube.

[yampug]

completely bonkers rebuild with excellent attention to detail. looking forward to seeing the end result. 

making me want to strip my bike down again. 

[FJmonkey]

I think that a fellow member would say that is very TJ.... But I am not naming names.... Just saying... I can't wait to see the finished product...

[Capn Ron]

Yeah...I'm diggin' this build and that candy red/orange is starting to grow on me!

I know personally how much effort it takes to remove each and every nut, bolt, wire, o-ring, washer, gasket, brake line, bearing, frame member, axle, bulb and clamp...then, in turn, examine each one of those to determine its condition...then make a decision on each and every one:  Should it be replaced?  Does it look the way I want it to?  Will it hold up when I need it most?  Should I paint it, sand it, clear coat, powder coat it or leave it alone?  It's a grueling process that is only tolerable because it's tempered with the excitement of having it done right...and knowing that your life may depend on a single bolt...and the want to keep looking back at the finished product in the parking lot as you walk into a restaurant...where you inevitably pick a booth near a window where you can keep your eye on it.

Keep up the fine workmanship and the posts.  This one will be a real treat to see finished!

Cap'n Ron. . .

[FJ_Hooligan]

I think even Riddick's mom would say: "That's a LOT of RED!"

:-)

[Joe Sull]

making me want to strip my bike down again.  

I can't wait to see the finished product...

Yeah...I'm diggin' this build

Thanks for the kind reviews guys, except the hooligan who keeps bring'n  Chronicles of Riddick's
mother into it.

Mrs. R loves red! She told me herself "You keep what you kill"

I got the anti dive block painted last night and assembled the front wheel.





I got her back on the kick stand. I'm pulling that stupid stand switch like a bad tooth.
I drop kicked it across the dooryard.



Painted the crown nut and got that on. The clipons make it look like a bike again.
I want to try to squeeze that 1" lower out of the fork tubes. I can go another 3/8"
till it starts getting into the taper.







The paint for the body is on it's way. I went back to my original thought and it lines up better
with my cherry bomb theme- firehorn red pearl. It should be here the 9th.

[Pat Conlon]

Joe, you gotta know I'm gonna ask this: Why not replace those oem rubber lines?
You can get some nice ss lines with a red sheath and banjo fittings...kill 2 birds with one stone...

[Joe Sull]

I'd love to be able to do some stuff like that but I can't afford nothing right now. I need jets, a battery, master link and a seat cover. My wife and I save all summer for the scratch to pay the bill thru the winter. It's the way life is around here. The tourist go home, commercial fishing is done till May and my diving work has been the slowest I've ever seen it. I've spent $150 so far on this project.
My son is buying this quart of paint that's coming in for me. He happens to fish thru the winter. There is a handfull of boats that go out past the 12 mile limit this time of year and his sternmans site does. They go out 35 miles in 900 ft of water, weather permitting.
I could get a call tomorrow to start diving 7- 12's but most likely, it won't be until spring. I'll probably end up helping him out then. Getting this bike was kind of on a whim. I traded a rifle for it cause I need projects like this for the winter except I was unprepared, so far as money goes. Next year I'll put something aside so I won't have to skimp so bad. It has served it's purpose though- I've been entertained!

[TexasDave]

And a big thank you for keeping us entertained. Can't wait to see the finished bike!   Dave

[Joe Sull]

I had some more plastic to paint and I will show the steps I took.

They tell you to use the adhesive promoter after cleaning. I washed all my parts with soap and water
and ended with using alchol. Within 5 mins. after the adhesive promoter comes the ground coat, metallic silver, 10 mins. .
Two coats of metalcast 10 mins. each. It was 25* today but I just step outside and spray real quick.











I got the tail section, fairing frame and the rear fender on then I got a few more things on the
handle bars. Those seat lock things will stay black. I went thru enough taking those apart cleaning
and greasing them.



I got all the brake pad in too.







I got the right controller on.



Three dimes and some jb weld took care of the old crusty sight glass, cluch MC. I didn't clean the oil
out of the oring slot so maybe I'll be able to remove it to install a new glass.

Tomorrow I'll be moving on to the wiring.