FJ1346 from ashes to... Well, we'll see...

[skymasteres]

Definitely not this year.  (Though Marsh has the shirt doesn't he? Who's going to get it?)

In other news......

IT'S ALIVE! :-D




That is all...for now.

[Capn Ron]

Definitely not this year.  (Though Marsh has the shirt doesn't he? Who's going to get it?)

In other news......

IT'S ALIVE! :-D




That is all...for now.

My god, Mike...this was an exercise in "What can we throw together in a week from spare parts to run at the West Coast Rally?"  There is a certain type who will fiddle over the slightest details striving for the perfect...(I'm in that category more than I should be)...then there is the mindset of "Don't let perfection get in the way of good enough..."  You had a task...a seemingly insurmountable task in the amount of time given and you came through.  A truly EPIC accomplishment buddy and major respect from me!   

Can't wait to hang with you at the rally!   

[Firehawk068]

Dang Mike, that was a super-fast assembly!

Go get some shakedown miles on it.

[FJmonkey]

Great job Mike, I was half expecting your bike to look more like this....

[moparman70]

With all that is going on in this thread ----IF I don't have the time to remove my battery to double check the water/acid level prior to leaving for the rally .....well I guess I will feel a little lazy.

Great job Mike -- I am going to lose money thanks to you.


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[movenon]

Great job Mike, I was half expecting your bike to look more like this....

Kinda digging those forks .

[fj1289]

Great job Mike, I was half expecting your bike to look more like this....

Kinda digging those forks .

Which ones?!  Lol

[Steve_in_Florida]

Which ones?!

Yeah, are those lower fork legs being used as EXHAUSTS (with the anti-dive module on top???)

Steve

[FJmonkey]

Yeah, are those lower fork legs being used as EXHAUSTS (with the anti-dive module on top???)

Steve

The AD units will work better on the exhaust than the forks... 

[skymasteres]

Oh man, that's funny. I want to see that new Mad Max movie badly, but didn't because I was focused on the bike.  (Had to turn down several invites from friends. )
Though I was kinda thinking something like that as I was jiggering the peices of the fairing back together. (The Beast has scars)

Bike is basically finished now. (Took that pic after a short warmup ride just to get the bike up to temperature.)   And of course it was right back into the garage go get the tank/fairing panels installed. (Which needed a little finesse since I added material with the welds.) That and new holes had to be drilled in parts that were replaced with new material.



And the headlight is on because I'm camping today. Last night, when I took that pic, I was using the bike and my battery charger to power my lithium polymer battery charger. Was running the headlight here and there to keep the voltage in range.  Plus it accomplished getting my remote power station online while I finished the bike up.

I don't understand why I can NEVER build an engine that doesn't leak. I look under the bike and there's fresh oil.  I'm leaking at the oil pan galley plug, one of the oil cooler fittings,  and I think my oil temp sender.   Of course the galley plug cracked when I tried to tighten it up.




I figured if I put Teflon tape on it I would be able to seal it off of the threads.  (I'm really glad all the oil didn't come dumping out when I pulled the plug.)

I also got the mirrors ready to go on. Ran out of map Gass so I just threw them on the stove. (That dang bold is like locked with locktight red)





Gotta go though. I'm enjoying the scernery.

[skymasteres]

[Firehawk068]

Nice pic!
Where's that?
Looks sorta desert-ish scenery. 

[Troyskie]

Awesome project read, need more...

[skymasteres]

It's Catlina island. It's about an hour hike to get to cell coverage. (Which it's awesome by the way)

[Pat Conlon]

I figured that it had to be the ocean. If it were a lake the water line would be visibly much much lower.

Scuba diving in Avalon (below the casino) is one of my favorites.

Carpe diem