Wheels done

 

Back at it last night since the gaskets and seals showed up. The dynamo was being a pain and not wanting to slide on the key, so decided to leave it for the evening and start again tonight.

 

Starting painting today.

 

Hung the top of the engine so that all the wires can be hooked up eventually.

 

Interesting find. Looks like a stellar bargain. Sounds like you’re keeping it/them too.

Here’s a gorgeous Dream I saw at a local car show in 2023.

 

Done for a few weeks untill parts arrive.

 

FWIW. Rust-Oleum safety blue is close enough to Porsche shark blue and 1/5 the price.

 

 

 

Way cool. Nice find.

I'm still looking for a good painter to help me finish up my RC51 project. Already have the carbon/kevlar repaired and prepped. Just need a paint touchup on the upper fairing left side. Could use someone to un-ding the tank a bit too.

I was thinking of seeking expert assistance at the Donnie Smith Bike Show (March 29-30) at St. Paul River Center. Ever been to that show? Going this year?

Later,
Kent Larson in Woodbury

 

Way cool. Nice find.

I'm still looking for a good painter to help me finish up my RC51 project. Already have the carbon/kevlar repaired and prepped. Just need a paint touchup on the upper fairing left side. Could use someone to un-ding the tank a bit too.

I was thinking of seeking expert assistance at the Donnie Smith Bike Show (March 29-30) at St. Paul River Center. Ever been to that show? Going this year?

Later,
Kent Larson in Woodbury

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I got a guy in Duluth that did my triumph reasonably. He has a booth and does mc work in spare time. I'll pm you his number if you want to talk/text

 

Sorted all the parts and there is enough to build one bike. The loose engine has a cracked case, but between the 2 I think I can make 1. Need to finish up some other stuff before I can dedicate a workbench to stripping engines.

 

Been messing around lacing wheels and tearing into engines the last few days. The good engine seems good except for the cracked off piece of the top case. Bad engine is being a pain - need to get the cylinder off and it is rusted to piston. So have it soaking full of ATF at the moment.

 

I have a friend who says trueing a spoke wheel is a combo of art and science. And since he can't draw and hated science class he lives withe a wobble.

 

Found that out the hard way. Without even realizing it I practically turned a 27" bicycle wheel into a pretzel. 😣
Bicycle shop looked like they wanted the two seconds it took to lay eyes on it, back.
Another wheel like it, that was both tough and blingy didn't exist.

 

Can't go too much further on the engine until the gaskets and seals get here from overseas. I think I can at least join the case halves once my HondaBond gets here, but need to make sure I don't have any seals that need to go in with cases split.

 

Back to work on this one. Paint tent is still up, so may as well fog the engine and do a test piece for the bike color. Just used some VHT silver engine paint, not going for anything resembling factory colors on this bike. The bike itself will be Rust-oleum industrial safety blue with some epoxy clear over it.

 

Enough for one day. Will try to finish up the frame tomorrow.

 

Each one gets a little bit better, as I get a little more patience

 

I'm pretty well sick of sand blasting by now. Doing 1-2 hours a day after work and still have a bunch left to go. Time to head out and continue the madness

 

Still have a few more parts to blast and prime, but most of it is sitting in the curing room now. The frame has been sitting a week, could be wet sanded and painted but I want to get all the sand blast/primer work done before starting to rotate the parts back out to the garage.

 

 

FWIW, this won't be a restoration. Wife thinks it is cute and gets to pick color. Guessing it will be baby blue.

 

I have a ca305 engine. Frozen up but free for the taking. S.W.Ohio. A hondacb305 project I picked up.

 

FYI - the whole internet, put engine parts in the dishwasher thing - just results in really warm engine parts even on the steam cycle

 

Back to work. Welded up a few cracks and waiting on a cheap sandblaster to show up so that I can strip the whole frame. Going to be nothing but sanding and paint for a while, whole lot of painted parts on these bikes.

 

Started the blasting - 30 minutes is my limit when it is this hot out and I am choking in a respirator. Another 4-5 sessions and should have the frame done. Then there are a ton of other parts to do -= but one problem at a time.