'78K Resto-Mod-"HaCkJoB"

[Hellbilly429]

I have found threatening with the better business beuro works quite well when businesses are jerking you around. Sounds like false advertisement issue so I would make mention of it to them, don't take crap from them.

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From: shinyribs [via Honda CB750'S] <[hidden email]>;
To: Hellbilly429 <[hidden email]>;
Subject: Re: '78K Resto-Mod...name to come later
Sent: Fri, Feb 1, 2013 7:16:06 PM

Me too,Hoosier. But it's only the refund issue that is strange. Here's what they just sent me. It's beginning to get comical at this point.



Ahhh,they sent return instructions! OK,let's go see what those instructions are.....


"Please see instructions below" Below where? Are they under my laptop.....nope,didn't see any there.Where are they Vintage?Smooth.For entertainment purposes alone,this is nearly worth the $65 lol

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[Piute]

    If I can get the same deal ,along with what ever else I need from some-one else
   Well I've been going some were else lately,I'm talking around a hundred bucks or more there out of due to a 17.oo dollar peace of junk ,that I'm sure others have complained about.

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[shinyribs]

Hellbilly,Thanks for the suggestion,but I don't think very highly of the BBB. They way they work,anyone can call in anything without any proof whatsoever. If you remedy the situation to the satisfaction of those who complain you still have a tarnished reputation when people check your rep with them .The ONLY way they will clear any complaints off of your file is if you pay them. They are nothing but @*)#&&%$ crooks!

In the interest of brevity,a lady(I use that term oh,so loosely) called me one day that her AC was froze up. I asked if she had checked her air filter(90% chance thats the problem),I waited on the phone til she returned and told me it was completely blocked. I told her how to thaw out her unit,to change in a clean filter and call me back if it did not fix the issue. I was TRYING to save her a service charge.She told me that the unit was still under warranty(and it was) and that I should come out and fix it. I explained that warranty does not cover standard maintenance and that I would have to charge her.She insisted I come fix it.I told her I would have to charge her for hourly driving time(over 30 miles away)and however it would take to thaw the unit so I could check it properly under normal operating temps. She agreed. I drove out there,thawed it,put in a new filter,checked the system out...all was good. Then I gave her a bill for a $2.50 air filter and 5 hours labor(it was actually closer to 6).She f r e a k e d out. I left and didnt even worry about collecting on the bill.I just wanted to get away from her.So,she calls the BBB,lodges a complaint blahblahblah. I attepted to tell my side of the story to the BBB but it was obvious they were not there to listen. $1,800 is what they wanted me to pay to remove that mark from my record.Not gonna happen...ever. They even offer yearly coverage against complaints!LOL.You pay a yearly fee ( used to be $2,500/year) and if anyone complains it doesn't go on your rep. Complete and utter BS! They call it being ''Accredited" .So I called back several weeks later and  told the BBB that I wanted to lodge a complaint against a company that had smeared my companys name and they were all too happy to take my complaint and were VERY sympathetic with me and promised me that would do all in their power to help me fight this...until I told them I was lodging the complaint against them. Funny thing,that paper work never came in the mail...musta got lost???  Sorry,i s'pose brevity is not my thing.oops.Anyway,screw the BBB. I hope with all my might that they bankrupt... painfully.

Anyway...Piute,dude! I remember when you got those gaitors.That hasn't been very long at all! Sheesh.Thats bad dude.

[Hoosier Daddy]

shinyribs wrote

told the BBB that I wanted to lodge a complaint against a company that had smeared my companys name and they were all too happy to take my complaint and were VERY sympathetic with me and promised me that would do all in their power to help me fight this...until I told them I was lodging the complaint against them.

That sounds like something I would do.... funny shit right there.

So are you going to take vintagecb750 up on their offer to refund? Or just chalk it up to lesson learned? Hope it all works out for the best.

[Piute]

      But ya get i plack to hang on your wall for that 2.5K from bbb

[shinyribs]

Haha! Yeah,I bet so. Probably get a t-shirt,too. lol

Hoosier,after my last post i made,Vintage sent me another email with refund info. So yep,sending them back.

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[shultz_1978]

Hey did they measure out to the old spokes?

[shinyribs]

No, they didn't. About a quarter inch difference.  Thanks for measuring that for me bud.

[shinyribs]

I got the lathe all back together tonight. I'm chomping at the bit to make the hub adapters,but first I'm gonna go back and de-rig some things.

Tonights job was to make actual spacers to make the s-arm fit the frame instead of the double stacked washers I had in there.


Spacers look so mich better than the washers on the right. So glad I did this


Next I need to get my rear wheel bearings in so I can sort out the wheel spacers on the rear axle. It's rockin' some washers and double stacked spacers,too. They gotta go...

[shinyribs]

If anyone was wondering I figured I would just delete all my bellyaching about the spoke issues. The forum doesn't need that on here

Anyway,small update on this bike today. But a big one for my wallet. Turns out that matic I picked up had pristine bearings in the bottom end. The bearings out of this motor were badly acid etched. I was looking at ~$300 for new bearings. I plastigaged the bearings out of the matic in the engine today and they were spot on! Specs call for 0.0008''-0.0018'' with a service limit of 0.0032'' for both the rods and mains. My mains came in at 0.0013'' and my rods are at 0.0016''. Golden! So I went ahead and ordered a new HD cam chain and studs. I should be able to assemble the bottom end and get it in the chassis. Once that's in there I can get alot done on this bike that doesn't require spending money


My super small update: I torqued the rods...whoopty-doo!

[shinyribs]

Hmmm.I hit a snag. I laced up the front rim (stock spokes off the water buffalo fit beautifullyjust sayin'...)and was gonna measure to make some wheels spacers. But the spokes are hitting the calipers I suppose I'll see how much meat is on the calipers.Hopefully i can shave them down. Trying to figure out how much clearance I should have here. Ya think 5mm would be enough?

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Just stop before you hit brake fluid.
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[Piute]

      Hey Chrome Guy
    Not to jump in ,but am  I've got these nice engine guards that somebody gave me,but somewheres seen you were looking for some,NOT to jump on any-one's sale but He has given so much to so many besides me AND WERE GIVEN TO ME ,tHERE in great shape for use not show but a few very sml. scratches,I like the bigg roll type crash bars (easier to lift bike)and these don't work with running boards didn't know till got them ,
        I found 1 so far (looking for can of metric nuts/bolts)others just in pile of chrome stuff in bigg box that you sent those baggs/faring in.I'm SURE using for chrome stuff in closet at new Pad.will be there next wk.

[shinyribs]

Piute,like I've said before, you are indeed THE MAN!!  Thanks bud. I appreciate that

[Piute]

                                    fOUND THEM BOTH
                                    1 has a bad scrape on it

                                       sending any how

[shinyribs]

No problem bud. Being scraped just means it'll match the rest of the bike :)

BTW, ill just swap ya. The parts you needed (valve cover and whatnot) for these. That way we both come out good. Thanks bro. I appreciate this.

[Piute]

            Heck I got so much bull going thru my mind Forget to much,
        Taking the day off Monday just to do nothing but play with bike
        (what I wont to do)Just clean & maybe polish

[shinyribs]

Cleaning the bike is always fun. But it kinda makes it hard to get it dirty again. Kinda....

My timing chain arrived (oh,need to run the tab....)so I was able to put the bottom end together.

I'm considering installing the motor in the bike tomorrow as it is now. It's manageable by myself at this point and would definitely be easy to get it in the frame without scratching things up. I wonder if I'll regret it when it come time to install the jugs,though. The head I'm not worried about doing in the frame,but I'm afraid the jugs might be a but clumsy that way.Anywho,pics!




All put away.Nice and safe

[TOOLS1]

Have you turned the O'l Bomb into the O'l Bench?
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