Re: Extra caliper anyone?

Posted by mitchberry on Sep 17, 2010; 1:16am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Extra-caliper-anyone-tp1484889p1515663.html

WV, i'll send you a shipping label... i have access to our ups account from anywhere, will u p/m me your address so i can stick it in there?   i'll send the label as soon as i see it! do you prefer PDF or JPG..

I definitely appreciate it.. if there's anything i can do let me know..  next time u need a chain or something...  


luke..  

 Peanut butter blaster? ::

Something i've never heard of apparently, but it sounds nice.. i guess i can get it at autozone?  i may as well pick some up and try to get the caliper loose.. worse case scenario, i can eventually put dual disks on my beast...  either way, i'll consider it a lost cause for now in interest of getting my bike road worthy..


as for problems with the bike, na... i wouldn't consider them problems. it wasn't running when i got it, and the previous owner received it as a ...... box of parts.... so, basically i'm going to get it running and drivable, take it around the block a few times and tear it back down to nuts n bolts and do the build up.. i will say though, it sounds pretty mean!!!

I learned my lesson the hard way on my last project.. i got it looking nice while i was working out bugs on the motor and waiting for parts i needed, and ended up ruining the paint while taking stuff apart and changing things out, and dumping gas all over it...     then of course, i disintegrated a piston and had to tear it all back apart and rebuild the motor... there were shards of aluminum throughout my entire motor.  so.. all the shiny bits and painted bits got messed up... i gotta do it all over again....  

Long story short, this is my 3rd build bike, but my first 4 stroke...  It doesn't help that i'm not so familiar with the little things honda has.. i love honda's and always have, and their great / dependable bikes...... but... i have 3 suzuki's in my garage surrounding this honda. and one of them is a 2006 and needs no work..

 my other bike builds are 2 strokes...  basic motors and can run on lighter fluid if you wanted them to probably. Though their 2 cylinders, 2 carbs, 2 points, 2 coils, to of everything. no reed valves or anything.. basic basic...  now i go to a 4 stroker with 4 cylinders, 4 carbs, timing chains / tensioners, tighter nd more precise tolerances,  and nothing under the covers look the same as what i'm used to.. it's like the difference between a riding lawnmower and a chevy 350.. except, i think i know more about 350's.

long story short............... learning curve, and lots of research needed..... I'll have a lot of questions, but, that's part of it... i feel confident in my abilities as a weekend mechanic over all... i wouldn't have chosen this as my first project though.

speaking of which, i do have some other questions that i'll post elsewhere..