GPR Track Bike: Simply Little Progress
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:39 am
More little progress today—and the ants came back!
I thought I took more photos, but apparently I didn't! Most of the time was spent sanding. It takes forever to sand. The painting didn't go all that well, but it's fine for now. The ants showed up climbing all over one of the tail section halves.
Finally removed the pins that hold the controls. These where in the way of the controls I wanted to employ. So I removed them with the rotary tool, then shot a bit of paint on them.
The clutch lever I had came with one of the source bikes. It looked nice enough, but I needed to drill it out to fit the cable. This was a bit more difficult than I expected, but eventually I got it working. The clutch level is okay. It could be the cable, but it feels a bit tight.
I went to take out the thermostat. It was really grunged up, and stuck inside the head. Eventually I was able to remove it one piece at a time. But now all of the coolant lines are connected.
I was also able to get the chain in place. Turns out I didn't need any additional links. Which was nice.
I thought I took more photos, but apparently I didn't! Most of the time was spent sanding. It takes forever to sand. The painting didn't go all that well, but it's fine for now. The ants showed up climbing all over one of the tail section halves.
Finally removed the pins that hold the controls. These where in the way of the controls I wanted to employ. So I removed them with the rotary tool, then shot a bit of paint on them.
The clutch lever I had came with one of the source bikes. It looked nice enough, but I needed to drill it out to fit the cable. This was a bit more difficult than I expected, but eventually I got it working. The clutch level is okay. It could be the cable, but it feels a bit tight.
I went to take out the thermostat. It was really grunged up, and stuck inside the head. Eventually I was able to remove it one piece at a time. But now all of the coolant lines are connected.
I was also able to get the chain in place. Turns out I didn't need any additional links. Which was nice.