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General => Projects => Topic started by: croat1 on December 08, 2019, 04:47:31 PM
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I picked this up for the ORG Winchester Bay meet up.
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It don't look like that any more ;)
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Needs a little work lol
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Dang Joe! Now that's how you do it!
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one of these days im going to have a R at Kevins place too LoL
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one of these days im going to have a R at Kevins place too LoL
Take a number!
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one of these days im going to have a R at Kevins place too LoL
You already do brother!
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So Joe & Kevin - what's the plan for this one before next years ride?
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one of these days im going to have a R at Kevins place too LoL
You already do brother!
:) thanks Kevin
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So Joe & Kevin - what's the plan for this one before next years ride?
Ryan, replace a few worn bearings, rebuild the brakes, new bumper and grab bar, clean and polish. Maybe more?
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Pretty much doing what Joe said. It had 2 OHV stickers on it, one from 05 & one from 08. I think the previous owner went through the whole R in 05 & repainted everything & fixed it up really nice & even scored brand new OEM plastic for it. Than it seems like they rode it for the next 3 years in the sand & never washed it or cleaned it once than put it away in 08 & that's how Joe got it. It was absolutely filthy but its truly a diamond in the rough so I'm cleaning it up to make it worthy of the near new OEM plastic that's on it. It's cleaning up very well so sunglasses will be needed to look at it when it's all done. 8)
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Sweet stuff guys! Anybody want to take bets on whether it has a set of Kevin's perfectly-polished wheels on it for the 2020 ride? Lol
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This is too cool. You’re doin it right Joe 8)
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Sweet stuff guys! Anybody want to take bets on whether it has a set of Kevin's perfectly-polished wheels on it for the 2020 ride? Lol
There already polished.lol... They were etched pretty good from having sand stuck to them for years so don't get any closer than 3' when you look at the wheels.
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In light of the new discovery of using stainless handicap rails for turn downs I cut one for the FMF power core silencer that was on Joe's R to hopefully help quiet it down a bit & get it closer to the legal db limit. I tacked it in place with a mig & now just need to have it tig welded:
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The turn down might be slightly crooked so don't tell Joe.
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Finally made some time to get workin on Joe's 86 again. Here's some pics of how it was:
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It's been cleaning up very well:
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Got the shock & linkage installed yesterday. Moving onto the carrier & axle so it will be a roller by this weekend.
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It was far dirtier than the first 3 pictures show. The grime that's shown is just what was left over after a quick soap/water wash before tearing the whole thing apart. The frame was done with 2-stage paint so i'm assuming it's polyeurathane. Someone put some love into this R at one time but than it got rode hard & put away dirty... It's going to be really sharp when it's all done.
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WoW looks great Kevin!
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Getting closer:
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Your hard work shows Kevin,nice job!
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Your hard work shows Kevin,nice job!
Yeah seriously! Really great to see the progress you're making on this Kevin, nice work! Can't believe it's only 2 months until the meet up!
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Thanks for the kind words guys... Now it's down to cleaning the engine & carb & putting them back in & than hopefully have enough time to get the pipe repainted.
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Engine's cleaned up & almost ready to go back in. The paint on the cylinder was really bad so i finished removing it than wire brushed it:
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Replacing the stator cover with this
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The pictures are great but also show with great detail on the reason to not use the clamps shown. You can see how the open design of the clamp is tearing the surface of the hose. This will be even greater when the common silicone hoses are used as they are a softer material. The European design clamps that I like won't do that.
desertR
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Painted the pipe with VHT flame proof primer & black header paint. The head pipe fit in the oven but not the pipe unfortunately:
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Anybody know what pipe this is? There's no markings on it anywhere.
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That looks great. And on the brand I'd guess probably CT racing but other than that I have no idea but it looks great
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Making good progress man! Quad looks great.
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Man Kevin can I make a reservation for my bikes at your place next winter? Looks great!
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I don't know what your talkin about Ryan, your R's already look immaculate so you don't need my help. ;)
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Excellent work Kevin
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After installing the engine I lost track of documenting the rest of the project. It fired up on the 2nd kick on July 15th & has been down the driveway only twice since than for a grand total of about 1 mile worth of riding. While rebuilding the carb I noticed it had a cracked jet tower so I swapped main bodies with a spare i had. My preliminary jetting was pretty rich so now it's down to getting the carb dialed in. After I put the freshly painted pipe on I realized I suck at sealing pipes so I had to take it back apart to seal the slip joint. Now it's leaking at the exhaust flange so back apart one more time.lol...
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Joe's diamond in the rough is done for the most part. I need to fix a carb fitment issue & get it tuned than I might be swapping to an LRD pipe if it will clear the beautiful oem plastic.
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When was the last time you saw white oem plastic this shiny?
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Looking great Kevin! Can't believe the meetup is 3.5 weeks away!
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Is that a stock height steering stem ? Great Pictures.
desertR
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Is that a stock height steering stem ? Great Pictures.
desertR
Thank's, I use my wife's Canon Rebel T1i. It could use a better lens but it works pretty good in stock form... The steering stem is the spare OEM stem from my wife's R. I had to put it in Joe's R to get it going because I cut the flag off his old stem so Loren could use it to make an extended anti-vibe stem which will be getting picked up at the meet I do believe... I'm modifying the top plate of the old cut up stock stem to work on the anti-vibe which will allow the use of the stock 86-87 headlight.
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Looks good Kevin. Joe is lucky to have such a detail oriented mechanic on his payroll. I would have just painted everything black and told him to be happy lol. I can't wait to see that old sob out on the dunes in a few weeks!
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I can’t thank Kevin enough!! Looks great. Loren...lol can’t wait to see you guys and hit the dunes.
Joe
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Coming out real nice Kevin,hopefully I’ll be at next years meet.hopefully I have something finished by then..lol.
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Looking good hopefully see it out there at next years meet I plan on going next year for sure
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Got a little update on Joe's 86 Oregon R. It unfortunately lost a lower rod bearing on Saturday morning at the West coast R meet. Joe was able to get almost 6 days riding out of it however since he went down on Monday. He dropped it off at my house on Tuesday last week, I got it all cleaned up Wednesday & by Thursday had the engine out & cases split. The hotrods long rod crank I ordered will be here today & I'm currently researching numbers & measurements to find the same oem case bearings for much less. Already found the Toyo 8 ball CR500 crank bearings with both crank seals for $52 on ebay! Those bearings by themselves are $37 each if there in a Honda bag with a Honda p/n.
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After it went down...having a laugh with the guys
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That tag sure got me excited 😂
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$1199? Too rich for me . Price of bikes is getting expensive these days
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Side shot
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Clean machine
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I'm trying out some VHT engine paint in cast iron color. It's darker than oem but it's fairly close. Baking it in the oven at 200 for an hour & it seems to be curing pretty good so hopefully it holds up for awhile. Did the WP & stator covers first as test pieces:(https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/1e/53/c8/7032251352664744.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/7032251352664744) After glass beading:(https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/42/76/2c/dc3dd81352664704.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/dc3dd81352664704) (https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/ab/9e/c4/4045a61352663839.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/4045a61352663839) Masked for paint:(https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/b6/30/a8/694a5d1352664527.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/694a5d1352664527) (https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/83/81/b7/6ef6d01352664407.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/6ef6d01352664407) Left side is done so far:(https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/54/8c/15/7a748e1352665064.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/7a748e1352665064) (https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/6f/82/c6/88480c1352664988.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/88480c1352664988) Here's the difference in the color's:(https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/b4/5d/6b/d418b81352664814.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/d418b81352664814)
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Good save Joe, Kevin glad it's in good hands! Your son will love it! Cases look good!
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Loving this build. Definitely the “clean & simple” method that I intend to use with my next R. Good work you do.
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It's been awhile but I finally got some time to finish assembling the bottom end. The engine had a hotrods longrod crank in it so I got another one to replace it with along with some non Honda branded Toyo 8 ball crank bearings off ebay. I had some assembly issues with the LR crank & the ebay Toyo bearings so after assembling it twice & still having problems I ended up taking the crank bearings back out & replacing them with Toyo CR500 bearings that were from Honda. At the same time I decided to use a hotrods short rod crank instead because I had one sitting around. It took me 3 tries but the third time putting the crank in everything went together like it was supposed to. Now all that's left is doing a leakdown, installing the clutch, stator & flywheel & its ready to go back in the bike.
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Got the bike back together & running. Following the Duncan break-in procedure, got 3 rides in so far. 3 to go & it's ready to rip:
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Dang lookin good. going to be at the winchester ride?
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Thank you... Joe will be riding it again this year so it will be at the meet. He bought it to ride at the 2019 meet & has been hooked & coming back ever since. This year the R has a fresh engine inside & out, better pipe & it currently has the plastic from my wife's R on it until I can finish the race cut plastic I been workin on.
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Nice looking Kevin, can't wait to see these babies out again on the sand.. man time flies but I can't complain, it's my favorite event of the year!
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That machine is sweet!
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That machine is sweet!
In all honesty I miss owing it (for the short time I did). But, I’m glad it’s in a good home for Kevin and his his son to enjoy.
Joe
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The Oregon R hasn't been ridden since last years 250R meet & didn't need much to be ready for this year but I cleaned up & painted some oem 87 a-arms to fix the sloppy front end. Also pulled the pipe to reseal it but other than that it just needed a good dusting off & it fired on the 2nd kick:
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Went riding today & didn't get any pics of the dunes but took some pics when I got home of the R in back of my old 83 work van. I got this van a little over a year ago & have wanted to haul an R in it ever since. It worked out perfect:
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Looks like a nice fit with room to spare! Nothing like having your R INSIDE the vehicle too!