After Christmas fun!

Happy Holidays everyone!  Christmas was pretty good this year for the bike.  Got in a lot of parts to help finish it most of the way, we still need a few parts though.  The coolest thing Santa brought with him was an FMF Fatty pipe and a FMF Turbine Core 2 silencer (which I need to figure out how to put on!).

We put the air box and sub-frame on today, along with new sprockets and chain...and yes I know that when you look at the pictures, there is no chain slider on yet, Santa forgot about that one!  We prepped the radiators to be shipped out to Myler's in Utah to fixed and strengthened also.

We will be heading to Boise here soon to pick-up the rest of the parts we need (hopefully!), and try to have this done soon.  We have the chain slider and two chain roller guides on order...On to the pictures!

Ahh...FMF...now to figure out how to bolt up the silencer mount below his hand!!

Changing the front sprocket...had to put the chain on to keep it from spinning

Rear sprocket...Changed from 51 tooth to a 52 tooth

Putting some semi clear rubber tape on where the air box rubs the sub-frame

The tape turned out pretty good, can't hardly tell it's there

Torquing down the sub-frame...be sure to put the air box in first!...lesson learned.

And the finished product for the day

Should be mostly completed next time I update, the longest thing we will have to wait on are the radiators, but I hear that they have a quick turn-around.  Can't wait to see it finished!!

Front end installed

We finished installing the front end, minus the handle bars.  Followed a few suggestions on what to do with the castellated nut, we tightened it until the turning the forks were binding just a little, then backed the nut off until there was very little binding left.

That will be one of the first nuts I check once he starts riding again!  Hate to have it come loose, although it shouldn't with the top triple clamp sitting on it.

The paint job turned out to be a little more orange than we thought, compared to the new fork protectors.  It ok though, it still looks really good.  I couldn't be happier with how it has turned out so far.

We are pretty much going to be on hold until after Christmas.  We are running out of parts and we will see if Santa brings anything...Hopefully he will, I want to see this bike done and running again!  Until next time, have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Installing the new fork gaurds

A little further

The bearings for the linkage, where the rear shock lower bolt goes into, finally came in.  We changed out all three (actually 4) bearings, and got the ball rolling again.  Once the bearings were done, we installed the linkage, rear shock, rear tire and rear brake system. 

We started  to do the front suspension, but came to a stopping point, scratching our heads.  How do we torque the castellated nut that sits on the upper steering stem bearing?  Anyone done this or know how to do it without the "special" Honda tool?  Let us know!!!  Anyway on to some pictures!

A little heat on a stuck bearing works (almost) every time!

Linkage bearings done, shock installed and being torqued.

Rear brake system almost done.

And...rear tire installed!

And last but not least...how to torque the castellated nut without "special" tool?

Once I find out how to torque the steering stem nut, we can proceed with putting the steering system together.  But until then let us know how we are doing!  Give us a little feedback on what we can do to make the build even better!