Category Archives: Motorbikes
Tank Painted
Painted the fuel tank today. Used CRC Strip Off paint stripper in a can. Sanded with 400 grit wet. Etch primer then Rustoleum High gloss White then two coats of 2K clear from my spray gun.
There’s some runs and orange peel, it’s not by any means perfect but it’s better than it was and the tank is protected from corrosion now.
First test ride
Testing neighbours patience
Got it running on both cylinders
The rear cylinder injector wasn’t plugged in properly
Origin
It’s Alive!
Fixed the transmission shifting issue
After much studying of the issue I added a fob of weld to the hook for the shift drum then ground it back and it worked! Yay! Engine can stay in the frame.
Lexmoto/ Buccaneer arrival
CG110/125 5 speed transmission conversion
I’ve struggled for ages to get used to the 4 speed all down shift pattern on my CG110.
A couple of years ago I bought a 5 speed transmission from AliExpress. Today I tried it in some spare cases I have. It looks like it’s going to work.
Front fork swap done
I swapped the stantions from the donor roller “easy rider” bike this week. Drained the oil and refilled with ATF. There was a lot of water and gunk in them. Flushed them out before refilling.
Crankcase washout
The SX175 rustoration continues. We’ve got the transmission shifting. We got all the water out of it and then filled it to the top with a mix of diesel, turps and petrol (our parts washer brew). Worked it free, seems ok.
Today we worked on getting the water out of the crankcase. Getting the cylinder off was a challenge, there was a lot of packed in dirt around the cylinder retaining nuts. Genuine Queensland red dirt that had set like cement.
After we got the cylinder off we put our small parts washer under the bike and piped the fluid into the crankcase to flush out the mayonnaise.
Piston ring gap is 1.6mm 😂 but the cylinder looks have little wear and came up good enough after a light hone. Piston will do, it’s not terrible.
We’re definitely going to need some new piston rings.
New Project Harley Davidson SX 175
Winter is our slowest period for service work so my boss Richard has brought his Harley Davison SX 175 in for some work. We’re going to keep the patina, going for a rustoration. I’ve already cleaned upthe clutch side components. It doesn’t want to shift gears (unsurprising as the transmission only had water in it instead of oil) so next steps will be to fill the transmission with diesel and try and free it up. The crankshaft and cylinder and piston seem ok 😀
