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 😀
I managed to disable some of the safety systems in our repurposed wheel chair lift, they’re not required as we are not using it for its original intended purpose.
I added a 2 way joystick control which is much easier to use than the double toggle switches it came with.
Next step is to fabricate a frame to hold the front wheel of a motorcycle 🙂
And just like that, after 15 good years at Honda my time to start a new chapter has begun. I’m excited about the future ?
I managed to score this used lift for a bargain price on Trademe. I should’ve got one years ago.
It wasn’t getting used so it’s gone to a new home. Now I have more garage space ?
I put this lovely old think back together over the last couple of days. Fortunately I had all the bits that were missing in my parts hoard including a freshly rebuilt engine. Runs great. Really needs a complete strip down and frame paint and new wheels, mudguards and muffler but I can’t be arsed to do another one so I’ve offered it for sale as is.
After countless hours trying to get all the electrics to work I’ve given up. It’s now up for sale.
Managed to lace the front wheel today unsupervised ? Got it to within 0.4mm runout ?
My toolbox was overloaded so I made a stand for my cordless tools out of a bit of plywood I had left over.
