Sounds like my tear down...did you see the pictures? I'm sure that when I'm done I'll feel like you do....HotrodMamma.
----- Original Message ----- From: "NytWing" <[email protected]> To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 5:12 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Finally got it done... > > It was supposed to be simple. New brakes and fork seals. That's what > I said two months ago when I told my wife that I needed to put some > time and money into my bike. I asked a buddy who's been wrenching on > bikes for 20+ years to help and we starting tearing it down in my > garage. As we got into it, as with anything, the problems just > started piling up. Once we got the tire and forks off, it needed new > steering head bearings. (cha-ching) That's more tear down. Then we > couldn't get the snap rings out of the forks to get the seals out. > Had to take them to my local shop to have them done. (cha-ching). > When it came to be brakes, in addition to new pads, I needed to > rebuild the calipers, tried and couldn't get the pistons out. Took > them to the shop, (more cha-ching). They tried and couldn't get the > pistons out. Sent them back home with me and sold me rebuild kits > (even more cha-ching). We had to put them back on the bike and force > the brake fluid into them to drive the pistons out. (That was an > ordeal). In the course of all of this, we decided that I new front > tire was in order. (cha-ching). When it was all said and done, I > ended up spending about twice my budget on the complete tear down and > rebuild of the front end of my bike. but we finished this weekend and > hit the twisties yesterday afternoon. It was AWESOME!!!! > > Just goes to show that you never know what you're going to find until > you get into it.... > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
