Yea, I saw the pics. Looks like a huge task. I'm glad I didn't have to tear into the motor....
On Aug 3, 10:10 am, "Creative Residential Designs" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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....- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
