Thanks Dennis. I am pretty satisified with the result. It runs great, handles well and looks really good. (Now that I've got that Windjammer off of it). I know that I'll have this bike for a LONG time.
On Aug 3, 9:13 pm, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > That put a smile on my face. There are many names for that in the trade. > "Exploding job" "Cascading job", "Career project" and we see them all the > time. Hours spent on the phone calling the customer with...While we were > doing that, we found this.. > Most of your stuff was unexpected but none of it wasted. It's done and you > won't have to go down that road again for a long while. Take satisfaction in > time (and $$) well spent. > In short, you didn't discover a new phenomenon, it happens all the time. > You're not alone in this boat. Welcome aboard, grab an oar. > > --- On Mon, 8/3/09, NytWing <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: NytWing <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Finally got it done... > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, August 3, 2009, 7:12 AM > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
