6 March 2009

I work (normally) a 9/80 schedule. That's 4 9-hour days, an 8-hour Friday and the second week is just 4 9-hour days, with that Friday off.

This is my first Friday off in a VERY long time that I can dedicate to working on the bike. The first order of business was moving my second bench over to the workshop.

I really wanted to work on the shock install, but a can of lacquer was calling me. My CF can is flaking and sun checked, so I went to it with a scotchbrite pad and some 600 wet paper.

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Next was to setup a temporary/hack paint booth to shoot my CF can.

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After three coats, voila'

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A little mothers, my drill press and some elbow grease, and the end can is polished up.

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In this picture, the top band is unpolished, the bottom band is polished.

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In between coats on the CF, I started installing the 929 shock. I decided to keep the bearing collar in the dog bone end as it fit my bolt perfectly. That left me with a small issue. The collar is proud a couple of MM. A fender washer drilled out solved that problem.

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A dry run install proved that I needed to cut a shoulder into the DB end to get a good seat. More drill press time...

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I have two dog bone ends, so I cut a shoulder into the second one as well. Things are going well enough that I thought I'd offer up the other end pay-it-forward. It turns out I had a PM waiting for me, member Gregg, it's all yours. (You'll just need a fender washer if you want to use the collar).

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39mm dead nuts. AWESOME!

Eventually, after a little cussing trying to get the shock in... pop! It's all good.

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