tsmitty

Cap. have you played around with that piece of fabric I sent you? the reason I asked is one of your in-fills; the left lower mount screw well is disintegrating at the bottom. Both the top and bottom screw locations have been epoxied. Well I'm thinking of that cloth material, it bonds so well to that abs plastic. I'll get some pics tomorrow, I know my description is pretty weak.

Too cold in the garage to spray the clear...and waiting for the UPS dude...

I personally would explore mechanically jamming that "locking pin" so you don't have to play with the electronics, thats if the system won't throw an error code.

I use to love packing her up every year for, at least, 1 week camping trip and several weekend excersions ; loved the bikes torque in the mountains, and the sound the little bitch made accelerating under a load. I had one of the first "general public" Kerker White Tip exhaust (I rememberer calling those guys once or twice for status reports; you racers took priority) Of course I had a cruise control on the bike...that was fun shit! When bike to bike communications came out; that was a game changer for my friend Ace and I. This Yosh. tail piece was off one of Ace's bikes when I finely retired the Kerker can Old dude rambling...

I never thought of that. haha The plug on the fuse box is where I originally had the fan switch back in 87, it was still there and wired in when the bike came back home. I found out real quick how fast the bike heats up in summer construction.

I'm still waiting on terminals come in for the two harness sets. Any thoughts about this?

So my thoughts for location for the toggle switches. from the cockpit...switches are hidden but with the spring loaded safety covers, the two switches can easily be found (with cold weather gloves on), manipulated and closing the cover turns the switch off. The switch safety cover can be seen from the rider if the switch is on and i'm hoping will be somewhat illuminated at night. Who knows...if it too rude looking from the parking lot, it can all come off. I'm waiting for the paint to dry on the switch plate and it may get a clear along with my home made lower cowl stays. The black wheel paint says 6 days to cure. Do I have to wait until then to apply that 2x clear?

Do I have to disturb the rear brake fluid? I'm not out in the garage today, too damn cold. Yes, mounted on that 2x1/8 piece you see. Thats the motor mount that will hold it with the red reflector (my lock out tag out system; matching tag on keychain.) its going on the mount above the oil fill. I'm making the wiring to plug into and out of the stock harness so there is no splicing. Here is the harness for the fan; it plugs into the radiator fan temp. switch. I'm doing much the same for the fuel relay using in and out plugs.

Thanks! "That subframe tho" Haven't sat down to think about the logistics of that move yet! Maybe a distant future project. 🙂 Altho at my age I have less future than I do past...haha

In "assembly mode" This is going to open a can of worms... Stupid lighter..! That's all I got...

Insane! Bubba Shobert and that sound sold me on my 86 and that sound at the track..."WTF was that!"

Very nice!

took a minute to wrap my head around that one... Love to take one of those apart...haha takes titanium keepers to the next level

If the vtec was active all the time mho the engines wouldn't run on the bottom. Back when I had a job at a place called Transportation Research Center (a testing facility for Honda R&D North America) I got to take the vtecs apart post testing (the Japanese associates called this "zimbara") those engines used the hydraulic pin to activate a second follower on a more aggressive profile lobe on the cam.

Did their motorcycle VTECs back then actuate a larger cam profile or valving?

So... I'm not a paint person. Got the cowl stay painted, the can says 6 days for the paint to cure but I don't think I'll be putting a clear coat on, I was having such a hard time; the part is so complicated to paint, I have it heavy in some places and light in others! I suck with a spray can...

Just busting your balls a bit... thanks

Should I clean, scuff and prime everything or spot prime? Clear coat? I do have a can of the 2K you mentioned somewhere... I understand the 48 hour pot life thing. I will be doing all the stays including my home made set in black. Maybe a set in polished w/clear. Can of worms! It all started with this.... Thanks Captain...preciate-cha... bike builders are an annoying lot... haha

@Captain 80s is there a specific "black" paint to use on the cowl stay? Thanks

Why did I ever doubt the Captain... I gave my sacrificial volt meter a full pardon...reassembled, tested and shelved. Yea, that mod is cool as is, my heart's just not into pursuing the face alterations any further...later maybe. I am going to paint the bracket and I thing the cowl stay comes off for a paint job as well. This aught to be fun... haha

Welcome to the forum Big. Check out the downloads page for the service manual in your flavor. As for the oil level window... I got nothing.

This is what happens when I apply voltage to the Stock "Temp" meter.

SEBSPEED thank you so much! I am on it! Whats the secret for removing the gauge hands?

Or... Can I turn this into a volt meter? @Grum Black out the "Temp" color fill the danger zones and reassemble with original lens. escutcheon ring.