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Some weekend progress. I soda blasted the carbs and disassembled and cleaned the internals with carb cleaner. New stainless steel hardware along with new float bowl gaskets. I soaked them in pinesol for 3 days when I originally took them off and would not recommend that, as it seemed to make the bra...

Got the pipes finished up. They turned out pretty well considering how they looked before. http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/boltbusterdw/pipes3.jpg http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/boltbusterdw/pipes2.jpg http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/boltbusterdw/pipes1.jpg Here they are with t...

I'm getting ready to rebuild both master cylinders. I made special plugs to protect the bores while getting powder coated, and removed the yellow cracked sight glasses. http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/boltbusterdw/plugged.jpg plugs removed http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/boltbusterdw/m...

Some more progress, after cleaning all the grime off the wheels(2 evenings and 2 large boxes of q-tips) :knary: I had new Dunlop 404's installed. After clearcoat stripping, polishing and repainting the black stripe and Honda logo on the seat trim, I reassembled the rear fender/tail light assembly. T...

Finally got the skins back from paint. Decided to go with a metallic black. http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/boltbusterdw/skins.jpg http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/boltbusterdw/sidepanels.jpg http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/boltbusterdw/tank1.jpg The original flat black parts of ...

Some weekend progress. Rebuilt the forks with new seals, wipers, and progressive springs. The new springs were about 2" longer than the originals. I cut the old spacers down to 1" to get the proper preload. Here they are for comparison, original spring on bottom. http://i35.photobucket.com...

Waiting on some parts so I did a little cleaning on the controls. The Dot 5 brake fluid is amazing for bringing back the black in faded plasstic. My ugly handlebar controls were grey. I disassembled them, soda blasted then wiped them down with the fluid after soda blasting them. before... http://i35...

On the engine I removed all the clearcoat that was peeling off of the valve cover and side plates and then polished them out. If they only sold elbow grease at the hardware store :-) Guess I'll have to keep it waxed, but I don't plan this bike seeing any rain in it's future. The right side has been ...

Frame back from powdercoat... http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/boltbusterdw/powdercoat2.jpg http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/boltbusterdw/powdercoat1.jpg http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/boltbusterdw/frame2.jpg New tapered stem bearings... http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d175/bol...