Today, It began!

[Jfranke]

Today while I watched my Detroit Lions get beat by the Packers I started to tear down my shee. Took off the fenders, tank, cooling system, expansion pipes, silencers, and nerf bars. I'll have pictures up later tonight. Next step, I think, is removing all electrical and the whole engine. Once I get the engine out I'm going to take the A-arms to my Dad's body shop and have one of the painters help me with the paint that he says will be durable. I was happy to find out how easy getting this far has been. I have little Zip-Lock bags labeled to keep all my screws, bolts, etc in order and so I don't forget which goes where.

 

For those of you unaware, I am rebuilding the top end, True welding the crank, inspecting the clutch, replacing all gaskets/seals, and painting the frame black. I'm not in too much of a hurry given winter is coming, so this will be a long project.

 

Pictures tonight! Josh

[RIPPEN]

I think that you will find going back together very easy as well.. Like you I just kept all the nuts and bolts in labeled zip locks and going back together was actually pretty smooth. Keep us posted with the transformation :beer:

 

RIPPEN

[ZX12_guy]

I'm doing the same myself, tomorrow all I have to do is drop the swing arm and a-arms...Then the frame is off to get powder coated.......Its gonna be sweet after I get it all back together !!! :yelrotflmao:

[BigRed350x]

I think that you will find going back together very easy as well.. Like you I just kept all the nuts and bolts in labeled zip locks and going back together was actually pretty smooth. Keep us posted with the transformation :beer:

 

RIPPEN

 

I've done it that way a couple times and I've done these things so many times I just throw everything in a pile. I'm pretty good at getting everything back where it goes. Sometimes I end up with 1 or 2 extras and I just stand there and stare at them wondering if they were important or not. ROFL

[Jfranke]

Picture time! Ok the first pic is just after I took off all the fenders.

Now with the gas tank off.

Now with the expansion chambers and silencers off

And with the Nerf bars and Pegs off

Cooling system removed

AND Drive chain, carbs, Magneto cover, rear handle bar/brake lamp, ha ha and my buddies in the background being goobers

Not bad for one day, and I really only worked on it for 3 hours or so. Next, I will remove the engine and anything else I see i guess, My question is: should I leave the electrical system on the bike and paint around it, or is it ease to take the whole thing off? It looks to be a bit of a pain.

[ZX12_guy]

I took my electrical stuff off, its not too bad....You made it this far, might as well pull it off !!!