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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Paint Reply #60 - 04/16/05 at 20:00:38 sunday is opening day at the racetrack, we already put out the sign explaining rain out policy. i hate it when we wash out opening day.. i'll keep my fingers crossed for good wx.. doubtfull.
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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: Paint Reply #61 - 04/17/05 at 06:57:42 WD wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04: Are you growing gills and moss yet? I need scuba gear to get to my truck... -WD Nope. I'm growing webbed toes 8)
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Reply #62 - 04/17/05 at 07:16:30

sluggo wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04:

sunday is opening day at the racetrack, we already put out the sign explaining rain out policy. i hate it when we wash out opening day.. i'll keep my fingers crossed for good wx.. doubtfull.

On a positive note again. I have surprised the snot out of myself. I have actually created a paint job that is better than I expected...this is my first serious attempt too, and it has only taken 3 weekends

My paint job is not as good a bodyshop guy could do by a long shot, but for a newbie, it will work. As hard as I tried there was always something that got into the paint as I sprayed in a closed garage (cough, cough). You don't realize all the crap that you inhale until you are trying to paint...and then there it is sticking out of your finish.

But thanks to Susan and her Color Rite link, I at least was working with a product that exceded my skills. I finally got a good buffed out color coat (2 cans later), and was able to get a final color coat with a minimum of UFOs in it. Then following the directions and waiting for the "flash" time, I started the clearcoats....I got 5 of them on there. Wow.

I now have a deep metalic green finish, and darn it, I think it looks nicer than my tank and from fender. It is so deep that everything reflects as you move around it, and the color goes from bright green to black depending on the angle. I am absolutely amazed at the result, and today I can move on to other stuff. In a week, I may take some polishing compound to it, but I really don't want to touch it anymore.

For a newbie bodyman with a rattle can in a rented garage, this Color Rite paint ROCKS.

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Reply #63 - 04/17/05 at 07:35:57

Isn't that a fantastic feeling -- "My God, I did it and it came out RIGHT!" You have always admired those who could do such marvelous stuff -- and then you find that you are *also* one of those marvelous guys. You want to walk down the street and grab people and show them -- "See! See what I did! I did GOOD!"

We are those people. You did GOOD! You are an inspiration for those of us still hesitant.

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Reply #64 - 04/17/05 at 07:56:20

Paladin. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04:

Isn't that a fantastic feeling -- "My God, I did it and it came out RIGHT!" You have always admired those who could do such marvelous stuff -- and then you find that you are *also* one of those marvelous guys. You want to walk down the street and grab people and show them -- "See! See what I did! I did GOOD!"

I know, I took it in the house to show the spouse. I sat it on the dining room floor and didn't stop talking about it for 30 minutes....

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We are those people. You did GOOD! You are an inspiration for those of us still hesitant.

That is what I'm trying to do...without boasting, mind you. I look at it and I see flaws, every one of them. I know they are there...I know my limits and abilities, and they are in the paint job. But also, I know that with patience, a little research, and hard work that we can do new things with decent results, if we try.

....all I'm doing here is passing on what I learned so that others will feel less hesitant...and trust me, it wasn't easy passing that point of "no return" when I first put my side grinder to the fender. I just kinda closed my eyes and jumped in.
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Reply #65 - 04/24/05 at 18:45:04

More....

The fender and the electrics work, but I have it all apart. Wow, when you get down to the schematic level it becomes a challenge....

I am moving all the connections that are normally under the seat, up under the tank. It takes wire and time, and the terminal connectors are getting changed. A lot of soldering and crimping...

Right now all the connections to the tail and turn signals are done. They are all working.

Here is the present condition...and did I mention that today I turned "double nickels"? Yep, the spouse has been letting me do anything I want...including all day in the garage 8)

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Kropatchek Serious Thumper Offline Why more than 1 cylinder? Posts: 1457 Alphen a/d Rijn Netherlands Gender:	Re: Paint Reply #66 - 04/25/05 at 01:06:50 Looking nice and Happy Birthday Greetz Kropatchek
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Paint Reply #67 - 04/25/05 at 02:31:21 Looks real good. Happy B-day. Wish my bike looked even 1/2 that clean...oh well. Someone has to ride a roach bike, guess I'm elected. -WD
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klx650sm2002 Serious Thumper Offline The more I learn the less I know. Posts: 2041 Cumbria,England Gender:	Re: Paint Reply #68 - 04/25/05 at 03:28:05 Yes happy birthday Greg. from Clive W
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Red_Wine Senior Member Offline Chain-drive, 400cc Black Savage in Chile Posts: 478 Santiago, Chile Gender:	Re: Paint Reply #69 - 04/25/05 at 13:25:40 Happy Birthday Greg, It's starting to rain in otherwise dry and riding-loving Chile ... Take care, RW
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Paint Reply #70 - 04/25/05 at 13:57:14 Happy Birthday Greg!
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Reply #71 - 04/26/05 at 13:26:11

Thanks to you all....

I hope to be fitting the solo seat this weekend. I got those new springs and now all I need is the front mount.

Essentially what I did to the wiring was to lengthen all of the tail light (all 4) wiring from under the tank to behind the license plate lamp where I put the new bullet connectors. That meant 5 new hot and 4 ground wires. All soldered connections with heat shrink tubing, etc. Then all these wires go through wire wrap. There will be visible runs of wire wrap....but hopefully they will be tastefully routed. I just want to get rid of the spider web of crap under the seat.

What is also interesting is that in peeling back the wire harness I have found spare wires and some connectors have extra wires that connect to nothing. Makes me wonder about whether the harness is generic (for an Intruder, maybe too) or has wires for options not available in the US. Hmmm.

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Reply #72 - 04/26/05 at 13:48:02

Looks good from here, Happy Birthday G-man! (late)

I drug mine out Wed. and rode to "Bike Night" at Joe's w/ new carb and 'Trapp. Sounds great. I tried out the new Grex flip-face helmet and it will do, but it has more wind noise and no snap-on shade like the RJ-Air.
I have been looking for a real touring rig and the Pacific Coast or an FJR are the current contenders. Damif there was not an '89 PC parked side by side w/ a '02 FJR! I spent awhile eyeballing the seat height and bars when the guys came back and answered my questions and let me sit on them! I think the PC is all I really need, and it has a little lower seat height of them but I was surprised and pleased to see the FJR's ride position is very good/comparable, not as radical as I imagined ( not to mention that 145HP Grin

). Thanks Tom and Dave of the MSRC!

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Reply #73 - 05/01/05 at 20:06:38

The Savage electrical harness. Close to the way it should be without a spiderweb of connectors.

All devices are connected directly to the harness. There is a connector at each device and the harness is one piece. No crossovers and splices. I basically had to route the wires for their connection side. Took about 32 hours.

A couple things to mention....with the springer seat, I wanted to move the fuses. So now they are mounted under the coil where they can be reached from the front of the tank.

BTW - The blue wires on the left side are the connectors for the tach.

Here is where I hid the rectifier and regulator....behind the engine, under the battery...

Here is the CDI unit. Had to solder splice the wires. The cable wrap is not the split kind. It a solid tube so all cables were reworked. And everything still works too Grin

Here is the infamous double diode, exposed from the harness. Normally there are 3 wires here. This one connection on the diode is for the nuetral switch and lamp. The one that is missing is for the side stand relay and switch, which is now grounded at the extra bolt tappped in the frame.

Here is the starter relay. The small black wire on the starter lead goes to the CDI unit. Makes me wonder if this means the CDI unit senses when the engine is being started and advances the ignition timing accordingly.

Time to start mounting the seat....

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Reply #74 - 05/06/05 at 16:04:37

The picture is the first assembly without paint and refinements. I had to offset the mounts because the frame and seat mounts aren't the same distances apart. And I wanted to lower the rear springs, too.

This shot shows the glass beaded steel parts on their first fit. A little easier to see without paint. The front seat mount will still mount over the tank bushings and the front of the seat is higher than stock. (The rear will compress when I get on). I need to shorten bolts and threads and use some flathead screws for more clearance....

I may make a leather bib for under the seat on the frame, but I don't know, yet. The next picture will be the completed bike. I may call this my "Feather Bed" Savage 8)

You can see the air cleaner from the rear

Front seat mount...gonna paint today.

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