okay...
so, by jetta (which is now for sale) has been taking up all my time and money.. however the bike has my interest. Hopefully i will get some tax return money for the project too, and when i sell the jetta i will get the bike money back out if it.

i got the gasket set which was able to complete the 4 sets i already had.
So i got busy putting the carbs back together

This is a SUPER TINY o ring on the needle.


then the jets went back in



i used a piece of .005" music wire to make sure all the holes were open, but they were all pretty clean.


Then the floats went back in. you don't set the height on these! they haynes manual says "if they are out of spec, replace them" so i was very glad to find them in spec.


I also replaced the hardware on the carbs to get rid of the stripped out phillips heads.


got the diaphragm and needle assembled...


and installed. (careful these springs will fly across the garage and roll under the tool cabinet)


and got the modified air-box on. ready to go on the bike


I also got the needle bearings in the mail then in the swinger


some custom oilite bushings...


and... not to brag.. but i think that is HOT! sorry for the blur.


now i cant decide about the shock. i cant really mock anything up either because the stock systems interfere with each other. i am going to go with a progressive linkage system, but i cant decide if i should keep the f2 frame mount, or go with the swing-arm mounting point, though i am leaning towards the swinger so i can upgrade my shock, i just think it is less attractive.

thoughts?

 

since the F2 mono is non remote resivior, it might be cool to switch to one off a newer bike , it looks trick so far man. whatcher plans to relocate the F2's mount?

 

the 94 F2 had the remote res. shock that carried thru the F3 generation.

Knife - I dunno what you're planning for front turn signals, but I just saw these on bike-exif and thought they were pretty trick - pretty sure you could machine something trick up along the similar design:
http://www.oberon-performance.com/ac...ndicators.html

 

i have been playing around with several options.. however i will most likely keep the stock shock set-up but upgrade the shock and modify the swinger to work.

that is a great i dea! i will def look into it. thanks guys!
~Chris

 

I did get a little work done. Annnnnnd... i finished my taxes so i should be getting a little money for the build!

I got the tabs welded (at least tacked) for the radiator supports


Got the new carb boots in the mail and fit it on. Now i can see where to run the wiring.


I made stainless bushings... they work much better


and now... how do i remove these studs?


thanks for reading!

 

I just pulled up the service manual for a 96-98 900rr and looked at the drivehub info there. The manual shows the back side of the drivehub to be hollow where those studs are. Are they just pressed in like wheel studs are in a car's brake rotor or drum?

I found an image of what I'm talking about - but it appears that the studs are inserted into the hollow sections on the backside, right?

 

yeah.. i pulled the hub off and there is no way to get at the studs from the back-side. i talked to another honda guy and he said that they are threaded and i can weld a nut on them and spin them out. (i hope) gonna try that. i will keep you posted.
thanks!
~Chris

 

yeah - I just found that - they're just threaded studs. looks like 12x25 threads - good news, replacements are cheap if you wanted to put studs back in after you machine the flange.
http://www.bikebandit.com/houseofmot...m2070#sch16541

 

just on a tangent - I'm going to be trying to fit a F2 rear wheel to a 79 Yamaha XS 650 project I have cooking.

I'm relatively sure the stock swingarm on the XS is too narrow for this - do you know what width the F2 swingarm pivot is? I've found the XS needs something in the ~200mm range for a swingarm swap.

 

the pivot is about 9.31" or 236.4mm so.... it might be a tad big. but you could trim it down...