{"id":280,"date":"2014-02-18T15:07:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T20:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/putrescence.org\/wordpress\/?p=280"},"modified":"2014-04-15T11:04:39","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T15:04:39","slug":"project-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/?p=280","title":{"rendered":"Project Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getting the bike home in the first place was a bit sketchy. I caught a bit of the second Snowmageddeon as I came out of Georgia and had a bit of a white-knuckle ride for fifty miles or so of ice. Once home, I had to figure out how to get the bike from the trailer to the garage. My driveway is sloped away from the house at a fairly steep angle, and I couldn&#8217;t get enough lift on the front of the trailer to make it possible to roll the bike off the back. I parked on the street, rolled the bike off, and attempted to start it, and that&#8217;s where things started to go wrong. While the bike started right up in the balmy 71 degree Florida weather, my 9 degree Kentucky night proved too much. It came really close to starting after repeated tries, but right when I got to the point where I was starting to think &#8220;Gee, I&#8217;m probably running the starter too much and need to let it cool for a bit&#8221;, there was smoke from the brand-new starter. So, I had to strap my winch to my workbench and pull the bike up that way.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been making a list of what I need to make this project go, but I don&#8217;t want to buy too much or do too much yet since I don&#8217;t really have a transferable title for the bike yet. KY is a notary state, and the Florida title is in the name of (hopefully) the guy that owned it before the guy I bought it from. I&#8217;m waiting to get a notarized title transfer form back so I know I won&#8217;t have to just part it out or try to find another sucker to buy it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">So far, my pick list looks like:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Fix starter and re-attach (the new starter overheated to the point that it actually cracked the magnets, but I might be able to piece it together with the original starter to make a working one)<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s spraying coolant from somewhere under the carbs. Looks like a gasket issue or something is disconnected<\/li>\n<li>The rear end is leaking fluid<\/li>\n<li>I need to have a new key made from the VIN if that&#8217;s possible. The current key is so worn that it doesn&#8217;t really want to turn<\/li>\n<li>New front brake master cylinder. Thee current one is held together with JB Weld<\/li>\n<li>Various bits of the front fairing are cracked up and missing and need to be repaired\/replaced<\/li>\n<li>Radio doesn&#8217;t appear functional. It&#8217;s a hacked-in aftermarket that I need to do something about<\/li>\n<li>Torn seats and dried out leather<\/li>\n<li>Terrible mildew \/ boat bilge smell in the luggage<\/li>\n<li>Horn button missing<\/li>\n<li>Cracks in the instrument panel lens<\/li>\n<li>Windshield needs to be reattached<\/li>\n<li>Clock broken<\/li>\n<li>Missing bits of the side fairings<\/li>\n<li>Timing belts<\/li>\n<li>Replace all the fluids<\/li>\n<li>Lots of polishing<\/li>\n<li>Mirrors are mismatched and the right one is in bad shape<\/li>\n<li>Compression and leak-down test on motor to see how that is<\/li>\n<li>Paint is thrashed (and I hate the color)<\/li>\n<li>Various electronics not working (probably a result of the radio work)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My first goal &#8212; after getting the title square, of course &#8212; is to just get it to start up and run well without any leaks. Once that&#8217;s done, I&#8217;ll be able to take care of all the other bits a little at a time. I&#8217;m actually pleasantly surprised at what is actually working on the bike: the digital dash seems to be 100% functional, all of the lighting is working (except for some turn signal flasher issues), and most surprisingly the air suspension works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting the bike home in the first place was a bit sketchy. 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