After close to a month, I received my custom bar clamps from PCBWay. The timing was thrown off by the Chinese New Year, which put a two week delay into the process more or less. Other than that, it was a pretty good experience ordering from them. The CNC order process did have some options... Continue Reading →

My first attempt at getting the K75S dash pad and bars on the top clamp was a bit over engineered. Initially, it looked like it would work, but I was not able to get the dash and the bars to fit together quite well enough. So, I went back to the drawing board and tried again. The... Continue Reading →

I will not work on Red in the Middle of the Night. I will not work on Red in the Middle of the Night... I will not work on Red in the Middle of the Night... As my day job has taken more time lately, I have had less time to work on this as... Continue Reading →

Whelp. I gave up. Sort of. My work to open up the pinch arms on the lower fork were a success, but when I put it all back together, it still did not feel quite right. I spent a good amount of time measuring and could detect some very minor deflection in the sliders. In the end, I decided to... Continue Reading →

In addition to getting the motor into the frame, I began working putting the front-end back together. We'll put this post in the "things that always look easy on YouTube" pile. I guess it's not surprising that Red and its quarter-million miles would have some front end issues with more components than just the top plate. I... Continue Reading →

I wrapped up the holiday break by getting the motor back into the frame. It was a bit of a dance, but not hard at all. There are only to bolts, so it seems simple enough to do. The only challenge is moving an unwieldy motor into the frame without damaging the frame's finish. I used bubble wrap... Continue Reading →

The holiday break has been good for making progress. All my current painting jobs are done. I spent some time tonight clearing the lift and moving the motor back. I am going to spend the next week or so putting parts back on the short block so I can mount it back into the frame.  Today was also... Continue Reading →

While I have consistently thought of Red as a rebuild project and not a restoration, I still care a lot about what the final bike will look like. You know from other posts, Red is going to be a BMW inspired project, but is not going to be true to factory paint and options. That provides... Continue Reading →

Sometimes things don't quite go to plan. On a rebuild project, I am learning that "sometimes" can mean quite a bit more than I would hope. I am at the point in the project where I am systematically cleaning parts, inspecting them, and planning for reassembly. One part I had not expected to replace, was the steering head... Continue Reading →

Over the past month, I have had more time to spend on Red. It has been a while since I spent a lot of time on the project, so I had to do some re-orientation. I've kept meticulous records of what parts have been purchased, but it seems a few seem to have been mislaid. After organizing what... Continue Reading →