Project Blue: Getting Started

I have been focusing more on video content so far, so this is a bit of a catch up post. I started Project Blue in earnest in November. The teardown has been pretty straightforward so far. I will say that removing the fairing was tricky. When I was working on Project Red, I knew that I was not going to reinstall the fairing, so I did not pay too much attention to the process. Since this will remain an RT, I was a bit more cautious in the teardown. Blue’s fairing is in great shape and I want to prevent creating any extra work.

Where we stand at the moment, is still in a bit if the teardown phase. I still have the front suspension installed and the block is still in the frame. That will be what’s next. I have been hoping to leave a bit of the bike bolted together since it’s not a full rebuild, but some of the mechanical decisions I have made will make it necessary and easier in the long run to just break the whole thing down.

Below, is a list of the videos I’ve created so far. If you are interested, you can watch the videos. I am not going to summarize them now, but will put a post up for each video moving forward.

To get going, I began by getting Blue into my basement shop and drained all the fluids.

I also took a moment to measure for a new windscreen.

Tearing down the body parts was next:

More teardown work…

Next, we began removing the cylinders…

And then the front of the motor…