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It used to be, back when I first started resurrecting lawn art back into motorcycles, I was very scrupulous about teardowns. Everything was marked and all mounting and other screws were bagged with the corresponding part. So when I was ready to mount an alternator, for instance, everything I needed was right there in the bag. Just add tools.
I've evolved. Now when I tear down a bike I just kind of throw everything into one of a couple big plastic bins. I've gotten to where I can recognize most parts and I can tell if a bolt is the right length. I am done when the parts bins are empty, or I've accounted for any remaining parts and determined they were unnecessary.
This has led to a couple of interesting situations as I have discovered, at times, that parts from my "lawnmower" or "one of the other bikes" has found its way into the parts bin of an ongoing project. Clearly those parts or bolts were from something else, because I've put the whole thing back together and yet - there they are.
I once decided it was time to put all these extra lawnmower parts back where they belong. But when I look at the mower I cannot figure out when I may have removed some of these things. For one, I do not remember when my lawnmower had turn signals.
Anyway, this is all a big lead in to announce that Succubus is once again intact. Replacement cylinder head - this time with four functional spark plug holes - and I have no parts left over. At all.
I haven't tried to start it yet, because as long as I don't start it I can be absolutely certain that my repairs are perfect and Succubus is ready to join Incubus as a stone cold reliable adrenaline machine that always starts easily and always runs really well.
Also, the bike has sat so long that master cylinder is dry and there is crystalline brake fluid caked along the outside. It not not frozen, though, so it should only take a little while to bleed the system when I decide to confirm that Succubus is ready for a circumnavigation of the globe. Or at least the neighborhood.
Patrick
I've evolved. Now when I tear down a bike I just kind of throw everything into one of a couple big plastic bins. I've gotten to where I can recognize most parts and I can tell if a bolt is the right length. I am done when the parts bins are empty, or I've accounted for any remaining parts and determined they were unnecessary.
This has led to a couple of interesting situations as I have discovered, at times, that parts from my "lawnmower" or "one of the other bikes" has found its way into the parts bin of an ongoing project. Clearly those parts or bolts were from something else, because I've put the whole thing back together and yet - there they are.
I once decided it was time to put all these extra lawnmower parts back where they belong. But when I look at the mower I cannot figure out when I may have removed some of these things. For one, I do not remember when my lawnmower had turn signals.
Anyway, this is all a big lead in to announce that Succubus is once again intact. Replacement cylinder head - this time with four functional spark plug holes - and I have no parts left over. At all.
I haven't tried to start it yet, because as long as I don't start it I can be absolutely certain that my repairs are perfect and Succubus is ready to join Incubus as a stone cold reliable adrenaline machine that always starts easily and always runs really well.
Also, the bike has sat so long that master cylinder is dry and there is crystalline brake fluid caked along the outside. It not not frozen, though, so it should only take a little while to bleed the system when I decide to confirm that Succubus is ready for a circumnavigation of the globe. Or at least the neighborhood.
Patrick
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