What'd you do for your Connie today?

[Smooooth]

What a great use for a Sphygmomanometer - I may have to go looking for some of my old ones!!!

Other ideas now racing through my head!!!!

Stephen

[xjs36uk]

Fitted a K&N air filter not for any performance increases etc, just for the fact that it requires less maintenance. But I must say the bike is a lot smoother for the experience.

[Smooooth]

Coolant Flush Day!!!!

Stephen

[Smooooth]

Actually, Thursday Night...........................
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What A Great Night!!!!!!!!!!!

First time ever riding 'Conja' during the rebuild process.  I am still shaking!!!!!  Holy Crap!!!!

Because of this:


I had to do this (Honda CT-70 Tank):


To Do This:





Stephen

[Smooooth]

Today's little project

Green and White LED's installed



Stephen

[throb]

Got sick of looking at the cat crap brown/tan (aka "old man buick brown") of my '05.  What oh what were you thinking Mama Kaw?  Here is the result from starting last weekend.  Fixed a few cracks, replaced a couple missing tabs, painted and buffed everything out.  It feels faster now too!  Some black pinstriping and she will be all set!  Oh yeah, thanks Murph for the (as usual) extra fast delivery of the stainless steel fastener kit!   

[T Cro ®]

By chance do you mean "Boring Beige"


Your blue paint job looks good; looks like an 01 Smurf Blue now....

[F-106]

Great looking blue. Nice work, more photos!! I like the mirrors

Got sick of looking at the cat crap brown/tan (aka "old man buick brown") of my '05.  What oh what were you thinking Mama Kaw?  Here is the result from starting last weekend.  Fixed a few cracks, replaced a couple missing tabs, painted and buffed everything out.  It feels faster now too!  Some black pinstriping and she will be all set!  Oh yeah, thanks Murph for the (as usual) extra fast delivery of the stainless steel fastener kit!   

[turbojoe78]

Scheduled an appointment at a local performance tuning shop for Mon. 9:30am for some Dyno runs to get a baseline of where she currently stands.  (feels good by my "seat of the pants" dyno)

This will give me a direction to go over the cold months when I can do some bench tuning.  (have to take the carb bank apart to replace the fuel transfer o-rings)

Then in the spring I'll get to see how much closer to perfect I am.

[throb]

Great looking blue. Nice work, more photos!! I like the mirrors

  Thanks F-106!  You were the inspiration for that added touch.  After reading your recent post and pics I figured as long as Connie was all apart, a little extra sanding and spraying would help to set her apart and look much nicer!  Alas, Mother Nature and Wisconsin are combining forces and soon it will be time to tuck her away for the winter again.  Black ice and high speed beef (deer) are more than I care to tangle with on two wheels.....

[Smooooth]

Great looking blue. Nice work, more photos!! I like the mirrors

D I T T O ! ! ! ! ! !
(Wheels are a spinin' in the old noggin')

[F-106]

Well, thank you very much. I do not know what to say. You know, that trunk you have there would look good two-tone. I'm just saying.

  Thanks F-106!  You were the inspiration for that added touch.  After reading your recent post and pics I figured as long as Connie was all apart, a little extra sanding and spraying would help to set her apart and look much nicer!  Alas, Mother Nature and Wisconsin are combining forces and soon it will be time to tuck her away for the winter again.  Black ice and high speed beef (deer) are more than I care to tangle with on two wheels.....

[throb]

You know, that trunk you have there would look good two-tone. I'm just saying

  Hah!  Don't think I haven't considered that as well....and I do have extra base & clear coat left!   

[F-106]

That would make for a good weekend project. I would like to see it when you get it done. 

  Hah!  Don't think I haven't considered that as well....and I do have extra base & clear coat left!   

[turbojoe78]

More fine tuning on my 36mm carbs, cut two coils off my slide springs.

Initial result was increased throttle response, feels at least as good, or better than the stock 32's now.

[turbojoe78]

Oh ya, on the 9th I did some Dyno runs to get a baseline on where I am now, so I can get some measurable data to work from instead of just my "seat of the pants" dyno.

My peak numbers were, 61.7 for torque and 95.9 for horsepower.

Still waiting for charts, printer cartridge was out of ink.

[throb]

Took her to the beach!

[RFH87_Connie]

Took her to the beach!

That is really a nice paint job!  Very nice color (not sonic).  I can't wait to get mine finished.  Mine will be black - all black.  Now i'm debating on painting the mirror fronts to be gloss instead of matte after seeing yours.

[throb]

  Thank you!  Not bad I agree for being done in the garage over the course of two weekends and less than $150 invested in primer, paint and clear.  I used the Colorite pre=mix stuff you can buy at pretty much any Advance Auto or Autozone.  Done with both a conventional and HVLP gravity feed gun ( I prefer the conventional FWIW).  Tank decals are from an ebay vendor; can't remember his user name, but he sells good stuff!
  The inspiration for the painted mirror housings came from F106;  in some pics he posted of his bike after he painted his, I was amazed how much it set the bike apart and how much better it looked.  The effort required to do it is minimal too.  The most time consuming part is probably taping off everything you don't want painted.
  All in all, I was nervous doing it, but figured as much as I disliked the '05 disgusting tan/brown/whatever it's supposed to be color Mama Kaw had as a leftover, I couldn't possibly make it look worse than it did!  I've done my fair share of body work before, sprayed primer, but never basecoat/clearcoat, or much less sanded and rubbed it out, but I smile (more) now when I see her and how much better it looks!

[Smooooth]

Beautiful Color!!!  Great Job - Got me thinking now about a full color change since I am already this far - Just some more tear down and prep work.....