Thanks man, that's reassuring

😆 lol ammmm I supposed to wear name tagged coveralls while farting around on a public sidewalk?

@@Theillestrator1050 Thats name tagged "merch line " overalls....

The spooky music at the end was making me sweat, thinking that you're gonna have a horror story for us. Like the guys at the shop messed up cleaning the block. Glad to see that aint true though. Lookin forwards to the next vid!

I second the excitement!

The spooky music is my go to for when things don't go to plan or I call it quits on something so you got a good ear.

@@Theillestrator1050 I might have a good ear but you're the one with quality videos, it's always a good day when you upload, no matter what you upload 👍😁

Glad to hear it I respect that, however this is my parents house and I didn't have my gloves there...probably didn't even have my jacket on account of the heat that day. In any case I'm a full grown man and I'm capable of understanding consequences of my own actions and calculating risks that I'm comfortable with. I would hope that this comes through in how I present myself to you guys. I'm quite aware of gear, but I'm not gonna skip a critical test ride in fear of some scratches. Those community garages are honestly so expensive that I couldn't see them cutting me a break for advertisement...I gotta be honest, I kinda like having my own space, hours and tools despite what I have to work around. It's grown on me lol. If I were to work elsewhere, it would have to be my own garage.

Happy to hear that

Thanks alot

Lol, I'm glad you enjoyed it while it lasted atleast!

Lmao, that's pretty much our basement to a T. Tools, workout equipment and a random ass guest bed 😆

Hopefully I can offer some motivation or perspective

Highly appreciated this morning, Thanks and you as well

Thank you

So happy to wash my hands of that anxiety lol

Thanks guy, how's the cbx going?

@@Theillestrator1050 Still waiting on the Carbs which are being rebuilt by Mike Nixon in Arizona. I rebuilt the alternator, changed the oil & spark plugs, and cleaned/repaired the brake calipers.

Thank you

Lol, you gotta remember that I'm working out on the sidewalk and the tools are at the back of the house. Instead of carrying 5 specific wrenches, I just bring out one crescent wrench. Easier clean up, less value stolen in the case a thief spots all my shit. Believe you me, I have every tool in the book being in a home owner family lol

Got you. I'll be honest though, I don't think I can go back to scraping (if the surface is rough) after doing the machine shop job... I'm just spoiled now as far as that goes lol

Might have to use this for the block though

That head planing could get addicting. Fair price and fast plus it tries up the head. I spent SIX HOURS scraping the head on my GPz750 head for the valve cover gasket. It is shaped like a convoluted figure eight and some parts were hard to get at. The engine was in the frame and I wanted to keep the swarf away from the buckets. I bought those scrapers in Home Depot for 89 cents each. Maybe they were 1 1/2" but the have a razor sharp edge that you can bare down on and they stay sharp longer than you would think. I used wd-40 then switched to kerosene to soften the adhesive. The beauty is you can't damage the aluminum.

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I think that it's going rough in terms of the expectation that I had for cheapness on the 550 lol. The k100 I was already expecting to go deep. This thing is getting to be a little more than I bargained for but it's all good

East Brooklyn

Nah not really, I'm just trying to keep it cheap so I'll ball hone it myself

Oh this one came off like butter lmao

Hmmm, Does that tend to back out, or need to be adjusted without ever being touched? This is from the cbr front end which sat out in the elements for 4 years so I just assumed it was full of water or spiders at some point.

If you get some sound just give it a turn and the horn will come back to life. That screw just puts a slight pressure on the metal diaphragm inside. You can turn the screw while energized. Put an ohm meter across the terminals to see if the winding is open. If you get a reading you should be good to go.

Oh my God, you're so right. I got an impact driver and STILL had to futz around with one of those little JIS bastards

These come prepacked although some people will add more of their own

Hmmm, Does that tend to back out, or need to be adjusted without ever being touched? This is from the cbr front end which sat out in the elements for 4 years so I just assumed it was full of water or spiders at some point.

@@Theillestrator1050 I bought a 2014 Ninja 300 last September and the horn was cracking. After adjusting the screw it worked perfectly fine. Essentially, the membrane is a metal dish-spring that needs a tension adjustment just like a guitar with its strings. There is a little Phillips screw for this adjustment on the back of the horn. As I was adjusting it, I checked it by connecting directly to the battery. The reason for the adjustment is for the work hardening of the metal as the membrane vibrates

I know the trick, I've done it several times here on the channel. I wouldn't say the wheel bearings were difficult or a bad experience at all here without freezing honestly.