Saturday, January 24, 2009

Cleaning the stable II

Now that the R60/6 is gone the man-cave population consists of:
1982 R100RS 'Huckleberry'
1980 R100T 'Gilera'
1978 R100/7 - in storage. Another great buy but I am not sure what to do with it.
and, the star of this blog ...
1974 R75/6 ...

Yesterday I finally built the shelf over the motorcycles in the man-cave for helmets and riding gear. It looks like a firehouse now with the steeds ready to race off in a moments notice. I bought a 1"x 12"x 12' plank and all of the rest of the materials used to be a cedar picnic table.




The RS is getting it's top-end rebuild because that is my main ride. It is time to admit that this R75/6 project will be done over years ...



... I got everything out and laid it all out on the garage floor. I am moving all of this, except the frame and engine, into the basement for storage and safekeeping. Having it scattered all over the man-cave for years is creating a risk of losing or damaging parts. This way when someone has the time to work on this they can pull out carbs to rebuild or the forks or put new wheel bearings in ... we will continue on that way until light can be seen at the end of the tunnel. I was hoping that this would be done by now and it would if it were the only motorcycle but it is not. This will be awesome when it is done as you con invision from the photos above.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Cleaning the stable I

So, that sounded like a good plan and I did get the R100RS back on the road in August. It has proved to be the best bike ever; don't let Gilera hear me say that. Gilera did not get her tear down for maintenance. Instead I am prepping to take the R100RS back down so that I can have the top end rebuilt. 100 psi compression on both sides and about 140 psi when I oil the cylinder. I am looking at rebuilding the heads, oversize rings and new rod bearings. If I can afford it I would like to rebuild the brakes with EBC rotors and pads, re-pad the seat and new shock absorbers.

Meanwhile, or actually, before all of this, I had bought another R60/6 because I couldn't pass up that price. After some minimal work done to it, Luke rode it for part of the summer and fall. I have been trying to sell it since Sept. but I was way too greedy on the price. I just put it back up for sale at a reduced price and it finally has sold.

This is how it came in:
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This is how it went out: