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Another task today was to repair the oil tank, the outlet nozzle was cracked where it joined the main body of the tank.
Whoever repaired it before used a kind of resin which was leaking, I removed the resin, cleaned the area with brake fluid
and "welded" some plastic into the area to seal it. I used a sliver of plastic from a coolant overflow tank, which obviously
wont be using and melted that with a soldering iron!

While welding the area I left a screwdriver stuck in the nozzle so that the area would retain its normal shape and not deform with the heat.

The job is perfect, I tested it for a water leak over a few hours and it aint leaking!

Spent about 5 hours in the garage today, Didnt feel like it though and certainly didnt get as much done as I hoped. Got the rear wheel fitted and the clearance between the brake disc bolts and carrier/swingarm is very tight, about 3 to 4mm.
Also got more done on the front end, fitted the clocks, headlight shell, Bars and controls. I made the headlight brackets myself from 4mm Aluminium plate and bought some fork brackets from ebay and sprayed the
chrome "silver". I also cut a small spacer from some tubing to hide the threads of the stainless bolts and used dome head nuts again to cover the threads.

After having to make 2 Aluminium spacers for the lower rear shock mount, parts were cleaned and greased and fitted to the frame.

I have some round Aluminium bar which I have been making spacers from with basic hand tools. First I mark the desired width with a pipe cutter and with a junior hack saw I cut a little at a time along the score mark rotating all the time to get a straight cut.

Yes I have seen this over on RDLCCRAZY, great build.

There are some really great projects ongoing on the site.

For the last few days I have been prepping parts for painting, Satin Black is the finish, It goes better than gloss than my painting skills.

Parts painted:
Engine mount brackets
Taillight bracket
Seat Latches
Kickstart
Rear Master Cylinder
Brake pedal
Rear Caliper Carrier
Swing arm spindle [ends]
Gear Change Rod

looking good overall!

the kinky brackets worked well 

i thought i was finished today with the swingarm but in the sunshine and after what I thought was the final polish there are still sanding marks showing, still a bit of work to do...

ton of work for sure but not fonished yet!

the engine casings, heads and barrels are vapour blasted but that unveiled a good bit of pitting, im thinking of polishing the wet and dry side casings, painting the crankcases and possibly heads and barrels with fin edges polished.....a good bit of work there as well

I decided to polish the swingarm, It will contrast nicely againsh the satin black frame.

This swingarm was never intended to be polished, the finish is very uneven just like orange peel. Yamaha decided it would be best to have a "Matt" finish as a cost saving approach.

After approximately 8 hours over 2 days I have it ready for polishing. I started with a 3M scotch disc followed by 60, 80, 120, 240, 360 grit sanding discs, then 400 and 800 grit wet sand paper, (i have some 1200 wet and dry paper, I might give it the once over with that too)

wow, that design fits the lc better than any other application ive seen them on. 

Yeah!  You'll notice on most all other sets of Millenniums they've been cut n shut where the head pipe meets the belly.  These fit perfect without being clocked and hug the footrest hanger like they were stamped out with the LC in mind

ih yes, im liking those pipes, love how the hug the underside of the hangers,
lovely fit and idea.

good work JB

whats the plans for the project? are you doing a restore?

Getting the youngsters involved is great. The kid with the adhd
will really benefit from the hands on if he likes it.

before the frame painting I built up the rolling chassis to chect the shock mounts
and the new swingarm spacers.

I thinking or either stripping and polishing the swingarm or repainting it gloss black?
ill be leaving the head, barrels and side casings vapour blast finished and black wheels.

here she is

Painting finished, about 8 coats of 2K Satin Signal Black RAL9004

it might take a good bit of work to get them fitted.
might be better to get a set specifically for an lc/tz/rd

so the frame painting is under way, I have 5 coats of 2k signal black paint done, and I plan on a few more coats.

here are inages of the frame coated with some rust converter chemical called Oxirite, it neutralises the rust which can then be painted.