Guess I should start a build thread. '76 RD semi-basket case. A roller with engine in frame and a BIG tub of parts. Already ordered 98% of the rest that I'll need (hopefully). It is Chappy Red but I plan to repaint Geneva Green and call her Geneva. She has been setting in a storage shed (in the dry by all evidence, but housing a critter family) for abut 20 years in Ohio. I bought her in Columbus fro a guy that buys old bikes. I had a brand new '76 that I sold in '79 just before getting out of the Navy. I've been rescuing Honda GL1000s and a CB750F the past few years, but always wanted another RD.
Today I took in the paperwork to get a new title (old one lost many years ago) and transfer the tags from a GL1000 that i sold yesterday. I had pulled the master cylinders apart yesterday so today I cleaned and reassembled them. New calipers came in and I trial mounted them. They are repops, and the front needs a little shaving to run straight on the disk.
Disconnected all the tubes from the oil tank, drained a couple ounces of oil out (20 year old and still flowing?), and put some isopropyl alcohol in it that drained out through the supply line fairly easy. I'll still put a camera down in there to inspect the screen.
Plan is to 98% restore and make her a warm weather daily rider for next summer.
Today I took in the paperwork to get a new title (old one lost many years ago) and transfer the tags from a GL1000 that i sold yesterday. I had pulled the master cylinders apart yesterday so today I cleaned and reassembled them. New calipers came in and I trial mounted them. They are repops, and the front needs a little shaving to run straight on the disk.
Disconnected all the tubes from the oil tank, drained a couple ounces of oil out (20 year old and still flowing?), and put some isopropyl alcohol in it that drained out through the supply line fairly easy. I'll still put a camera down in there to inspect the screen.
Plan is to 98% restore and make her a warm weather daily rider for next summer.