Work, Winter and Waiting

October 2010 - April 2011 there was snow on the ground.  When that snow melted I went back to work. I had a job that took me away from home from June - November in 2011.  This basically meant that I got nothing done on my truck.

I did get the garage door replaced on my return home.  The old door was just metal and was a 7 1/2 " door in an 8' frame.  So now a correct 8' door is on the garage. It is insulated and has a new opener which is super quiet as it is belt driven, not chain like the old one.  I went through Overhead Door and thought they were OK to deal with here in Edmonton.

So now the garage is one big open space.  The trucks are still parked outside in the snow.  I will resume working on them once summer 2012 hits Alberta.

For Christmas I got me a motorcycle lift.  It is hydraulically operated and is absolutely amazing for working on bikes.  I don't know how I lived with out it (I remember, I had a sore back).

So for the winter I am going to post the work I am doing on my motorcycles.

I own a 1991 Honda CBR600F2.  I bought it in 1995 and it was the first real street bike I ever bought.  I still have it and it has never really been fixed - it was crashed when I bought it.  Since there are now a ton of replacement fairings on eBay I decided to put some repairs into the bike and get it ready for summer.

Here is a stock photo of what it looked like brand new in 1991.

 By the time I got to it in 1995 it had been dropped on the left side hard and the right side lightly.

So up on the lift it went and I started to strip it down.



The plans are as follows:

New Chain and Sprockets (15 front & 45 rear)
Repair radiator/Overheating issues
Repair upper fairing stay
Fix Kickstand issues
Repair scratched/bent parts from crashes in 1992, 1993, & 1994 : (
Clean muffler
Fix gauges
Replace fairings

When coming back from the Saskatchewan job in November I picked up a 1993 CBR600F2 for 400 bucks.  It had been crashed hard, the front forks are messed up and the fairings pretty tattered (and off the bike).  It would turn over but not start.  I bought it for parts for my bike.

Here is what it looks like sans gas tank and radiator - pretty much how I found it.  That's my CBR in the background

So this winter will be full of bike repairs and getting ready for summer. 

Stay tuned.