In these two pictures I will try to show you that someone has been using a too long bolt at some time in this motors life. This first picture is outside and below the motor, it is one of the motor mounts. The white stuff you see inside the cavity is cement that plugs a [...]

Cleaning the bottom half of the motor turned out to be a journey into the poor craftmanship of previous maintenance. I am going to take you all back to 1995 for a short story. A week or so after I bought my motorcycle I had been out driving and was on my way home. Cruising [...]

To protect the pistons from scratches and nicks that may occur during removal I use a cut up towel around the pistons. This will also stop parts from falling into the crankcase while removing the pistons. The pistons have a circlip that holds the piston pin in place. There is a small notch where a [...]

What happened here? Something has obviously damaged the steel bolt, but I can’t figure out what did the damage or where the missing steel is.

I never had a key to the steering lock, so I had to drill it open. I might get a new one if I can find one.

A screw did break when taking off the front master cylinder, I borrowed my brothers bench drill to make a pilot hole for the screw removing tool. I don’t know what it is called in English. But in Norway we call it a “pigs dick”, don’t ask me why. I will let is soak in [...]

The rear half of the rear fender, also showing the steel brace that sits inside it. Two of the screws was very stuck and for the first time I had to use a rust penetrating spray. It only worked on one of the screws, the other one had to be drilled out and the remains [...]

The tape holding the emblem was very strong after all these years, bent it a bit.