'92 Gets New Life

Bike to work on:

Idea in my head:

Tools:

Itching camera finger:

Time or energy to do anything:

Gonna start rebuilding the '92, since I had to use a good number of parts from it to get the '95 running. Not going to get into the whole history of it since some of you are already well acquainted with this particular beast. But I'm going to go from the ground up since it was already completely stripped down anyways.

Starting point:



Brakes nonsense





Got the engine out this morning. Really wasn't as heavy as I thought.




Wheels and forks removed


Rear peg. I didn't know it had a little ball and spring snap.


Ready to go!


Well, except for the steering because I didn't have a big enough socket.


Don't worry little buddy, you'll be back on the road where you belong in no time.

 

Some dirty bits:


Dirty shock:



Unacceptable rear peg:


>insert 15 minutes of soda blasting<

Necessary? Absolutely not. Clean? Yes indeed!


Much better.

 

Alrighty

Got the frame to the workplace, where I have a paint booth for frame altering debauchery. I don't own a car so it was a bit of a challenge.


That 27mm socket did the trick. How do my bearings look? Good to go?! Great!



They have seen better days, that's for sure. And yes, I lost one already.


Yes.


Naturally hooked up to some silica sand


Ohhh, this will do nicely.

 

Current state as of 12/8/2011

Everything is going swimmingly except for the fact that I need to find some eye protection that doesn't fog up.

 

I approve of these messages. Doing a frame-up restore?

 

Yessir. It's going to have a silver frame, and the tank + fairings a metallic blue or burnt orange. Either way, pretty unheard of for a Seca II.

 

I love your progress posts. Makes me jealous of your soda blasting equipment, though. Haha And your take-everything-apart knowledge too, now that we're at it...

 

Thanks! I just learn as I go and have fun doing it

 

Andrew don't know if you could find any that are very cheap, but the new (last 6 years) ski goggles WONT fog up no matter what. They also provide great contrast vision.

Nice work on that bike! It will be like new or better when you finish.

 

Andrew I love your work. You do a meticulous job and very detailed. The other thing I love about your posts is, your an awesome photographer.

 

Neato, I'll see what I can find!

Thanks Bobby, this camera is my meal ticket so I appreciate that a lot.

 

I have been working on this, lol

Today it got degreased and semi-sanded. A patch was primed and I tested two colors I'm debating on using.



Excuse the blue. I had a can of "Chrysler Blue" and was curious how it came out. The silver on the left is a little darker, almost like a titanium/pewter. The right sivler is very transparent, and almost like a glittery clear that goes over the primer -- looks really good, and very close to the silver on most factory frames.

Although, it's hard to tell anything from the pictures. This weekend I'll prime and paint the whole thing. I'm leaning towards the darker silver.

 

Looks good. Is that the low mileage one, or your other one? Where did you get blast gun deal. Also wear a respirator, silica sand will damage lungs. (you probably already know)

 

Thanks, this is the '92 with higher mileage. I'm replacing the head gasket in my '95 right now. Even with low mileage it decided to leak.

The gun was ganked off of Amazon. $17! http://www.amazon.com/Campbell-Hausfeld ... B0007D30DO

You bet I'm wearing a mask. I don't want to be coughing up blood.

Sudden boosts of motivation are super. This was the most exciting thing in a while, but I would not want to paint a frame every day without an actual paint gun. It went well, though!

All primed up




And then what's this? Yummy painting. Yes, I'm straightlunging. Yes, I know better. Better paint than silica I always say.






And a shot not in direct sunlight. Pretty.

 

Sweet deal, work pretty good? That is probably one of the best rattle paints I've seen. Very nice.

 

Yea, it works great although it depends on the quality of your sand and the CFM of your compressor.

But heck, I used sifted play sand and a little 5-gal compressor and it did pretty well.

The paint is DupliColor Perfect Match, Nissan Precision Grey. The way those paints go on is amazing. Love em.

Next step is to clear coat the frame, but that might have to wait till next week.

 

Got around to painting the tree de triple today



Touched up a few spots on the frame



Painted and assembled the steering. I ended up with a flat rubber washer, and I'm not sure where it goes. The rubber washer between the two nuts under the head is there, but I think this extra one goes near the lower bearings. Nothing is tightened down, so I can take it all apart again easily.

But my goodness it's pretty

 

Progress today

Swingarm and kickstand bits, degreased.


Oh this will not do


Better. This was handy because I could pick one end up and swivel on the other


Had to paint the forks, but didn't want to disassemble them to do so. Found some 1/4" foam and shoved it on top of the seal, the covered the rest of the shiny with a towel


Swingarm and rear shock installed




Then with the forks and '95 wheels on. These wheels, one they have new rubber, will go back on the '95 with all its blackness. The silver wheels will be painted and end up on this bike.

 

Gawd. It's all so gorgeous! I desperately want to take mine apart and clean everything ever. But I would have FAR more than a washer left over.

 

Ya, got dang. Looks sweet. Very nice.