***Brute Bobb Build***

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Brother came over for a little bro-time. First he told me he wasn't getting dirty....then two minutes later he's evening out the cut off subframe lol. Gotta love it!


Removed Exhaust to sand down tomorrow and prep for heat paint.

 

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As i was continuing my disassembly came across a funny issue. My bike is special.....it has two horns hahahaha


chain guard came off as well. Dont know if im gonna use it yet but my lord was it gummed up!!!

 

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old fuse panel which will probably get replaced with newer fuse panel. any ideas anyone?


as of 2:00pm this is how she sat...

 

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took carbs out and attempted to remove the airbox....like i said, attempted. I'd love to know who designed that setup because apparently the airbox doesn't come out without the motor being removed, or just using a hammer.



drained the oil to get ready for motor removal. It wasn't all that bad but definitely could use changed....after paint of course


sun was going down but i wasn't done yet lol.

 

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Managed to get motor out but forgot to disconnect the tach cable lol. No wonder she wouldn't come out.

 

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got a bit darker so i had to call it quits for the night. but atleast i got the motor out.







GOODNIGHT EVERYONE.

 

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Chacal (XJ4Ever above) or some auto stores sell blade fuse panels. Take a peek at my Electrical post.

That's alot of progress for 1 weekend

 

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Alysiak00, I saw you had a nice backrest on the bike at one time. Do you still have it? Are you interested in getting rid of it? I wouldn't mind that on my 750. Let me know. Thanks.

 

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absolutely i still have it lol. i keep all of my spare parts....except for my airbox which had a bit of an anger management outbreak. you dont happen to have a headlight bezel do you? if not its no biggy. Just send me your zip and i'll give you a qoute. I wont charge you except for shipping

 

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Hey man, looks like the build is going good so far, I like you attention to detail. Are you planning in re useing the sissy bar??

 

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no im not using the sissy bar. i'm gonna go with a pan or spring seat. the old seat, sissy bar, and basically everything you see in the black and yellow tote is not going back on lol

 

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After another fun day I ran into a seriously crappy can of paint. I picked up a can of high heat clear coat for after i painted the valve cover. I noticed that the ball wasn't rolling freely so i thought i'd do an old trick and smack it against the ground. This didn't work the first, or second, or third time.....until it exploded on the fourth! needless to say, i had clearcoat ALL OVER THE PLACE!

thats my funny story for the day

 

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sanded down stock midpipe and headers to coat with header paint

 

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coated pipes, midpipe, and header clamps with paint

 

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valve cover came off for paint and a little polish on the fins. heres progress so far




shimmer of aluminum before prepped for paint



use vasoline to cover the polished aluminum....the paint won't stick

 

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bottom of tank was removed of undercoating, sanded a bit, and coated with reformer. Later will come a coat of undercoating

 

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removed bars and lowered the front stem/forks to allow room for new clip-ons. I think i might go above triple tree but i will wait and see

 

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valve cover is done. came out better than i had thought.

started out with black gloss heat paint over everything


the paint on the fins came right off because of the vasoline. It literally just wipes right off.


Then i finished it by polishing the fins one last time before setting aside for when my new gasket gets here!!!

 

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applied bondo to tank to fill in emblem grooves and few dents in the 30 year old tank

 

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removed some more of the harness to clean and prep frame for paint. Does anyone know where i can get a manual for the maxim 550 because im finding relays with nothing leading to them.....like this one in the bottom left here with the zip tie?!?