Restoration Notes – Foot Pegs, Stainless Steel Hardware and Rust Removal

3/2/2008 - 2pm - 8pm - 6 Hours

Some much overdue work on the R60 this weekend. No major work but all in all it was good to get some of these minor things out of the way. Spring is on its way and am looking forward to some vintage rides. Happiness is having another ride you can use (in my case an R1200) while your vintage bike is torn apart!

Chassis - Replace and Refinished Foot Peg Assemblies:

• Removed old foot peg rubber grips (thanks to the help of a Sawsall). Removed rust and repainted foot peg arm. Installed new rubber foot pegs by heating them to 150 degrees in the oven and using silicon to lubricate. A little pressure and they slide right on. Prior, to installing new rubber, removed rust and refinished peg assembly before reassembling.

Chassis - Stainless Steel Hardware Replacement (Continues)

• Continued the quest to remove all old hardware with stainless steel replacements. Disassembled rear rack, removed Back Well. Replaced rear fender mounting hardware with Stainless. The kit didn't come with hardware for the rear light can anchors. They are simple bolts should it shouldn't be hard to locate replacements

Chassis - Rust Removal (Continues)

• Removed Battery Rack, removed ground rust and refinished. (Ordered the wrong battery pad. Need to order the larger one before reassembling)
• Removed Seat Brackets, ground rust and Refinished.
• Cleaned rear fender paint with compound and removed as much as the minor pit rust as possible. The fender and finish is actually in fairly good shape. However, it really needs to be refinished to fully protect it. Unfortunately its just not in the budget right now so I'll so my best to stay on top of the minor rust.
• Cleaned and polished rear shock caps. These are typically hidden when the large bench seat is installed. I don't think they have ever been polished

Chassis - Rubber Materials Replacement (Continues)

• Replaced Rear brake light can rubber seal with new rubber. Old rubber was badly deteriorated.

It's amazing how quickly time goes when you're futzing around with a vintage boxer.

Future Plans:

Minor Work / Minor Costs:

• Chassis - Complete battery shelf installation - rust removal, refinishing, install new battery pad and rubber bracket, replace wiring terminations
• Chassis - Reinstall seat brackets and rear fender hardware, Denfield racks and side bags and newly reupholstered bench seat.
• Chassis - Replace Speedo gasket and chrome ring, running light
• Chassis - Repair Side stand mounting bracket and replace rubber side stand and center stand bumpers
• Chassis – Refinish brake pedal
• Carburetor - Replace fuel lines
• Electrical - Replace plug wires and caps
• Driveshaft / Final Drive – Replace front and rear brake pads
• Engine – Drop oil pan, clean and inspect, upgrade hardware to stainless. Add magnetic drain plug, replace oil .
• Driveshaft / Final Drive – Replace Gear Oil

Major Work / Major Costs

• Steering - Re-chrome/Replace handlebar risers
• Electrical - Replace/Rewire Horn/Light Dimmer Switch
• Exhaust – Replace port and starboard header pipes and crossover pipe. Muffler are still okay
• Steering / Suspension – Replace / Re chrome front and rear axles
• Engine – Replace port valve cover
• Steering / Suspension – Replace chrome wheel spokes

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