Four Wheel Forum

Nice to here things are gettin back on track. It's been a few months since I've been on the site as well. it's nice to see all the emails from your bikin buddies. While you were gone I managed to find myself a 67 305 Honda original condition,had not run for 40 years.with minor cleaning got it ...

Good to hear from you Sam. I do miss the ol' Benly gang. Still messing around with motorbikes here, but 2 months of chemotherapy earlier this year have slowed me a bit. (... but not so much as to stop me from going 110 mph on my Triumph a few weeks ago :D )

Just finished a resto-mod on a Kiev-built ...

I had the same issues with the plastic on the shock covers. I even tried an automotive-grade epoxy primer and it peels off easily if the cover was bent at all. Since I stayed with a black paint, it's not that noticeable, but it was frustrating.

Not the answer you're looking for, but I covered the ...

All set for priming - looks good. A lot of work to get to bare metal. Looking forward to the pictures of the painted parts.

Looking forward to putting some miles on my Benly this season.

I bought my rims from Thailand - no issues at all.



Here are the pics I tool while lacing the wheels:

http://www.forths.com/album/CA95/Cleaning%20and%20Restoring/6-24-2012%20Lacing%20Wheel/index.htm

Better Late than Never, so Happy New Year to You Too BTL.
Steve
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I got a new bike...
J am switching to factory twin pipes.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1683/24321281686_2ed10de854_c.jpg KIMG0271 by Steve Steverinomeister , on Flickr Cool ... CB1100? I looked at one a few years ago before I ...

To all my Benly Buddies and their families,

Just wishing you all a relaxing, stress-free holiday season and a safe 2016.

Cheers,

Kevin
Alden, MI, USA

A few people have found this post from doing an internet search and have asked me for a scanned copy of the operator's manual. It's a big download, but the link is below:

http://www.forths.com/Micronta%20Auto%20Tune-up%20Analyzer%20Operating%20Manual.pdf

frappy wrote:Here, here. Thanks so much to you behind the scene person(s) who have brought this Forum back to life! May I contribute anything to help keep it going?

Same here - I can help where needed.

Wow, very impressive - probably nicer than new. Very nice work.

Now, i can tap from the .9 m5 to a .8? Or should I go up a measurement to the next biggest metric screw? I wouldn't recommend retapping M5 JIS threads with M5 ISO threads. The difference in thread pitch would result in overlapping and weaker threads.

It's quite easy to drill out the old threads ...

I experienced the same thing a few years ago, so I thought I'd post a link:

http://www.fourwheelforum.com/showthread.php?t=1836&highlight=thread

There was a switch from the JIS to the ISO standard threads in 1967, which affected the 3, 4, 5 and 12mm sizes. Check out the link above for details ...

Excellent work, as usual - thanks for the pic, Chip. I'm glad you posted the close-up pic of the tank badge ... I was trying to figure out what it was in the other pictures but couldn't tell from the distance. The ammo box saddle bags were a great idea.

I also enjoyed the story about your first ...

Looking great, Chip. I really like those ammo boxes.

Is the shifting issue clutch-related? I need to revisit your recommendation to sand/polish the threaded clutch actuator, since mine is hard to pull.

I forgot ... is this bike getting sold when it's done, or are you starting a Georgia militia?

Cheers Sam, and hope you're doing better each day.