Woo Hoo! A Big Project!

[mefrank11]

am I missing something it seems that these pictures have been posted many times and never seen the finished bike Frank

[gspd]

You're not missing anything.
Melville simply works in verrrry slooooow motion.
I think he does a lot of chillin' when he's not wrenchin'

[melville]

You're not missing anything.
Melville simply works in verrrry slooooow motion.
I think he does a lot of chillin' when he's not wrenchin'

Yep. Chillin'

Trying to freeze up some $$$ to finish it up.

[melville]

Played mit the electrics today. Hooked up the battery, turned the key, and got taillight, a BZZZZRT from the TS relay that eventually resolved into a "blink blink" but I don't appear to have dash lights as yet (hard to say--it was really bright out today) and just something going "tick" inside the headlight shell when I hit the start button. I'd been hoping to turn it over and check for oil flow to the top end, but no hurry there.

I should be able to turn the thing over even without the trans attached, no? I've jumped the neutral switch wires, without the jump I don't get the "tick" from the headlight shell. I also cleaned up the starter relay spades, to no avail. Presently, with no trans I have the ground going to the chassis, I'll try running the ground to the engine case next.

[Chuey]

[quote="gspd"]
Melville simply works in verrrry slooooow motion.

He's doing just fine. For the quality and detail he's putting into this project, it seems to be moving along at a fine rate. I can't discipline myself to take so many interesting before and after pictures. Also, remember, he is a married man, and he probably wants to keep that status.

Chuey

[melville]

Melville simply works in verrrry slooooow motion.

He's doing just fine. For the quality and detail he's putting into this project, it seems to be moving along at a fine rate. I can't discipline myself to take so many interesting before and after pictures. Also, remember, he is a married man, and he probably wants to keep that status.

Chuey

The pace is called (credit Peter Egan?) "burning the candle at neither end." I find I get the best results if I am not hurried on something like this. I am married to a fine woman who provided me with this project, and as such she maintains some control over the process. Presently she says "no money" and I'm OK with that.

If I had all the stuff right now, I'd probably have project paralysis anyway (What to do next?). I'm just picking off a bit at a time, trying to get each bit right. Thanks to all y'all for your patience and assistance.

[Deleted User 62]

I should be able to turn the thing over even without the trans attached, no? I've jumped the neutral switch wires, without the jump I don't get the "tick" from the headlight shell. I also cleaned up the starter relay spades, to no avail. Presently, with no trans I have the ground going to the chassis, I'll try running the ground to the engine case next.

You should be able to turn the engine with a large screwdriver by shorting the positive connection at the starter to the connector of the other smaller wire to the solenoid. Get the gen and oil lights working first.

[melville]

Well it's been a coupla weeks. My rear tire has finally arrived, four months after the order. I still need to get the right wedding band before I get it mounted up.

Back to the things I'm actually working on presently. It appears that while there are different PNs for throttle and clutch cables for use with high and low bars, there is only one /6 brake cable for us remote MC people. I was having difficulty routing the brake cable, trying to run it as it had gone before with high bars, never getting the smooth feel I wanted from it. I decided to use a piece of bicycle cable housing cut to the same length as the BMW cable to try different cable routing schemes. For clarity, I used white housing. Here's how it was, running with high bars:



This gives the options topside of running it this way, which was really notchy as the cable went through its travel:



Or this way, which had issues with cable tension changes as the fork was moved from stop to stop:



With the bicycle housing, this routing seemed possible:



Which gave a topside look like so:



Running the actual BMW cable that way, but not committing to a complete hookup, seems to solve the "notchy" and "tension" problems but I'm having difficulty believing that BMW intended the cable to run that way with low bars. Is that the correct routing?

[Major Softie]

Don't know, but it doesn't matter: if it works, it works.

[Deleted User 62]

With the bicycle housing, this routing seemed possible:



Which gave a topside look like so:



Running the actual BMW cable that way, but not committing to a complete hookup, seems to solve the "notchy" and "tension" problems but I'm having difficulty believing that BMW intended the cable to run that way with low bars. Is that the correct routing?[/quote] That is the way it is routed in the factory sales brochure.