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My interest in this is pretty simple. It's not to promote my work. You guys do plenty of that for me already and it's much, much, much appreciated...believe me

This world is severely lacking in father / son projects. Too many kids growing up without the benefit of that important relationship. I lost my dad in 2003. We argued about anything you could imagine. Still, he taught me things that nobody else would have taken the time to or would have put up with my teen age attitude back then and I will always be grateful for the effort he made.

Today, my oldest daughter is raising a son on her own. I do what I can and he's got a good home but it's no substitute for a real dad to be there.

Jeff and guys like him are not as common as they once were. I hope this project has lots of success in all the right ways

Larry C

The bike is looking great Jeff. Keep up the good work.

larry your rite about the father son thing you have to send time and give kids some kind of hobby that you both can share bordom will kill a kid , we only had one and being a kid myself we have always had toys we have been into verything that has a motor or shoots a projectile so doing stuff with him is easy not only is he my son he is my friend.

the shocks on the orange bike....did you get those off of ebay

4TheKZ1000 wrote: the shocks on the orange bike....did you get those off of ebay

yes that is where they come from . i ride the bike by myself so they hold up pretty good if you was to hall someone they mite not be that good but the price is rite and they look good

ya they look nice and I was going to get a pair but was woried that they would be to soft as I am limited with the amount of rear travel I have. Very nice bike you have.

well i got the head back from having it milled for the ape cam chain tower and i put my jig on it to drill the holes fits perfect. a friend is coming down to build the motor in the next few days cant wait to get it on the track. also had to mill the valve cover i almost hate to run this head it looks so pretty.

wondering what eveyone uses to seal the motor cases with ?????

I've always used Yamabond #3 or #4 (I can't remember). Always worked good for me. I made sure I had a dry, oil-free surface when I applied it.

Later, Doug

i use Permatex black rtv silicone on most things. as long as u understand the pros and cons it works well.
the reason i like it so much is that its easy to remove . if u r the kind of guy that has covers and things off a lot you will appreciate that. u can usually re-use the gaskets if u use this suff. the down side is that u need to pay attention to how much u put on. if u gob it on and tighten the covers, it will squeeze out on both sides(inside and outside the motor). i have heard reports of guys finding bits if the silicone on the oil pump screen.
i love that the tube has a long thin cone type tip. i can cut it to produce a thin1/16" film on the parts. when i'm done i don’t recap it. i just squeeze out about a 1/2" of silicone and let it drop down to the cap, then let it dry. when i need it again, i just pull this 1/2" piece off and i'm good to go.
I like yamabond or 3 bond too, but not as much as Permatex for gaskets.

well started putting the motor together its been a long time coming. put the ape crank studs in,set the welded crank and had snitz mill the center cap and put the falicon plate on top of that.moved to the snitz racecut trans



put the extended kicker shaft in used the yamabond to seal the cases had to pull the spring and coller off the kicker wont go together with it all together i didnt know that learning as i go.



put the wisco 1260 13-1 pistons on the rods boy them clips are a bitch to put in, blood all over put the mtc lockup in flipped the motor on its side and put the oil pump in and oil pan
well that is about it for the day will work on it tonite after work

got to looking at the ape starter plate didnt like the looks of it so taped it off and got out the paint

Im liking it!