redskinman wrote:
Lucky kid,a jeep and an ody,he needs to have a smile on his face,he doesnt look happy in that pic,I'd be grinning ear to ear.You do very nice work
LOL, Yah it was right after he ran into fence on very first ride. We were making fun of him when taking these pics.
In a few weeks I am going to help him make some nerf bars. And maybe an electric starter. Also finish the lighting. I notice one j-arm is bent or something. So we will need to replace that or fix the main bar on the frame. Frame looks good though so perhaps I got a bent J-arm I did not notice. I did notice something was wrong but I ran out of time.
This will be perfect for him amd maybe I can get him into mechanical things. Right now everything is Military on his mind. My parents have 6 akers where he lives. This Ody will get some good use for sure.
It seemed like it was not stable with those large tall tires. When I first took it out I ran it pretty hard test driving it. It just seemed like I was on two wheels more than my other Odys with normal tires. I am going to switch them all out for stock style tires. For some reason I like the dimple style tires.
The good news is this car rips. The
Engine has more power than my others Odys as well. Not sure how tires size is factoring in. But it has great power. Remember the Engine was near new. It has a deeper sound as well. Probably a larger piston for sure. My dad said the Engine semms like it runs harder to me for the aluminum wheels let it rev better. Maybe this is what I am feeling power wise. I got aluminum wheels on my Blue Ody but I have not even took it out yet. Same with my Yellow Vintage Racer.
And he is still typing?????
Next project it going to be nephews gokart that eeds the seat fix to fit his handicap. Then I have these two 1982 Yamaha DT100 enduro's. His and hers if you will. The HER part is so I get to build them with little slack from the wife. This will both be street legal with all the lights to bring them back to original. I have all the parts for both bikes already. This will be camp bikes and bikes to ride into town or coastel towns while we are camping. They gotthe power to do it safe but yet easy to start and great for woman.
PO wanted it to look like a dirt bike. So what did he do? He cut all the wires off, even right cut thw wires to all the controls on the grips. Hand to buy another harnest and controls. Also another rear wheel for one of the hubs were broke. The good thing it they took all the original lighting in mint condition and pit it in a bucket. So I got all the lights and even foot pegs in perfect condition. I am going to leave the tanks in original paint. But restore everything else. I will POR15 black the frame and swingarm. And use POR15 Whitcote on the rear fenders. I can brush POR15 on and I think it's tougher than PC. I can paint both these bikes for about $75 and have high quality paint job. Or a really tough paint job that looks good anyway. I painted a Moped with it for the paint was beat to hell from riding on the front of my travel van. What I like about por15 is it chemical resistant. So gas has no effect on it. Even two stroke oil just wipes right off.
If por15 hardnose red matches close to honda red I would recomend it to paint an fl350 or fl400 with it. My reason for this are it's supper tough paint. You do not need a paint booth and tools. It's cheaper than PC and easy to fix repairs. You brush it on or spray. Regular por15 black needs a rusty base to get the legendary por15 toughess. But Hardnose paints does not. Hardnose does not need a top coat loke por15 black. Por15 is a product you need to follow intructions very good. Do not skip out on the 3 step cleaners.
I am not a paint expert and never painted anything but with rattle cans. But with por15 paints I call myself an expert from messing and testing the stuff. If got any questions just ask. I do know whats in it or how it works. But painting with it I can help you out. For those that do not know of por15, do some googling. It's a amazing stuff. Most the stuff you will read in por15 black though. For your fl350's and pilots you would look into the hardnose paint line they have. The moped below id hardnose light red.
Thanks for letting me go off on my long post.