It’s accumulating outside. While that’s happening, I’m in the garage busy stripping the Concours down to its underskirts.
Once that’s done I’ll give it a final cleanup before getting into the brakes and bearings. While the wheels are off I’m going to look into getting them refinished. Fireball Performance in Erin does wheels, so I’ll see if I can drop off the rims while they’re off the bike. I’m curious to see just how magical a transformation that can be, and what it costs.
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| The partially stripped Concours. It made me wonder what a stipped Connie would look like… pretty fantastic as it happens: |
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| Strange that I’ve been through the Yamaha’s carbs in detail, but never the Connies… |
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| With her skirts off, the Concours still looks good for a 21 year old motorbike that spent too much time outside. A drop of coolant on the back of the block has me in full suspicion mode – I’m hoping it’s a bit of overflow splash, but mechanic’s skepticism tells me it’ll be a leaking water jacked and a lot of gasket work – the coolant reservoir isn’t low… |
