I am going to ravage my FZ. It will be taken apart to the point where it is in pieces all over the place, including the engine. I want to take it apart, then try to put it back together again, fixing and upgrading a handful of bits here and there.
Why?
Because I need to learn and this is the best way. It will be winter and my garage will be my workspace fully dedicated to this. I will not finish this until sometime late in summer in 2011 as a projected date but might take even longer (till the year after!).
In the meantime I will be picking up another machine.
But my reason for posting this thread is I need to know what to buy to do this.
I have the basic hand tools. But:
1) How will I effectively elevate the bike in various ways to make this do-able? Lifting front? Rear? whole bike? I need to lift it in a very secure way for each. No messing about. No risk of dropping. Weeks will go by sometimes where I don't work on it.
2) What about taking the engine out? What do I need to do that?
3) What about taking tires off the wheels?
4) What about disassembling all the rest of the stuff? Basic hand tools will be enough? (i.e. wrenches/etc )
Thanks!
This has been something I've wanted to do for a long time. Now I have an excuse to do it, and can afford to pick up a second bike to get me around for next season. In the meantime it's winter anyway.
I will try to keep the budget down for now by starting small. The major stuff I will buy sometime next year. I just need to figure out a budget and before I can do that I need to figure out what I will need to buy.
Later all.
Why?
Because I need to learn and this is the best way. It will be winter and my garage will be my workspace fully dedicated to this. I will not finish this until sometime late in summer in 2011 as a projected date but might take even longer (till the year after!).
In the meantime I will be picking up another machine.
But my reason for posting this thread is I need to know what to buy to do this.
I have the basic hand tools. But:
1) How will I effectively elevate the bike in various ways to make this do-able? Lifting front? Rear? whole bike? I need to lift it in a very secure way for each. No messing about. No risk of dropping. Weeks will go by sometimes where I don't work on it.
2) What about taking the engine out? What do I need to do that?
3) What about taking tires off the wheels?
4) What about disassembling all the rest of the stuff? Basic hand tools will be enough? (i.e. wrenches/etc )
Thanks!
This has been something I've wanted to do for a long time. Now I have an excuse to do it, and can afford to pick up a second bike to get me around for next season. In the meantime it's winter anyway.
I will try to keep the budget down for now by starting small. The major stuff I will buy sometime next year. I just need to figure out a budget and before I can do that I need to figure out what I will need to buy.
Later all.