BEHOLD! Another V-Twin Major Rebuild... I give you... Project Pegasus...

OneSickPsycho · 03-16-2008, 10:59 PM

I started in on my bike today... As you may or may not know I crashed my bike back in September. I never fixed it really, just replaced the parts necessary to make it go and kept on riding it. It's currently not really registered anywhere making it immediate impound bait if I ever get pulled over. With the Cali trip coming up, I had to get my ass in gear to get this thing rolling.

Pegasus - (Greek: Πήγασος, PÃ©gasos, 'strong') was a winged horse that was the son of Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and the Gorgon Medusa. Also synonymous with Buell Motorcycles.

One of the first things I wanted to do was paint the fairing mount thingy... It's goldish whatever and I think it would look killer the same color as the frame... You can see it here in this old ass pic:

Taking it off was easy enough, until I got to the ignition key thingy... Of course it take special torx bits with a hole in the middle... So I busted out the drill and drilled those bitches down...

Off!

Next thing was to remove the bars... The throttle side was really easy, but the clutch side not so much... They used the worlds strongest glue on that shit and it took me, no lie, like 20 minutes to get the fucking grip off... As you can see, there's a bunch of rubber left stuck on there from where I dug a screwdriver up in there (and through the grip and into my hand of course!)

Bars off!

So, you might think I pissed myself a little right here, but that's not the case at all. I did like 200 miles on Christmas day and got caught in a torrential downpour... Sure enough, there was water STILL in my bars!

Next thing was to remove the frame pucks... After fucking with the grip for so long I was not real enthused about tackling this one... It started coming off real easy, then RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP! The fucking thing fell apart in my hand... I started to peal more off and the styrofoam kept breaking off, so I figured this was a job for another day (when I have more patience)...

From there I wanted to pull the muffler off so I can send it to Special-Ops (a dude who hacks Buell pipes)... The chin fairing came off real easy... and I recognized that I was missing a couple mounting screws... I've heard of these falling out on their own before...

Muffler removal was next on the list... man what a pain in the ass that shit was... The bolts are hard to get to and I didn't have a deep well socket like I needed, but eventually... 3 beers, many a thrown wrench, and lots of cursing later... I had it...

Not too bad for a days work...

My music selection for today was a blend of Snot, Slipknot, White Zombie, Tool, and capped things off with Sublime. Beer sponsor was Red Hook Longhammer IPA.

03-16-2008, 10:59 PM	#1
OneSickPsycho Ride Like an Asshole Join Date: Feb 2008 Moto: nothing... Posts: 11,254	BEHOLD! Another V-Twin Major Rebuild... I give you... Project Pegasus... I started in on my bike today... As you may or may not know I crashed my bike back in September. I never fixed it really, just replaced the parts necessary to make it go and kept on riding it. It's currently not really registered anywhere making it immediate impound bait if I ever get pulled over. With the Cali trip coming up, I had to get my ass in gear to get this thing rolling. Pegasus - (Greek: Πήγασος, PÃ©gasos, 'strong') was a winged horse that was the son of Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and the Gorgon Medusa. Also synonymous with Buell Motorcycles. One of the first things I wanted to do was paint the fairing mount thingy... It's goldish whatever and I think it would look killer the same color as the frame... You can see it here in this old ass pic: Taking it off was easy enough, until I got to the ignition key thingy... Of course it take special torx bits with a hole in the middle... So I busted out the drill and drilled those bitches down... Off! Next thing was to remove the bars... The throttle side was really easy, but the clutch side not so much... They used the worlds strongest glue on that shit and it took me, no lie, like 20 minutes to get the fucking grip off... As you can see, there's a bunch of rubber left stuck on there from where I dug a screwdriver up in there (and through the grip and into my hand of course!) Bars off! So, you might think I pissed myself a little right here, but that's not the case at all. I did like 200 miles on Christmas day and got caught in a torrential downpour... Sure enough, there was water STILL in my bars! Next thing was to remove the frame pucks... After fucking with the grip for so long I was not real enthused about tackling this one... It started coming off real easy, then RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP! The fucking thing fell apart in my hand... I started to peal more off and the styrofoam kept breaking off, so I figured this was a job for another day (when I have more patience)... From there I wanted to pull the muffler off so I can send it to Special-Ops (a dude who hacks Buell pipes)... The chin fairing came off real easy... and I recognized that I was missing a couple mounting screws... I've heard of these falling out on their own before... Muffler removal was next on the list... man what a pain in the ass that shit was... The bolts are hard to get to and I didn't have a deep well socket like I needed, but eventually... 3 beers, many a thrown wrench, and lots of cursing later... I had it... Not too bad for a days work... My music selection for today was a blend of Snot, Slipknot, White Zombie, Tool, and capped things off with Sublime. Beer sponsor was Red Hook Longhammer IPA.