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New guy from Canada
J6G1Z:
Good for you! You're making better progress than I am.
You are going to really enjoy your bike & it sounds like it will be ready just in time for riding season, depending upon where you live.
Good luck
J.
Jake2345:
Paid for the bikes work today. Hopefully will see it at some point this week, have another welder who will help me out with the header....then I have to fix the gauges and get a front tire, and get the carb ready then boom ready for the road!
I'm pretty much into riding season now...however...it just started raining....lovely vancouver island...
J6G1Z:
Hey Jacob,
Sounds like you're getting it done. Your weather sounds the same as mine. I'm near Portland, Or. & yesterday was a 50/50 day of light to heavy rain... then sunshine... then repeat. It will do this off & on until after the 4th. of July.
Here is a site that you should take a look at: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/honda-ascot/files
It is the "FILES" section of the Yahoo FT500 Ascot Owners Group. There are several technical articles on there to read up on. Sometimes I have problems with getting some of the FILES to open. Often using the right click on the mouse & manually selecting the open feature from the drop down menu will open the link. There is one article on the FT500 exhaust system that explains the dual wall tubing that the headers are constructed out of. If you have a hole in one of the header pipes, it could be in a location where there is actually one tube inside the outer tube. Just a piece of information that you will want to share with your welder.
If your budget allows it, you might want to pick up one of the performance header systems from ThumperStuff out of Washington state. You will also need to decide upon a muffler & pick that up also.
When it comes to tires... I really like the Avon Road Riders. I just bought a pair from Amazon.com for a bit less than $200 with free shipping. One of the forum members just bought a pair of the newly redesigned Conti-Motion tires & he's really pleased with those tires. Of course there is the old standby, the Bridgestone BT45's. I've heard reports that they can be slippery when wet though. I have a set of BT45's on my VT Ascot & have yet to find their limits.
What's going on with your guages?
Good luck
J.
Jake2345:
Ok thank you! that helps me out a fair bit! My guages are siezed....or well not working...not sure if it just needs a bit of lube in the gears or what not, but pretty much now, I have two brand new cables, one for the the speedo and tach and well it doesn't work...so my dads friend and I are going to take them apart and see if we can't fix that and lube it up a bit...as for the headers, i'm just going to patch weld it for now, save up and buy another set down the road. I don't have the time o money to really wait around anymore. I got an idea on a muffler, a reverse megaphone style muffler, my dad has them on his triumph and it sounds beastly and well they are a decent size(17cm) so I'm gonna get one I think!
Jake2345:
So here is the update. Head pipe has been fixed, they are getting me a muffler, or something that will work, and they are also going to be replacing my front tire. Things that are left after that, which I'm going to do are my gauges and and oil change. Down the road I'm going to be putting on cafe racer style handle bars and changing the front light out from the square one to a round one.
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