First Generation Ascots > The Thumper Years: Stock To Lightly Modified

winter progress

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WTF304:
Once i get all the parts on, and the ones on order in which should middle of this week I'll get some other pics up. Sorry about the mess in the background, between my 3 bikes and my buddy's quad i don't have much room with that and all my other stuff. And I'll have to get my go pro charged up for a short video, upload to my YouTube and post a link.

J6G1Z:
Nice looking bars. They look comfortable. I like the Honda CR bend bars.

If you plan on doing any touring or long road runs, you might want to instal a "Vista-Cruise" throttle lock while you're at it. I have had a few on bikes over the years & it is such a relief to my right hand after a while. They release real easy with just a nudge of the lever, or you can overpower it with your throttle hand if needed.


J.

wrk2ride_ride2wrk:
Cheers, I'm thinking about differnt bars now. Nice mods

WTF304:
Thanks, the vapor gauge was installed by the PO as the speedo didn't function properly. I inspected the speedo and there was a part inside that was faulty, the vapor gives it a small modern touch but the indicators were not put on and hooked up. With the shop manual provided by him upon purchasing the bike, i went to the wiring diagrams, changed only two connector ends to except more bullet style plugs and some soldering it became plug and play with no cutting of the original harness. Neutral doesn't light up and he did a messy number with silicone on new gaskets to the stator cover wich i am undoubtedly sure the tab which the saftey switch is either broken/missing or out of shape is the cause. The RPM's reading was jumpy so i undone the ugly coiling of wire on the plug wire side and re-directed it to the coil power plug and it read properly.

My first choice of bars were satin black CRF bars and far too tall for the controls. I brought them back to exchange the bars for something that fit better. Mavrix Motorsports, a women at the parts counter helped me pick out a different set and i am pleased with the help she gave me. The parts manager, Shawn had previously set me up with the grips and the bar ends. I kept getting asked if i was doing a cafe bike and when i told him i wasn't and it's going on an FT and that i was looking to keep mostly an original look but getting it ready for the season he thought it was cool. They had an FT they were doing for a customer and one of the guys owns a VT. He's doing a CB750 of his own so it was good i was dealing with somebody with similar interests of older Honda's.

WTF304:
So i got my clutch back together and the side cover back on, clutch feels good and all brand new. The thing that really made my day was that emgo muffler, it's looks amazing. Never had to remove and discard the peg either, plenty of clearance, can't wait to hear it once I'm all done. I'll post a pic of how i set it up so you guys can see and not have to worry about your passenger peg.

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