It's looks like you know what you are doing. I used to work on my own Bikes but i have knee and back problems from age i guess i am almost 62yrs old . I have had Bikes almost all my adult life. Good Job . Good luck from Tennessee.
Hey thanks, I am getting there, end of season for me now, bikes are in Storage just got the V65 still out, was hoping for a nice weekend to do the clutch - but it can wait, thanks glad you enjoyed it
I'm gonna have say that I'm LOVING your videos and what you've done myself! I'm kind of bumming out as on my 84 Shadow I've added an aftermarket 7" LED Day-Maker Headlight from the standard 6.5" OEM headlight. The bummer is this new light mounts to the forks in a way that I had to customize somewhat so getting the front forks off mine is a tad more involved now which I'm going to do soon enough! Luckily my forks are not leaking at all but I feel I must do it soon! Laughingly I just got to the part in your video where magically the seals threw themselves into your bike haha! I can see how @Johnson0781 got a little bunched about that now hehe...all laughs aside I do recall 3 decades ago changing my seals in the day when we had no resources to things other than a manual and I did it so I'm sure we can muster along with at least a bit of video found here and there! Man I want to go riding along side you and your restored Magna, I'll take ya up on the "getting lost tour 2024" where we just roll down some lost highway till we end up pitching tents! I did take my 84 Shadow on a BIG TOUR to the USA recently btw and the ole bike purred for 1000's of km's with the new breeds no problems! LOL @ 25:33 🤣😋 I surely was LISTENING! LOL....ROLL ON!
I know that feeling, my V45 Magna is a little Frankenstein, V65 fuel tank, no easy parts swapping when you start making changes. I am getting closer to trusting the V65, engine gets better every time I ride it, then I am definitely ditching the mobile phone, filling the tank and waving bye bye, either Scotland or Cornwall here I come
I feel your pain. I have a Kawasaki frame with good papers and a whole bike with no papers that I am planning to turn into a operating motorcycle again. 74 KZ 400.
I was going to split a cam chain and use a master link, but as the big ends are gone, I will split the motor and do it right, but am not in a rush to start that until I build a workshop :)
One thing I can't stand is , The Reason I am Watching is wanting To see how you put things back in order , but skip parts of video, for i wanting too Get Educated by watching ,so i can learn ..... That Ticks me off . waste of my time . Sorry
Apologies, it was so hot my camera kept switching itself off, 3 or 4 times I thought it was running but wasnt - I am not a professional here, learning myself, dont like letting you guys down
@@chrisrichardson7217 Yeh, I dont get offended, I like to think people may get some useful tips, last thing I want to do is waste peoples time. I started doing this for myself, videoing bits I was doing so I knew how stuff went back together, I never expected subscribers, really happy with the few hundred I have, that makes it worth spending a few hours editing each video and uploading, re-editing to add music etc etc, new camera, start of this I had only the rear mic on so it sounds muffled, I am learning every time I turn the camera on
It's looks like you know what you are doing. I used to work on my own Bikes but i have knee and back problems from age i guess i am almost 62yrs old . I have had Bikes almost all my adult life.
Good Job .
Good luck from Tennessee.
Hey thanks, I am getting there, end of season for me now, bikes are in Storage just got the V65 still out, was hoping for a nice weekend to do the clutch - but it can wait, thanks glad you enjoyed it
I'm gonna have say that I'm LOVING your videos and what you've done myself! I'm kind of bumming out as on my 84 Shadow I've added an aftermarket 7" LED Day-Maker Headlight from the standard 6.5" OEM headlight. The bummer is this new light mounts to the forks in a way that I had to customize somewhat so getting the front forks off mine is a tad more involved now which I'm going to do soon enough! Luckily my forks are not leaking at all but I feel I must do it soon!
Laughingly I just got to the part in your video where magically the seals threw themselves into your bike haha! I can see how @Johnson0781 got a little bunched about that now hehe...all laughs aside I do recall 3 decades ago changing my seals in the day when we had no resources to things other than a manual and I did it so I'm sure we can muster along with at least a bit of video found here and there!
Man I want to go riding along side you and your restored Magna, I'll take ya up on the "getting lost tour 2024" where we just roll down some lost highway till we end up pitching tents! I did take my 84 Shadow on a BIG TOUR to the USA recently btw and the ole bike purred for 1000's of km's with the new breeds no problems!
LOL @ 25:33 🤣😋 I surely was LISTENING! LOL....ROLL ON!
I know that feeling, my V45 Magna is a little Frankenstein, V65 fuel tank, no easy parts swapping when you start making changes. I am getting closer to trusting the V65, engine gets better every time I ride it, then I am definitely ditching the mobile phone, filling the tank and waving bye bye, either Scotland or Cornwall here I come
@@ThatOldHonda Please allow me to come with you... I'd be so into this road trip.
I feel your pain. I have a Kawasaki frame with good papers and a whole bike with no papers that I am planning to turn into a operating motorcycle again. 74 KZ 400.
love the v65, thanks for saving that one. will you do the cam chain on your other motor?
I was going to split a cam chain and use a master link, but as the big ends are gone, I will split the motor and do it right, but am not in a rush to start that until I build a workshop :)
Nice find, They got good power, Make a bobber out of it to lose weight
I did consider doing this at one point, but I like the look of the original bike
One thing I can't stand is , The Reason I am Watching is wanting To see how you put things back in order , but skip parts of video, for i wanting too Get Educated by watching ,so i can learn ..... That Ticks me off . waste of my time . Sorry
Apologies, it was so hot my camera kept switching itself off, 3 or 4 times I thought it was running but wasnt - I am not a professional here, learning myself, dont like letting you guys down
I’d say take it as constructive criticism even though it wasn’t completely framed that way. There is a lot to learn in this TH-cam business
@@chrisrichardson7217 Yeh, I dont get offended, I like to think people may get some useful tips, last thing I want to do is waste peoples time. I started doing this for myself, videoing bits I was doing so I knew how stuff went back together, I never expected subscribers, really happy with the few hundred I have, that makes it worth spending a few hours editing each video and uploading, re-editing to add music etc etc, new camera, start of this I had only the rear mic on so it sounds muffled, I am learning every time I turn the camera on