First CT70 Build...humble beginings

[geek777]

Made some minor progress this evening. Got the VIN off and it's no worse for the wear. Wasn't as bad as I was prepared for but better to be overly cautious I guess. Here are a couple of pics. Nothing exciting, but I'm glad it's done.

Before:


Taped off:


The beginning...using slow speed and one hand to steady the other


Checking progress.


Once head is ground down, took a small center punch and a small hammer and made a pilot indentation for the small drill bit.



Here is a pic of the bit I used.


Using a sharp bit and going very carefully, took less than 5 mins per rivet.



Using a heat gun as you all have nentioned, heated the inside of the neck and on lower setting the plate itself.


Using dental Floss and a slow back and forth motion, the plate came off easily.



Another shot, with the plate off,

 

[OLD CT]

4 out of 5 dentists recommend flossing your VIN off after every meal! Sorry,i had too! LOL!
Paint sure is nice and deep under there. Good contrast picture!

 

[cjpayne]

4 out of 5 dentists recommend flossing your VIN off after every meal! Sorry,i had too! LOL!
Paint sure is nice and deep under there. Good contrast picture!

LOL OLD CT. I always wondered what the 1 of the 5 dentists/doctors knew what the others didn't.lol

 

[scooter]

I also take a small aluminum plate and drill a hole in it the same size as the head of the vin tag pin. I sit the plate over the vin tag and position it so the head of the pin is in the hole. I use this setup to spot the center of the pin using the same drill. Once I have a good center easy to drill with the 1/16 bit. If you don't have a good center pilot the bit will walk and you might nick the vin tag.


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[geek777]

Color has been decided. The decision was between Emerald Green, Ruby Red and Blue-Green. One boy typically only likes red, the other blue-green or green. We got it down to blue-green and red...In the end, we flipped a coin...It didn't matter to me (like all three colors!) but wanted them to pick something other than the original candy gold Candy Ruby Red it shall be.

Got the bearing cups pounded out, both sets of forks and both swing arms ready to go to paint...the un-tweaked forks have a missing reflector bracket to be welded on and slightly rougher headlight ears, but was thinking with a little heat and a persuading pry bar, the tweaked forks could be straightened back out. Swing arms are both mostly ok, but i question the shock mounts on one and adjusters on the other. Figured we'd discuss and go over which bits had the most promise and then go from there.

Also pulled out the speedo from the mangled bucket...broke the top retaining clip Speedo seems to work, but the housing is pretty rough, the faceplate needs to be overlaid as it's pretty dang grey looking. The bezel is a completed PITA to remove....I wouldn't have touched it I had known just how big a hassle it was.

 

[kirrbby]

Candy ruby red is a good choice. It's one of the correct colors for a K0 ct70 and definitely a crowd pleaser. If your painter is not versed in painting that color you might do well to buy the $35 CRR Honda headlight bucket from CHP. He could use it as a color sample and then you can use it on your bike.