TC90 Blazer part 4

After cleaning all of the fork parts I put them back together using All Balls seals and dust wipers. While not listed for the TC90, the kit is part # 56-105 and is used on many older bikes with 30mm forks and fit perfect. This bike uses the old type forks with steel lowers and a screw on seal holder. A Craftsman strap wrench works great for these.


Here is the front brake plate.

Here it is cleaned up and disassembled. Both brake plates had peeling paint.

I stripped the paint and cleaned up the aluminum.

The hubs on the bike have a factory paint also, but no peeling, and cleaned up nicely.

The tires are Inoue (IRC) Scramble, and in great shape. It uses a 2.75-18 on the front and 3.00-18 rear.

The front tire has a date code of 191 and the rear is 201, so the 19th and 20th week of a year ending in 1. The bike has a 6/71 build date, so these are most likely the originals. For a road bike I'd never use 40 year old tires, but they should work for a play/trail bike.

The wheels ready to go.

And it's a roller! With the very low miles, and generally nice shape of the bike, I ended up having to spend very little money on the chassis, and now time to get going on the engine work.

750 SFC

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F750

http://ameblo.jp/ducati750/

SR500

http://beone-racing.com/

TC90 Blazer part 3

Continuing on the just-for-fun TC90, we had some decent weather this week, and I took advantage of it to get much of the chassis done. The engine work I can do in my basement shop, so will be better left for when the weather turns colder.



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I'm using this Valspar paint for the bike. Seems like good stuff so far.

Always save old pie pans. Great for cleaning small parts, and keeps them from rolling all over the place.

The steering balls and races were all good, so just a cleaning and grease.

Some of the parts are in super nice shape, like the aluminum top fork clamp. The original paint still looks great.

Getting it back together.

I disassembled the forks to see if I'd need anything other than seals and dust boots, and all looks good other than some minor pitting on the tubes, but they should be good enough. I'll try to get them cleaned and reassembled this week.

RZ250

http://www.bikebros.co.jp/vb/sports/spc/