{"id":3720,"date":"2011-01-18T15:12:01","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T20:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/?p=3720"},"modified":"2012-09-02T15:15:13","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T20:15:13","slug":"mlk-jr-day-weekend-motorcycle-teardown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinonthetank.com\/2011\/01\/mlk-jr-day-weekend-motorcycle-teardown\/","title":{"rendered":"MLK Jr. Day Weekend Motorcycle Teardown"},"content":{"rendered":"
I took off work and spent 4 days in the “Jankyington” garage. We burned enough wood to build a house in Kensington, which is to say, a fair amount of wood. Together with the Yerkes brothers, a lifetime supply of Sly Fox and a killer high from aircraft stripper, we had a Martin Luther King Jr. Day Weekend no one would ever forget.<\/p>\n
I began tearing down the top-end of my 500 with the help of a Clymer book. Essentially I’m doing the same rebuild Ed did with the 650, so I’ll hold off on the details during this stage. I’m taking it to the same machine shop, Mar Automotive, when the rebuild kit comes in.<\/p>\n
Ricky and Dana gutted the engine from the Baja 350 project.<\/p>\n
On day 2 I bought a bench grinder for the shop, so as we tore parts off, everything got a wire-wheel treatment and high-gloss polish. This was quite possibly the best investment I’ve ever made.<\/p>\n