Hello everyone.
I'm Pat.
I'm from Montreal, my bike history goes R80/7, Guzzi V11, Tiger 955, Tiger 800, 450exc-f, Guzzi V85TT, and now I just sort of inherited a 2002 C10 with 35000miles on it from my aging in-law who hasn't been able to ride for a few years.
It's been sitting outside a while and it needs A LOT of love.
As in, brakes, bearings, fork seals, carb rebuild, clutch cylinder, rear shock, paint over some corrosion, rear shock, liquids etc. and a few ods and ends.
The good news is the engine got a full rebuild about 10 years ago, barely ran after that, and even after sitting years and with 5 year old gas in the tank... She started right up...
What follows will probably sound sacrilegious to some... But I already have a touring bike and I always wanted to try my hand at a cafe type thing build... So I decided a relatively free bike would do as a platform. She needs a lot of maintenance parts, but nothing too major. It's not the best and easiest platform to work with, but I know that engine is pretty sweet.
Today I took all the fairings off, removed the tank, carbs and air box etc. She nekkid now.
I ordered a bunch of parts but found I have a few more to order (those fork seals are CRUNCHY!)
So I figured the best place to get info and help when it's time to put her back together would be a good forum like this one, so here I am.
PS: She was the silver kind, and I'll have a bunch of fairly well preserved plastics to give away I reckon. So hit me up if maybe you desperately need some.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I'm Pat.
I'm from Montreal, my bike history goes R80/7, Guzzi V11, Tiger 955, Tiger 800, 450exc-f, Guzzi V85TT, and now I just sort of inherited a 2002 C10 with 35000miles on it from my aging in-law who hasn't been able to ride for a few years.
It's been sitting outside a while and it needs A LOT of love.
As in, brakes, bearings, fork seals, carb rebuild, clutch cylinder, rear shock, paint over some corrosion, rear shock, liquids etc. and a few ods and ends.
The good news is the engine got a full rebuild about 10 years ago, barely ran after that, and even after sitting years and with 5 year old gas in the tank... She started right up...
What follows will probably sound sacrilegious to some... But I already have a touring bike and I always wanted to try my hand at a cafe type thing build... So I decided a relatively free bike would do as a platform. She needs a lot of maintenance parts, but nothing too major. It's not the best and easiest platform to work with, but I know that engine is pretty sweet.
Today I took all the fairings off, removed the tank, carbs and air box etc. She nekkid now.
I ordered a bunch of parts but found I have a few more to order (those fork seals are CRUNCHY!)
So I figured the best place to get info and help when it's time to put her back together would be a good forum like this one, so here I am.
PS: She was the silver kind, and I'll have a bunch of fairly well preserved plastics to give away I reckon. So hit me up if maybe you desperately need some.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
