I am not really sure of the hours i spent in the conversion because i am not real fast at it.
Inexperience, would count as a factor because this was my first conversion, so i double checked most every thing i did. Also dealing with congestive heart problems and C.O.P.D slowed me down out of necessity. Danged Doctors just won't let me alone, However they did encourage me!
For the front drive gear pulley change out i spent about 4 days. Of course there are always parts issues as my bike is 24 yrs old.
For the front end i spent over a week, because my bike was so complicated to get at the triple trees and then reassemble it.
I know i spent a week on the rear end assembly, I learned that some parts you have to tickle together. I did have to do a little trimming on the body and champions pipes and mufflers were not a direct marry with my original header pipes despite what i was told.
Some one with a newer model would have no trouble i believe.
Once in a while the instructions would contradict them selves and i would wind up undoing something i had just completed to perform a step or two later in the instructions.
Read ahead of the present task and try to for see problems?
Never have the bikes original motor manual further away than arms length.
Check out my photo shots because some tools are indispensable.
I have drawings of how i removed the bottom neck bearing race, and i designed my own way to incorporate the air anti-dive system on the front end and i can tell you how to be able keep the newer bikes air over hydraulic front end.
I am smart enough to figure that out. but am too dumb to learn how to post it to my photobucket or this forum so you will have to shoot me an email at- pcombe@bresnan.net to see them!
I am told that many installers just eliminate that feature?
That's the nice thing about doing it myself.
I control quality and i don't necessarily give a damn what most installers do?
When they call some things good enough, I don't have to accept that as gospel.
