Honda 600RR rebuild - Day 3

Took everything off the bike expect for forks, frame, and swing arm. Positioned the new motor to mount while using wood underneath to protect the engine in case I drop it. I had a friend help me try to prop the motor up to the mount points so I can bolt it on, but it proved to be difficult.

Then I get the bright idea of dropping the frame onto the engine and bolt it on directly on the floor. Worked perfect. Had it bolted on in 15 mins. I was missing a few bolts and spacers so I ordered a whole bolt & nut set from a supplier for 45 bucks shipped. Included every bolt, nut, spacer, axle, even the tool kit, horn, and misc stuff in the deal.

Right after this is when cops seized the gixxer and had absolutely the worst day in my life. After that the cops took the bike away, I was pissed as hell so I tried to cool down and started walking. Next thing I know I walked 15 miles in the middle of the night and ended up at a friends apartment and got drunk. I didn't work on the RR project for months.

Then in the summer I was dealing with the legal issues, which cost me even more money and grief, and in after the 1st court date, they ruled some bs crap and I got it continued. Then I blasted out of the court room, again pissed off and walked some 10 miles that day again. When I started to run, my right knee kept giving out so the next day I went to the doctor and got an MRI. Then I found out I had a torn ACL, actually I had no ACL because the ligament was dead and my body dissolved it.

So I got knee surgery on both knees in August, which happened to be 4 days before my next court date. All pissed off again, I decided (stupidly) to go in person and tried to get it dropped (had my parents with me) as I was recovering; still on crutches and all hyped up on oxycodone. We get to the court house and found out my parents hired a lawyer against my wishes (which actually was a good thing) and ended up getting it dropped. But only after I went through lots of pain and waiting at the court house for over 4 hours in my condition.

And the worst part was that because I had knee surgery, I couldn't bend my legs and couldn't sit down. I remained standing using my crutches for most of the time until some helpful police officers noticed me and helped me lay down in the adjacent empty court room. Cops are the nicest; down to earth people, but DMV and the court system can go fuck themselves in the ass.

Honda 600RR rebuild - Day 2

My new engine came in this day so I took a stab at taking the old motor out. The shop forgot to send the headers, airbox and master cylinder, but I didn't need them at the time. And the actual motor was freighted by fedex, which seemed to have lost my engine for a week... Was shipped from VA and they ended up found it some where in KY... Beats the hell how they screw that up. At least I got it.

After an hour of playing foreplay with the bike and engine, getting all damn dirty from the freaking chain lub, I finally got the engine out of the frame with a few car jacks, cinder blocks, and various sizes of wood (and me guns too!). It wasn't too bad, half the time I was trying to figure out how to get it out of the frame. I was going to get an engine hoist to get the engine off, but after weighing the new engine that I got, it turned out to only be 65 pounds (woot, I'm strong enough to move it! I'm only 125)

Dropped the old engine. Used 2x12's on the floor to slowly drop the engine to the floor. Worked well. Didn't want to crack the block anymore even though it didn't matter...

new engine and parts

Honda 600RR rebuild - Day 1

So about this time, I found a new 05 600rr engine for 1200 shipped from a shop in VA. They even threw in a free master cylinder.Disassembling the bike. Took the rear rim off and propped the bike up using 2x12's, concrete blocks, and a car jack. I have stands but the were being used on the r6.

To my surprise, the swingarm pivot axle goes through the engine block... Never noticed it before so I had to put some car jacks right under the frame to keep it up.

I had a tough time to get the chain off but I was able to after visiting the local hardware store and picked up a few new toys. You can clearly see the cracked engine block, missing cover & stator, as well as the dented stator basket.

new toy. 26 gallon air compressor.