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The nice thing this guy has, is a guide for the drill. I don't have a way to fit a guide in there. Maybe if I drill/dremel the head off and then make one from something that fits that recess perfectly.

I had a realization last night prompted by some posts here. I hadn't pulled the other fasteners free so I didn't know the fastener wasn't threaded all the way through. I'd been spraying penetrating oil from the top of the fastener, but that would require the oil to work its way under the head...

I've been busy since my last post trying this and that, but sad to say, no better off. I was able to cut a slot using a few burrs from my set. @GreyGhost is right, nearly impossible to do without nicking the surrounds, but that's fine. My bike has enough nicks already. Set it with more...

Just checked the assortment of discs I have. Smallest one is too big to get in there. I guess I could cut it smaller?

Looks like I'm shopping for tools. Looking now for a hand impact. I had a Vessel but I lost it last year. Grr. I have a crappy rotary tool and this set of accessories but have no idea what I ought to be using here. I see some burrs but as with all things Mastercraft, not sure how good they...

Thanks @Relax - where are you located?

What about JB Welding a hex key in there and then trying it after it’s cured? Just worried how much more I can mess it up.

So was taking off the front wheel on my bike. The hex recess on one of the pinch bolts was rounded on the inside - not my doing. What was my doing : I tried using a bolt extractor after soaking it in penetrating oil and heating a bit. Yup, the worst happened and the extractor itself snapped...

First visit there a few years ago - the salesperson there was very helpful, and prices were competitive. I expected them to be a go-to place for me. One day I went in looking for something, they ordered it for me and gave me an ETA. They kept saying it was coming in "soon" and giving me ETAs...

I love GP, and I have been known to price match. But I’m usually inclined to give my business to the place that offers the lower price from the get-go, over the place that will make me jump through hoops to get the same price. Now if we’re talking big box stores like CT or HD, I have no...

The primary business of car and motorcycle dealerships is not selling vehicles. They make money by selling service, upselling high-margin products like rustproofing and extended warranties, making money from financing, and making money selling trade-ins purchased at low cost. It's not...

Thanks @Mad Mike . I didn’t spend much time on the starting issue. TBH I spent more time trying to figure out how to connect a battery- the leads were so dang short and they were reversed from where their terminals are on the battery I tried. I ended up having to connect leads and battery...

Fuel tank was in way worse shape than I had thought. I had peeked at it when I got it, and it didn't look bad. There was fuel in it, but seller had mentioned guys had tried to get it started so I was hopeful that was it. Filler cap is not sealing. Looks like it's stock, so not sure what's...

Not really - if that's all I could do, I would do it. I never owned one or even rode one - my parents wouldn't let me near a (road) bike - but I knew it was considered perhaps the best handling road bike you could buy. People waxed lyrical about it in its day. This was written by someone...

Thanks ! I saw this bike listed recently, I am pretty sure. I guess he decided to either part it out or he bought it to part out.

thanks for the reminder about JIS- I had a nice set of Vessel screwdrivers but they burned up on me. Still have a set of JIS bits somewhere. In my excitement I was liable to just go off and round off my screws!

Thanks @Mad Mike ! When I did the carbs on my 87 CBR600, all the orings tore or crumbled apart when I took it apart, but I will check out condition first. For some reason I have read rebuild kits are hard to find for this bike compared to others of similar vintage. I assume that’s because they...

I did not. That was the big missing piece identified in the listing, if you don’t include all the mismatched plastics that is…

Drove about 10 hours total to bring the bike home. Talked to the seller, his family and his buddies for a few hours, and felt like I made some new friends. After I paid him, the seller ended up insisting on me taking back $100. I didn't try to bargain down at all because I really, really...

I did use some inside calipers to take dimensions. I stuck toothpicks into the recesses and marked them to get estimates of depths. I also tried pushing play dough into the recess to make a mold to take dimensions from. But after pulling them out the molds weren't very crisp and didn't...