Jetflow for Johnny - Finishing up!

[SkyknightJohn]

Hmmm, I dunno. If you look close at the bottom one you can see bits of red along the edges and around the letters. But you may be right, two halves brought together to make a whole. Either way, they work together and I will breathe into them new life.

 

[OddJob]

As they used to say on the outro from the Batman TV series...."Don't touch that dial!"

This has a winner look already!

 

[SkyknightJohn]

Last night’s storm has the power out, so Instead of working in the garage on Class 2 I took the Komet hub outside for a disassembly, clean & lube.

Thanks to @Wildcat for posting the tutorial from @udallcustombikes.

Seems my extra spokes are all the wrong size, but I have a spare wheel I might be able to use.

 

[OddJob]

Hope you survived the storm alright, John. Looked from the national weather forecast like it might be a nasty one.

@handyandy1100 and @Captain Awesome , you guys suffer any outages / damage?

 

[Captain Awesome]

Hope you survived the storm alright, John. Looked from the national weather forecast like it might be a nasty one.

@handyandy1100 and @Captain Awesome , you guys suffer any outages / damage?

Nothing here

 

[SkyknightJohn]

All good They got the power back around noon. There were a few thousand outages across Charlotte. Probably mostly downed limbs or blown transformers or breakers. Was a lot of lightning with that one.

We were like, “what do we do without power?”
… “knit, play music, read, work on bikes, play with the dog, go for a walk, you know, all our normal stuff.”
… “but no hot coffee!”
… “no love, no hot coffee.”

It was TERRIFYING!

‘Course, the phones were charged and the cell system worked, so normal internet access.

 

[ingola]

All good They got the power back around noon. There were a few thousand outages across Charlotte. Probably mostly downed limbs or blown transformers or breakers. Was a lot of lightning with that one.

We were like, “what do we do without power?”
… “knit, play music, read, work on bikes, play with the dog, go for a walk, you know, all our normal stuff.”
… “but no hot coffee!”
… “no love, no hot coffee.”

It was TERRIFYING!

‘Course, the phones were charged and the cell system worked, so normal internet access.

NO HOT COFFEE!!!!!! That would be TERRIFYING
Would not happen here Tim Hortons runs without electricity.

 

[Wildcat]

All good They got the power back around noon. There were a few thousand outages across Charlotte. Probably mostly downed limbs or blown transformers or breakers. Was a lot of lightning with that one.

We were like, “what do we do without power?”
… “knit, play music, read, work on bikes, play with the dog, go for a walk, you know, all our normal stuff.”
… “but no hot coffee!”
… “no love, no hot coffee.”

It was TERRIFYING!

‘Course, the phones were charged and the cell system worked, so normal internet access.

No coffee? We keep a propane range in the dirty kitchen along with one of those Korean tabletop stoves as back up. I had a Colman camp stove with little green propane bottles that worked best as a backup.

 

[SkyknightJohn]

No coffee? We keep a propane range in the dirty kitchen along with one of those Korean tabletop stoves as back up. I had a Colman camp stove with little green propane bottles that worked best as a backup.
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We have a Coleman, but haven’t used it in a few years, and the pump for the fuel broke a little plastic piece.

I made do with cold brew with the camp pour-over maker. Already ordered the replacement pump, and we’re considering other backup options.

All-in-all not dramatic. I mean, I went to the internet to complain about not having hot coffee without leaving the house… and I could have left the house. I’m lucky that was the worst thing to happen to me and mine today.

 

[handyandy1100]

Hope you survived the storm alright, John. Looked from the national weather forecast like it might be a nasty one.

@handyandy1100 and @Captain Awesome , you guys suffer any outages / damage?

There was a storm? Must have slept through it. All is well at our place.

 

[SkyknightJohn]

What’s this then? Certainly not a ploy to rescue the thread from Second Page Slacker Status!
I’m sure no good will come of it.
I can see on the horizon lots of time to work on this one coming soon to a June near you!

 

[SkyknightJohn]

Stole an hour to clean & grease the front hub using simple green and another of my favorite solutions.
I’ll save the step-by-step because I think you all know how its done, but Pictures or it didn’t happen!

I think I have my wheels figured out, but it’ll mean 2 wheel rebuilds.

 

[SkyknightJohn]

Here’s the clasic hub laced into a rescue 700c rim with 35 tire. Used the “fork and zip tie” truing method. Going to be a bit of a skinny/fat combo.

And yes, there is plenty of clearance for when the springs compress. I can’t get it to touch with all my weight, and I’m not planning on doing a lot of off road with this bike.

 

[rgrrbt]

Your fork is killer!

 

[SkyknightJohn]

OH NO!

A BARE BACKSIDE!

 

[SkyknightJohn]

For those who know serial numbers and/or care, here’s what I found:

MUIS-X
MOD 502 45460
422 337

 

[SkyknightJohn]

BACK IN BLACK!

 

[SkyknightJohn]

They always look so good bare in the photos, but so many imperfections up close, it’s worth painting.

From a distance the paint looked good to begin with, but up close you can see the rough and rust.

FWIW, I used a 120 grit belt sander belt follwed by a wire wheel in the crooks and crevices and low spots. It’s surprising how many divits and creases the sanding exposes in the tubes.

 

[SkyknightJohn]

A good paint-weather day today, so I gave her a good wet sand…

Then another coat of glossy black.

 

[SkyknightJohn]

On the tank, Here’s what it looked like after saveral minutes of the wire wheel treatment:

That wasn’t cutting it, so I tried 80 grit sandpaper, by hand. No Joy!
The flapper disc seems to get ‘er dun…

A little more to go, but I’m having to remove all the chrome, too, to get all the rust pits out. Time for a break.

And that, my friends is how you make sure you never win an @OddJob most RaT-isfying RusT-ifying Award.