Lost of the Side Cover Knob!

My H2 had the original side cover knob on the right side cover but the left side cover was fixed with 8mm bolt instead of 6mm knob. The previous owner may be drilled the worn threads by corrosion, and make new threads with 8mm tap. During the restoration job, I tried to loose the original knob which fix the right side cover without any reason (for just curious! Yes, I know "curiosity kills a cat" but.... ). The knob was very stiff so I tried to turn it with pliers (what a silly man I am.....). You know the result. Yes the plastic knob was broken apart from the shaft! The shaft of the knob was still remained into the body so I moved off the right side cover and tried to remove the shaft with water pump pliers. Again, the shaft was broken and it was remain into the threads of the flame. I thought "Damn it!"

I thought that I have to remove the remaining bolt with a drill and should make 8mm threads like the left side. At first, I drilled a hole into the center of the bolt with 3mm drill bit. And then, tried to enlarge the hole with 4.5mm drill bit. With a strange feeling, the drill bit was suddenly go into the hole as soon as I started the job. I thought "????" but I found the reason of the strange feeling. Yeah! , the stacked bolt was gone! I saved the threads! When you try to drilled out the broken bolt, this method may be save the threads and you don't have to pay some bucks for Recoil or something like that.

I had the plastic head of the knob so I cut the head of 6mm bolt and glue it into the plastic head. It looked okay but the plastic head was gone during I riding the bike. I was disappointed a lot but this is the start of the reproduction knobs. Please see the reproduction page.

Repair of Clocks

After I run my H2, I found that the hand of speedo is always shaking and the hand of the tach is hopping when I open the throttle. I decided to fix it and repaint the faded hands at the same time. I could open the bezels easily with a chap screw driver because someone had already opened them.

I cleaned the glass crystals and the dials with kitchen detergent. To increase the dumping effect of the hands, I put oil into the cup under the dials (I had no idea the oil is put into the cup or not). I did a repaint the hands with fluorescent orange paint for a plastic model. In addition I tried to make the odometer to "Zero miles". Finally I could make the odometer to zero but it was embarrassed me because it was just like puzzle! Before I close the bezels, I tested the tach by connecting the tach cable. It didn't work at the idling speed. When I open the throttle, it work. "Hum, it looks like Suzuki 250 Gamma... " I thought. I adjusted the hair spring so that the hand is move with a slow speed turn. I tested the tach again and the hand indicate between 1000 to 1500 rpm at the idling speed. Also, the excess moving of the hands look better. I thought "It may be okay...." and close the bezels.

I spray the outer "cans" of the clocks with Zymol crinkle black paint to make then genuine touch.

It looks better in the photo but actually, the crinkle pattern is not even. I think some skill needed to make it better.

What happened next?

Okay, I'll go back to the home!