After finally getting it titled and registered in my name, it's time to get the 1994 Concours on the road and get serious about finding and fixing the leaks on Miss Swail. I actually got started on the projects last night, as I had some time and renewed desire to get the new front brake system on the 1994 bled. Well it's still not wanting to completely bleed, so I moved on to re-installing the main fairing stay, main fairing and speedometer.
Here's a helpful hint for Connie owners that do alot of work on the front of their bike and often find themselves working alone: If you take the main fairing off the stay and then the stay off the bike, you can do it by yourself much more easily than rigging a way to hold all the weight together. I learned this sorting out the broken main fairing stay on Miss Swail. So I ran up to Home Depot (the other H D) to get some replacement fasteners as some were missing or beat up. I quickly mounted the main fairing stay (BTW the fairing to frame bolts are 8x1.25 and probably 20mm long, but I forget and am not in my shop). Then it came time to mount the fairing. Here it does get a little tricky with only one person, but I've found getting 1 of the 6x1.0 nuts on the two post "tabs" on each side will hold it in place while you insert the bolts on each side of the fairing, route wiring, and then add and tighten the other two nuts. One thing I didn't do and I wish I had was I didn't wipe down the wiring harness with a moist rag to clean it up-between the blown brake caliper and dust it's a pretty big mess. If it comes back off I'm definitely doing that.
Battery is dead from sitting since February, so I left it on the trickle charger last night and will re-install it, the main fuse (stolen for Miss Swail when I blew that one....) and move the good fuel tank over. I'll try to fire it up and test ride it, soft front brakes and all, tomorrow afternoon. Fortunately I live on a quiet street and have a parking lot right around the corner for testing, or I'd really sort the front brakes out first. Due to the damage when the front left caliper blew, it may take a bit more work to get them right. I'll post more as the work progresses, and as I hunt the leak on Miss Swail.
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