Fluids

Another successful Kids Cafe session saw us do some work on the "lifeblood" of any machine, the fluids.  Step one was the bleed the front brake system.  The rear is a mechanical drum brake, so the front needed some new DOT4 fluid.

The finishing touch was to reinstall the resevoir cover.  Now the CXCafe has a more powerful front master cylinder, uprated front caliper from a CB900, and a new lightweight EBC front brake rotor, along with the red stainless brake line and new fittings from Venhill.  The front caliper itself was also rebuilt with new seals as well.  As good (better!) than new.

Next the rear driveshaft got new gearbox oil.  Transcanada Motorsports hooked us up with some new fluid.  Oil and lubrication technology has come a long way since 1979.  We used a plastic syringe to add the 5.7 oz as specified in the manual.  And we only spilled a little bit.  We also broke out the grease gun to lubricate the gears -- easy peasy with the zerk fitting easily accessed on the swingarm.

As you can tell, "red" is the color of choice.  The headlight bezel was painted and clearcoated, and reinstalled, hiding the wiring from view.

Finally the seat hump was fitted as well.  We need to install the new lithium-ion battery under the hump (we've dug up an old KTM dirtbike battery box to hold it in place).  The seat slides into place nicely.  What's left are a few more details before we can fit the tank and start it up again!