Can I Build a Dirt Bike in ONE WEEKEND ? - 1974 Honda XL 100 3 Wheeler Engine Swap - Day 1

I have only ONE WEEKEND left to assemble my 1974 Honda XL 100 enduro dirt bike. I want to take it on an adventure camping trip next weekend and the bike is nothing but a pile of parts on the ground tonight. What do you think, can I get it running and trail ready in one weekend? I start out the video looking over all of the parts that I sandblasted, primed and painted last week. I talk a little bit about the orange pearl paint job I want to put on the bike. Then look over some new parts I ordered. I have a couple of oil leaks I need to fix so I ordered a new complete gasket kit and oil seal kit. After brainstorming, I get to work assembling the front fork and bearings, then slide the fork tubes in. I jumped the gun because I forgot to put the headlight mounting brackets on the fork tubes. Mistake number one fore the weekend. I ordered a new set of rear shocks to complete the swing arm and rear suspension. The are longer than the stock shocks but they look great on the bike and give it a little more ground clearance. I painted the engine case with aluminum single stage urethan paint last week. I used VHT flame proof header paint on the cylinder and head. That stuff holds up better to heat and will not yellow over time like normal paint would with the high temperatures. I finished the engine off by polishing the aluminum pulse generator cover to a mirror shine, I spray a little Gibbs brand penetrating oil on the the cover to project the bare aluminum from tarnishing and oxidizing. The stuff does a great job of keeping bare aluminum shiny over time. The engine slid right in the frame and my custom motor mounts I had to make for the chopped frame worked out great. The engine is nice and square and secured in place! I put a 56 tooth rear sprocket on the bike because I wanted to gear it really low for trail riding. I think I might have went too low though. It really runs like a trials bike now. It takes off like a rocket but it will do about 45 mph tops. I think I am going to put a larger front sprocket on the bike so it is a little quieter at 30 mph. The original wheels polished up nicely. I had to replace a few broken rear spokes but that was a quick fix after I took the tire off of the rim. I added a kmh speedometer just to be funny. The speedometer and tachometer were cheaper than a mph set and I figured it would get some funny looks over in 'merica. I dropped the read fender in the gravel last weekend when the paint was still wet so I had to sand that down and re primer it with some epoxy and polyester filler primer before I painted it again. It turned out fantastic and I didn't drop it this week. I put a new o ring chain on and made some customer fabricated mounts on the swingarm to fit a generic pit bike chain guard. It looks pretty nice for how cheap it was. I got the whole bike assembled in one day and will be ready to start on the wiring harness, cdi, coil and regulator tomorrow. I hope I have enough time to make some custom graphics and stripes and decals for the tank and my custom fiberglass side panels before the trip. We will find out in the next video if I make it in time!!! Stay tuned! ------------------------- Video Contents ------------------------- 0:00 - Intro 2:50 - Assembling the Fork and Swingarm 6:00 - Painting the Engine 9:23 - Assembling the Rest of the Bike 12:34 - The Wheels are on! 13:08 - Repainting the Fender I dropped 14:39 - Finishing Touches 16:54 - Plans for Tomorrow ------------------------------ All Bigfoot Bikes and Brews content is for entertainment purposes only. Bigfoot Bikes and Brews videos feature activities performed in controlled environments by skilled individuals. Please DO NOT attempt to duplicate, re-create, or perform anything you see in these videos. Personal injury or property damage may result trying anything you see in these videos. Bigfoot Bikes and Brews, persons shown in these videos and any contributor, ARE NOT LIABLE for any such injury or damage. Bigfoot Bikes and Brews makes no representation about the sufficiency of any safety precautions and equipment used in these videos.