Of course, the handlebars and clutch lever would need to be replaced. I had only recently installed this now broken clutch lever, replacing one that had been bent in a parking lot tipover. When I replaced it I kept the bent lever, so that would be ok to begin with. A very kind sabmaggot offered me an old set of handlebars that he had for the cost of shipping. About the time the handlebars arrived in the mail, I noticed that the fork brace was broken. Rather than troll the sabmag list I decided to order a new one from Honda of Milpitas.
Before I had left for the ill-fated trip, I had bought the pieces and parts I needed to ride the bike without the hondaline fairing. I had intended to remove the fairing when I returned and ride the bike that way through the summer. Since iI didn't have a replacement mirror (and don't think finding one will be that easy) I decided to go on with my plans to remove the fairing. June 2000 - In retrospect, this was a mistake. I should have got the bike running 'as is' and then done the 'faring-ectomy'
I have a copy of the installation manual for the fairing, and used that as my guide to rebuild the front end. I had a couple of fubars with the wiring and the fuse holder, and I've ended up completely removing the instrument panel in order to figure out a few things, but nothing too bad.
Also, since I'd be running without the hardbags, I had to reinstall the turn signals. And I had an extra seat that I had bought in order to have it rebuilt by Rusell or Maier or Mustang. About the only mechanincal problem I had was self-induced. It had been long enough that hte bike had been idle that I decided to pull the carbs and clean them before I tried to start it. I also pulled the plugs and poured some 2stroke engine oil down in the cylinders to help everything get mvoing again. When I replaced the spark plugs, I only tightened them 'finger tight', and I forgot to torque them down to the correct torque value. Even thought the bike would start in this ocnidtion, it didn't run very well. Later after I was back on the road I found the 'loose' plugs and tightened htem. It runs ok now- although it probably needs the valve clearances checked/adjusted.
6/19/00 - One more depressing aftershock from the accident...the speedometer/odometer doesn't work. I mounted a Sigma BC800 on the bike, so I can ride it, but from the looks of it the speedometer cable is bolluxed.