After sitting 13 years. the owner would like this bike made road worthy once again.
Here’s How I go got it
A Closer Look
Disassembly Starts
Carbs off and ready for rebuild
Waiting for some things i decided to clean up some parts and areas. here is the chain guard
Time to clean up the fuel petcock. dust came out when i pulled it from the tank.
The air box sure needs a clean up
Started some cleanup on the engine and frame under the carbs and behind the airbox and a little around the back wheel
Preliminary check on the tank. I only wiped some of the dirt off of it at this point but the paint is dull and there are paint droplets on it. not to mention the dust that came out of the hole where the petcock attaches
While I lost the pics I had for this part I did run into a potentially Bad issue. when I was going over the carbs I noticed a line in the intake manifold that was removed with the carbs. turns out the line was a crack in the intake that completely separated and was only being held together by the rubber coating on the intake. It cam apart completely when attempting to remount the intake manifold. Someone had previously put gasket maker on the engine side of the manifold.
While most of the parts for this bike are readily available and cheap, the same is not true for these intake manifolds because unlike most other bikes using these carbs these manifolds are offset. They don’t produce them anymore and there are only a few available at a price of $450. for used ones.
I am currently attempting to repair the manifold using J-B weld. it looks promising but I’m waiting to see it its going to be a strong enough repair. As tightening the bolts puts a lot of pressure on this cracked area.
