Carb synchronization
Hooked up the Synchronizer to the carbs and they needed very little adjustment. Of course if you know me I HATE waiting for parts so I will be cleaning the other front pipe and anything else I can find. And making any other adjustments etc I can find like the chain tension, back brakes etc.
Front Pipe Cleanup
I noticed that at some point something got up against the front pipe and melted to it. so I decided to clean it off. So far I only got the left side pipe cleaned. but boy can you see the difference UPDATE: 08/27- Cleaned up the right head pipe so they both match now
Chain and back wheel Cleanup
Time to check out the back half of the bike. I Cleaned up the rear wheel sprocket and chain.
More Cleanup
In the meantime, the bike has been turned around and I began cleaning up the right side of the bike Mirrors Front Pegs and rear turn signals replaced
Front Wheel and Brakes
When I looked over the front wheel and brakes I found Dry rot crack in the tire The Front brakes appeared to be working At least when you pulled the lever the wheel would stop Problem Found When the front wheel was on the bike initially, It felt like the front brake was actually working. […]
Tank Cleanup
To say the paint on this tank was bad is an understatement. When the bike first arrived Just touching the tank would leave your hands black. Lets take a look So I wiped it down to asses the damage to the paint Here we can see that the paint is scratched pretty badly on the […]
Cleanup Begins
Now that we know she runs. I have ordered all the tune up parts (Brake pads, Oil and air filter, Spark Plugs etc). So in the meantime… When it comes to air cooled engines the cleaner they are the cooler they run. Not to mention no one wants to work on or ride a dirty […]
Will She Run?
Time to get the engine ready for it’s test run. If it runs we can continue the rehab if not This may be the end. Pre-Checks The Moment of Truth Getting ready for the first startup And we were all set… You will notice a few things here After dealing with the Petcock drip I […]
Intake Problems
You may have noticed in the Carb removal post that I needed to remove One of the intakes. This was because I could not remove the screw band from the carb side. It’s a good thing that I removed it anyway as I found there was a crack in the intake… Well, more accurately the […]
Checking the Internals
Started By removing the carbs, pulling them apart and cleaning up any issues here The carbs were pulled off pulled apart and checked. Believe it or not they were very clean inside and needed next to nothing. (Don’t fix what isn’t broken) Next the Petcock needed to be gone over Though the images do not […]