Took the bike for a ride.

Got the back brakes working so I figured what the heck, Let see if it still goes down the road. So I pushed it out of the garage and fired it up, put the seat on it and took off. Got to the end of the drive way and noticed it was hard to steer. Check the front tire and it only had 10 psi. Went back and aired up both tires and took it for a spin up and down the street. So it looks like I might be able to bring it back to life after all. Today I am in the process of taking the front and back tire off to get new tires and I am thinking about getting the wheel powder coated. If I do I will post so pic of the results. Stayed tuned.

I have been slacking on the blog

I have been slacking on the blog so I will try catch up with what has been done to the bike. Finished rebuilding the clutch and brake master cylinders. Do you self a favor if you ever what to do this get a set of 55mm snap ring plyers from Z1 enterprises. I tried for a hour with another pair and gave up and order them, when they got here it took longer to get them out of the box that it did to remove the snap ring. Anyway while I had the brakes apart I thought I would try a experiment. I got some spray on caliper paint and painted them and the brackets. Check out the pics, they look good now. We will see how well it holds up onces I get bike going. Got the gas gauge fixed with a little solder so I will be putting the gas back together hopefully for the last time.

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Back running again

Put the tank on and turned on the gas and after a few tries it started up. Finally. Need to adjust the carbs but at least it is running again. Did some rear brake work also. Looks like I need new piston seals and brake line so I ordered them tonight. Think I will concentrate on the brakes and give the carbs and me a break. The gas gauge wasn't working and after some checking I found a broken wire connector. I think a little soder will fix it up. Maybe a can talk my friend Carlos into doing it for me sense I can't find my sodering gun.

Carb work.

Over the past few weeks I have become a Keihin CVK carb expert. I have taken them apart 5 or six times now to clean and adjust them. Hopefully today I will hook up the gas tank and it will run. I would like to move on to something else on the bike. I did work on the clutch slave cylnder and it was full of the same sludge that was in the clutch master cylnder. Had to order a new seal so it is on hold till it gets here.

The engine started yesterday

The engine started yesterday but only ran for a few seconds. I had to squirt some gas into the carbs and it fired right up. Took the top off the cards and there is a lot of varnish in the carbs. So I cleaned the top part of the carbs and put them back together and it ran till the bowl emptied I think. I think the fuel filter I put on the tank may be slowing the fuel flow down to much so I may remove that today and give it another try. I may need to remove the carbs and completely clean them, I hope not. I will post the results of today attempts in a litte while.

Finished the tank this past weekend

Final finished the gas tank last weekend. Looks pretty good but had to cure for four day. I am planning trying to start the engine tomorrow, wish me luck. Here are some before and after pics of the tank. They are not to good but you get the idea.

First step of the POR-15 process

The inside of the tank before I started.



What came out of the tank.
What came out of the tank.



After. Looks like I might need to do it a few more times.