Sunday, November 28, 2010

it is finished?








the  question mark is because i don't know what the hell is wrong with it. i put the choke cable on, fixed the coolant leak, replaced the cooling fans with smaller ones that pull fewer amps and sealed my brake caliper and bled it. the bleeder screws i got were all the wrong size and 1 attempt actually blew the threads out of the casting. i tapped the hole with the nearest tap i could find the right size. i still didn't have the right size bleeder so i ran a bolt in there. works fine so i'm going to leave it alone for a while til i get the right size bleeder screw. I went to start the bike and holy shit did it give me troubles! back fired so loud i thought my neighbors were going to call the cops! i spent an hour scratching my head and looking over the fsm, even asked a guy on facebook who knows about these bikes. in the meantime i hooked the bike up to a battery charger because i tried to crank it so many times i know the battery was weak. i've let it charge for about 5 hours and went out for a cigarette and for shits and grins i hit the starter button. fucking started no problems. i'm calling it done.  ITS FINISHED!

11-29 update. still doesnt want to start and idle right. i found a vacuum leak that i will repair this week. hopefully it will start and idle like it did before and i can say with confidence its done. right now its tore down again while i fix a small fuel leak and the aforementioned vacuum leak

12- 4:idle is correct. choke operation is correct. BIKE IS FINISHED!! now just needs license and insurnace.