Where to start - putting it back on the road
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A bit premature maybe - not for the first time - but I couldn't resist throwing some bodywork at it!
It's amazing how much more you can achieve when the wife and kids are out for the day.
My intention is to get the bike tidied up to use over the summer (anyone?) and then get the plastics done in the winter.
Cheers,
Paul.
It's amazing how much more you can achieve when the wife and kids are out for the day.
My intention is to get the bike tidied up to use over the summer (anyone?) and then get the plastics done in the winter.
Cheers,
Paul.
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Hi,
I'm hoping to get the bottom exhausts painted and polished tomorrow and I was thinking ahead to actually starting this thing - possibly tomorrow night.
I've seen several posts over the past months about heat cycling the engine. Obviously I can't find anything now that I need it. All I've ever done in the past is bolt the thing together and start it up with nothing more than a cursory check for obvious leaks.
But then I've never spent £1500+++ on a rebuild before!
I'd be grateful if somebody could tell me the proper procedure or point me to one of the earlier threads.
Cheers,
Paul.
I'm hoping to get the bottom exhausts painted and polished tomorrow and I was thinking ahead to actually starting this thing - possibly tomorrow night.
I've seen several posts over the past months about heat cycling the engine. Obviously I can't find anything now that I need it. All I've ever done in the past is bolt the thing together and start it up with nothing more than a cursory check for obvious leaks.
But then I've never spent £1500+++ on a rebuild before!
I'd be grateful if somebody could tell me the proper procedure or point me to one of the earlier threads.
Cheers,
Paul.
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And so it breathes once more!
Well actually it was more of an asmatic wheeze, but it produced exhaust fumes on two cylinders (both on the right) for the first time in many years and I'm counting that as a "start".
There's petrol pissing out both the left carb overflows but we're getting there. I tried tapping them with a screwdriver handle but they're still leaking. Looks like i'm taking the carbs off then, I'm sure it won't be the last time.
Cheers,
Paul.
Well actually it was more of an asmatic wheeze, but it produced exhaust fumes on two cylinders (both on the right) for the first time in many years and I'm counting that as a "start".
There's petrol pissing out both the left carb overflows but we're getting there. I tried tapping them with a screwdriver handle but they're still leaking. Looks like i'm taking the carbs off then, I'm sure it won't be the last time.
Cheers,
Paul.
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Thanks Bolly,
My early limited success has been rapidly followed by abject failure.
It has refused to fire up properly, left carbs are now not leaking but the right are!!!
Due to the marvel (?) of the integral garage my house smells of petrol and my wife is on the verge of "it's me or the bike" type threats. I've told her that I've known the bike longer - and more intimately....
Still, tomorrow's another day....
Cheers,
Paul.
My early limited success has been rapidly followed by abject failure.
It has refused to fire up properly, left carbs are now not leaking but the right are!!!
Due to the marvel (?) of the integral garage my house smells of petrol and my wife is on the verge of "it's me or the bike" type threats. I've told her that I've known the bike longer - and more intimately....
Still, tomorrow's another day....
Cheers,
Paul.
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Re: Where to start - putting it back on the road
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
Blimey, what happened there? Three years just slipped away, the bikes not been touched in all that time! Now then, where were we?
Cheers,
Paul.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
Blimey, what happened there? Three years just slipped away, the bikes not been touched in all that time! Now then, where were we?
Cheers,
Paul.
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Re: Where to start - putting it back on the road
Clearly I was at the "setting the carbs up" stage. Can somebody clarify a couple of things for me please?
Are the floats supposed to be set at 21 or 24 mm? Is it that critical?
Can I set/check the fuel level in the bowls on the bench? If I remember correctly the manual says to check it with the engine running.
One of the drain screws is seized in solid and the head is properly mashed, is there an alternative way to check the level or am I just going to get a grip and drill it out and replace it? Is it the same as the other RD carb drain screws?
Cheers,
Paul.
Are the floats supposed to be set at 21 or 24 mm? Is it that critical?
Can I set/check the fuel level in the bowls on the bench? If I remember correctly the manual says to check it with the engine running.
One of the drain screws is seized in solid and the head is properly mashed, is there an alternative way to check the level or am I just going to get a grip and drill it out and replace it? Is it the same as the other RD carb drain screws?
Cheers,
Paul.