Well it has been a while since I updated anything. I have been getting beat up with the wiring. Trying to adapt the Triumph hand controls to the CB is a bit of a pain. I think I may have a pretty good handle on it now, but I still have some small issues.
When I flip the switch for the hi/lo beam the dash light and headlight flash, but they revert back to lo beam. Not sure what would cause that yet. Not sure if it a wiring issue since it does attempt to change, but I will look into the schematics again and see if I missed something. I did wire in a rocker switch to be able to turn the headlight on/off just like the stock hand controls had since that option is not available on the Triumph controls. Before I put in the rocker switch I just jumpered the wires and it seemed to work. The light output was very dim since I was only running it off of the battery charger, but at least the dash light stayed on then. I will go back to the beginning on that and find out what is causing it.
I did prime the oil pump and get it installed. Filled the tank with oil and put a little in the 1&4 tappet holes. Used the kickstart between 80 and 100 times then went to the electric starter. Pressed it for 5 seconds and released it then waited 30 seconds before doing it again. On the third try I noticed the oil light go off on the dash and when I looked down I had 65-70 psi on the gauge. I did this a few more times and was very happy.
Fast forward two days and I go to the garage last night only to find a nice puddle of oil under the bike. It was leaking from the connection at the supply line and oil tank. I used all new OEM crush washers. So I have a bit of troubleshooting to do to find out why. I hope the flange on the oil line isn't cracked.
I also had an issue with the turn signals not flashing. That ended up being a bad thermal flasher unit. It was internally shorted. A trip to Autozone, $13, and a new EP35 electronic flasher and they flash as advertised. I am not running LED turn signals so that was not the issue. Hooked up the brake light and it works as advertised.
I have installed new rear shocks, rebuilt the front end with new springs, routed all new cables, replaced the brake pads, and have a new exhaust slipon on order from Cone Eng. I had to swap out the gauge mount from the 750 one to the GL one because it caused the sppedo and tach cables to be put in a bad bend. That meant re-doing some brackets to adapt the gauges to the mount.
I received the new airbox rubber and installed them. They slipped onto the carbs with ease. I did have to pull the carbs and adjust the boots there to allow the airbox to mate with the tabs on the frame.
I am getting close, but need to figure out the headlight and obviously the oil leak.
A couple of pics of my gheto rig to suspend the front end while I replaced the springs. My front lift stand isn't tall enough to lift the front end off the ground so I had to improvise. My garage is framed with steel beams so I just lashed a ratchet strap to them and then to the bike and up she went.
As she sat two days ago.
