Hello Everyone,
Well I am a little late at starting my project log, so here goes...
I wanted a new project to work on since my other bikes are practically brand new so I commenced the search, and came across this forum, and thought man those are some great bikes, so I started looking for one. About a month later I was able to purchase this on Craigs List for about $350, delivered, with a clean title, new battery, and Haynes Teardown manual.
As pictured in the ad.
Pics of the bike when I got it home.
I then spent the next 10 days cleaning the carbs, and patching a hole in the exhaust pipe, btw the person who suggested to go down to Harbor Freight and buy an Ultrasonic Cleaner was a genius. Run 5:1 water and Simple Green in the cleaner it does wonders. So I cleaned the carbs, left the existing gaskets and needles, used Kream Fuel Tank Cleaner/Liner to get the rust out of the tank, bought new plugs, fuel line, hooked up the battery and filled up the tank. At first it did not want to start, but with a little starting fluid in the carbs and it roared to life.
Sorry no pics of the whole process.
A few other things that I found were wrong with the bike was:
Front Brake Caliper Piston Frozen
Master Cylinder Frozen as well
This will be my first rebuild so I'll have a few questions along the way.