Just a few odds and ends left. It was too nice out so had to start enjoying it. Went our for a good long ride. "I got nowhere to go and all day to get there!"
A few excerpts...
Stopped here for lunch, got a few compliments from folks gassing up while out riding.
After taking a winding two lane blacktop that follows the river for a good stretch I ended up here...
After racking up some more miles I found myself here...
Then I took a stroll and found some shade to cool off.
What a great day! Really needed to let some steam off and this was perfect. Spoke briefly with a few interesting people along the way, lots of compliments on the bike. I can't wait to do something about that eyesore of a seat!
Some issues... Slight vibration around 50 MPH, throttle on and perfectly smooth. Faster or slower and feels smooth. Need to check spokes and verify wheels are still true. Rear wheel locked unexpectedly easy on me a time or two. I figure the shoes (new EBC) could use some time to bed in to match the drum, and the tire probably needs some miles to wear off any residual slippery molding release. Should probably adjust the valves, sounds right light it should but want to be sure it's good.
Floats were leaking the other day but had no such issue today. Rocked the bike around and sprayed carb cleaner into the fuel lines after running the bowls dry. Hopefully that did it, if not I'll regret not going through the carbs. Still need to hook up the gauges and sync them.
Clutch definitely drags when hot. No adjusting it out. Probably try new steels and frictions as I've already cleaned them and have done all the oiling improvements I've seen. Use best pump I could get my hands on and put new seals in it, new oring in countershaft oiler, extra holes in basket.
Checked engine temp after getting back. Looks like pretty consistent 250-255 across the head front and left side. Right side was a bit cooler at 235-245. Pipes were hard to get a read on(read very low, almost ambient), maybe my IR gun doesn't like the round profile and chrome. Oil temp as measured pointing down into tank was ~145* though I did see a high of 165* on the dipstick immediately after removing it. Seems fine to me, a bit cool maybe. ~250* on the head also seems pretty darn hot, but this is the first air cooled engine I ever measured temp on. On a typical car engine 230* is where damage starts to occur, failed head gaskets, etc. Are all these temps fairly normal or should I be concerned? If I should be concerned what should I do about it? I did use HD studs as cheap insurance and torqued to I believe 20 ft/lbs (I think range was 18-22, so I went in middle since I've read about snapped studs here). Bike ran great overall and idle was consistent after warm if slightly rough (clutch chatter, not feeling rough).
For insurance I'm at $10k value. I figure the value is somewhere in the $10k-$13k range from looking at either very good original or restored bikes that sold on eBay. Some of those are K0s, a few are K1, but surprising some are K2-K6. If I had HM300s I'd definitely up the value, though I'm considering it as it. One of these days I'll add up my receipts and not sure how to account for all the time. I'm paranoid about something happening even as small as a scratch or scuff, though today I was able to let go of my worries and just enjoy the ride.
