Paraphrasing the famous cgreen from the TRD forums
"We all love our rollas, but we can't turn horse$hit into ice cream."Well, that's the goal here, turn the junker I picked up, identify everything missing or broken on it, then replace and fix it all. I already have a few threads dealing with a number of issues floating around and I cannot express how thankful I am to the SOHC community who have been helping me out from the very beginning. 754 advised I take a long good look at the bike end to end and identify what it needs. Every time I look closely at it, I end up being depressed a little more because of how much work this junker needs. But I'm over it, like another member here pointed out, Rome wasn't built in a day, so I'm in a better mindset now to get this thing back on the road. Also, dealing with one issue on one thread, I find something else wrong with it and I end up hijacking the original thread myself. So this main project thread will hopefully help me keep things contained. I will treat this as the master thread and add links to individual issue threads here.
My initial goal was to get the bike on the road (as crappy as it looks) because the engine runs but the more I tinker with it, I realize this may not be the brightest of ideas. So I'm just going to let that go and start following whatever advice the old timers and experts here have for me. First things first, please take a look at these pictures and help me identify what's missing and how important it is, so I can prioritize acquisition. Here are some links to what I'm already working on in parallel as time allows (big stuff on weekends, small stuff whenever I find time).
The HM341 DisasterClutch Adjustment issueRear wheel grinding issueIntro to bike/general (some progress, stopped gas leak)
Front brake (made most progress on this one)
Parts search (had fair luck with the hunt so far)
Electrical Teardown (moving along slowly)
