Installed a front fender last night and took it for a ride. This weekend is definitely a 'replace the fork seals' weekend. Not much damping there.
Exhaust sounds great, very Mach 5 with a nice burble and pop when you close the throttle.
Whomever installed the exhaust and pods apparently knew what they were doing, the fueling seems spot on, no bogging or idle problems.
I brought one of my spare seats home Sunday night and was going to install it to replace the stepped seat (my long legs need more room), but the seat, which is I think from a '78 550k doesn't look like it will work. The hinge bracket connection point is different. I may end up having to buy a whole new seat, which is annoying.
The clutch pull is very stiff, much more than I recall from my '77 K. The lever has been replaced with a dog leg style, which I don't care for. Fortunately I have a stock lever in my stash of parts. I suppose is could be stiff from sitting for so long, but I also wonder if maybe someone installed stiffer springs. If it stays this hard I can swap in springs from one of my other engines.
Topped off the tank and checked the oil. Oil level was fine and the oil was super clean, I am thinking the PO had changed the oil after he bought it, or the PPO had done so before putting it away.
Finally, even though the tires appear to be in good shape, they do seem rather hard. The date code on them indicates they are 6 years old, which isn't bad, but I am still leaning towards replacing them. Now I just need to decide how much money I want to spend. If I drop $200+ on a seat than may mean another set of Shinko 712's rather than the Conti Classic Attack radials I really wanted.
My M bars should arrive this week along with the Lucas Style tail light I ordered to replace the tiny and not very visible LED tail light/turn signal combo thing the PO installed. The long weekend should give me time to get a lot of things done as I get it ready to ride up to Rockerbox in a couple weeks.
