Starting to put together a list of items to attend to over the winter. Several of the things that are on the bike now were rushed in the interest of getting the bike on the road as fast as possible.
The first thing is getting that tank painted. I've had a few people tell me that the primer gray look is cool, but no, it's gotta go. Still waiting on those replica side covers. I guess the company that makes them is another casualty of the Sino-American trade war. NOS ones are painfully expensive, and all the used ones I've found have either been in worse shape than what I've got, or unrealistically priced. The ones I have can probably be rehabilitated with some effort, we'll see.
Next is building a new wire harness. I had to cut and splice and solder and heat shrink this one an unnecessary amount of times with all the trial and error. I had to use a lot of scrap/salvaged wire in the interest of saving money, and I also used heavier gauge wire than necessary for a lot of the switched power and grounds, which in and of itself isn’t a problem, it’s just bulky and unattractive.
I’ve had a couple of my little baby plugs partially melt, probably due to bad crimps and arcing.
I’ve replaced the melted ones, but I want to redo the rest as well. Once I was done with the my current wiring setup, I got a fancy German-made crimping tool that does a far superior job than the needle nose pliers I was using before (ugh). That should help on the next go-round.
While I'm at it, I'll make up a new electrical box to go under the left side cover, I'm not thrilled with how the one I made before turned out.
Still angling for that Delkevic 4-1, haven't been able to set the funds aside yet.
I neglected to move the needle clips back to a leaner position the last time I had the carbs off, so that's another little thing.
There's probably about 10-12 more items that I'll fart around with over the next few months. I'll keep you posted
