Black Sabbath Rules, Man! Saw them recently on Classic Albums, good show.
You know, I'm sort of a metalhead (but also into lots of other stuff) and I've always liked Sabbath, but in sort of a "greatest hits" kind of way. Never really listened to a record start to finish. Until a couple months ago... and holy sh*t, they really did cast the mold for hard rock/metal. Those guys were 15-20 years ahead of their time and all heavy metal since then is based on what they did.
ANYway... the weekends are for wrenching and I'm really, really enjoying this project. And I appreciate this forum and the help you all provide. I have several questions today- things I've tried to google and/or search here at SOHC but can't find the answers.
Tomorrow I'm going to rebuild these 627B carbs. At that point, I'll have everything I need to try starting this bike for the first time:
Tank de-rusted
New gel battery
Fresh throttle tube and cables
Fresh plugs
First question:
The oil is dirty dirty... should I change the oil before firing her up or is it okay to start the bike? I'm going to tear it down to the frame and rebuild it, so I won't be riding it anytime soon.
Second:
I had to buy new carb overflow line. It's the standard clear pink stuff I've had on other bikes, but this bike had black overflow lines on it when I got it. Is the pink stuff what I want?
Third:
These little fuel line clips that came stock sort of suck. Surely they aren't doing much at this point, the weak little things.
Are clips/clamps necessary on these bikes? If so, what else is available besides these stock ones?
And finally (for now):
The PO replaced the stock exhaust with these Harley style slash-cut pipes. I don't mind the look so much, but they required the kickstand to be cut off (see pic). I was given the original kickstand when I bought it, which the PO had bolted to the bike at the foot pegs.
What would you do at this point if it were your bike? Weld the kickstand back on the proper place and buy a new exhaust? I'm not sure what I want to do. Spending $400 on new exhaust sounds like a kick in the crotch- I'd prefer to avoid kicks to that region.