WOW! That points plate and housing has barnacles growing.... worst I've seen yet. You sure have your hands full on this bike, being it's your 1st.....
Be sure to get a new gasket on the cover before riding/storing in the wet environment. As you can see, moisture in there is not a good thing.
I'm sorry for the loss of your grandfather and the news from the doctor.
Did your dog get run over too? There's a song in the making.......
Well, you got it fired up since I was last on @ a week ago. Did you clean out the gas tank of crude (and rust)?
How did you end up cleaning the carbs?
As a observation, when you run the bike more than a couple minutes, be sure to have a fan blowing on the front of the motor to cool it. It's an air cooled motor and needs air flow over it while sitting working on it. They don't like overheating.......
It's good to hear you found someone with a trailer to help you out to get it home. Hopefully it works out.
Thank you I appreciate it. I ended up just hand cleaning the carbs out and replacing the gaskets. My ultrasonic doesn't work anymore apparently. The gas tank wasn't bad so I just did several rinses and used a bottle brush. I dried it out with a hair dryer after the last rinse and put a bit of light oil inside to shake around and then left it upside down to drain for a few days. I put an inline fuel filter on it to make sure in case that wasn't good enough.
I was so excited i didn't even think to put a fan on it, I will def do that today when I go over, thank you. Do you know what the normal operating temp should be for the engine or maybe the upper limit? I have a infrared thermometer i can use to make sure i don't go too hot.
I ended up buying a tarp and bungees to keep it covered up while its partially disassembled. I still have to tuck the wiring away, get an air filter, reinstall covers and get new cover gaskets for everything, get new throttle cables and learn how to install them lol, replace the clutch and cables, re build the brakes im sure, probably the steering bearings and seals, rebuild the forks, get a new chain and also new tyres before i will even consider riding it around. I also have to learn to ride again... I did dirt bikes when i was a teenager but never a motorcycle. Even with the dirt bikes, that was 26-27 years ago so basically it will be like i have never ridden anything.
back to the throttle cables... does anyone have a good picture of the cables hooked up so i can see how it was routed? In most circumstances I snap pictures of stuff before i take it apart but this time i didn't. I don't even remember the set up on the twist grip either.
