I'm Back! Man, it makes me feel good to know that you guys missed me,and see, I told my wife people liked me, and she just laffed out loud and stubbed her cigarette butt out in my eye! Man that smarts! Ah well, you gotta make sacrifices to keep the family together.........
Anyway, truth is, I've been off the air doing a computer based course at work (Army) and am still waiting for my new high speed internet connection at home (should be on later this week) so I haven't had a chance to look at my favourite site (this one) much in the last couple of weeks.
The good news is that not having internet access has meant that I've been out in my garage for the last few evenings after work (not to mention a couple of weekends) so I've now got the K1 "Rat Bike" together! Woohoo! This is the bike I built entirely outta parts either bought on ebay, or scrounged offa you guys, all I started with was an engine that came with my K3, (it's now fitted with a swap meet sourced K6 engine, but I may swap them in the future) Geoff in Sydney gave me a bare K1 frame and a 16 inch "Hog" back wheel, lou in Canada gave me a wiring loom and we horse traded for some other vital front end parts, Clyde in Sydney sent me a battery box and a sidestand, Sean in Oakland, Ca, sent me all the electrical gubbins, and Chris Boomhower is sending me a "Funky Tank".
Man, it felt good to fire up that engine though, I felt like Dr Frankenstein late on Saturday night when I finally kicked it into life, (3rd kick, no #$%*) I felt like screaming (in a maniacal way) "It's Alive"! Anyway after 7 years of sitting dormant it's so nice to hear it again. I'd rebuilt the clutch, cleaned and "bench synched" the carbs and adjusted the cam chain with the valve cover off so I could see it was done right, and that engine, is quiet, so quiet I can hear those ancient points clicking away under the points cover, soo-poib! Thanks for caring about me men, I feel elated just to know that you all missed me, i think I'm gonna (sniff) cry, ha ha! Cheers, Terry.