Topic: "IT LIVES"!!!!

[Hush]

Everybody here on the boards that contribute, take a bow.
Finally my bike runs and apart from the fact that a jet engine would be quieter ( still no pipes ) there are also no bad noises.
Twas that bludy accelerator pump thingy that I put the spring in wrong position that was stopping her.
Gentlemen I thank you all.......................Hush.

[troppo]

Great news hush, bet your getting impatient now lol

[Hush]

I am creating a list of the bits I need to complete her now Troppo, lost a litre of oil somewhere (doing clutch) so until that is back in sump I wont be revving it much.
Have been bench testing using a car battery as the old one was toast, new 12A-A waiting for me to pick up tomorrow at shop.
That will make 650 actually a ridable machine, will be interested to see how the clutch works as I don't have a lot of confidence in the actuating mechanism, it just seem to have no guts.....I'm used to knowing a clutch is working, this one just feels like the cable is stretching but hey I have been soooo wrong in the past that maybe I worry unduely.
Anyone got suggestions for packing those useless 4 into ones so they at least make a pretence of sealing into the heads?
Might take a deep breath and have another go at those blasted air box boots and clamps too.
Some sage personality on here wrote "if you can't fix it with a hammer then it must be electrical" well when the carbs refused to go forward onto the head today that line kept nagging at me until finally I grabbed a lump of wood and my favourite tool and whacked the shoulders of the carb bracket alternating from side to side until they slid forward.
The man who invents a set of carb rubbers that don't crack and a fool proof way of getting carbs to effortlessly move onto head will become a millionaire!

[troppo]

I`ve read here that boiling int wintergreen oil and water will soften them up nicely, but then theres always the moneybags that say just buy new ones, that aint cheap down here in the antipodes lol

[Hush]

Having spoken with my friendly bike wrecker it would appear that the suggested radiator hose trick will work, he is not sure of the long term effect oil and petrol would have on them but all you need is a rubber tube and trail bike repaireres have been using radiator hoses for many years as they have enough integrity to actually hold up a floating carb behind the head.
Also he tells me there is no easy way to reattach carbs to head, he uses the heat gun method but apparently the large work boot placed strategically or the hammer and piece of wood is acceptable.
All major motorcycle manufactureres when through this period of attempting to stuff as much mechanics behind the motor as possible, modern bikes run with the air box ahead of the motor and attached by tubes.

                                  Hush.