And I finally get to another update. Lots to cover so the chronology will be out of whack. So here goes. After much discussion with Ken at CycleX and Mike Reindl, we came to no real conclusion as to what went wrong. WE know the #3 piston had a mild seizure which necessitates a rebore. So we jumped it from 888cc to 902cc (67mm to 67.5mm. Ken did that work and we're using WiseCo 10.25 to 1 pistons with the coated skirts. Mike went thru the head again, lapped, ground, pressure tested, shimmed for the new higher bump cam, touched up the paint. So we're ready to go, just to find out Wiseco gave us the wrong rings. So that swap out is in the mail right now.
The old ARIAS pistons must have been 12:1, see the difference in dome height?
The WISECO have deeper valve pockets too. To accommodate the "bad boy" bump stick:
A tease from the VJMC National Meet held in June. I'll build a seperate thread with pictures from that, in the event forum.
There were two things that were never finished on the bike. THe front brakelight didn't work. And we never installed the chrome master cylinder. The brakelight was easy, just needed a new switch. I had bought a chrome one Classic Cycle I think, years ago. So we finally got it installed.
I had a psychological block about the master cylinder. I knew the site glass would be sacrificed to the chrome fairies. So I'd found a DIY somewhere on the internet. It used mineral glass watch crystals. It had me glue the mineral glass into the hole with RTV. WE got that done OK. Then installed the new plunger parts. Next will be assembly and bleeding. Hopefuully, all the air will be near the top and it shouldn't be a big problem.
Soda blasted with a chrome top. Didn't look bad, but not in keeping with the chrome theme.
Used an eyedropper to remove the fluid in the MC.
Hoping to get the right rings this week and button this SOB up.
