As to the gloves I tried everything. What I discovered in all this, and I probably knew this when I bot them, the index and middle finger are not leather, at least the panel that touches the grip/lever. Something else, and that's why only they are sticky I guess. So nothing would touch the stickiness. On a final whim, I soaked the 2 fingers in Hondaline cleaner. They got better. After each soaking (spray and let it sink in) they got better. After 5 soakings I'd say, they are fixed. Beat's me.
On to the bike. Had a good day. Bruce and I tinkered with this and that getting ready. Taking stuff off the breakdown table was like an archialogical dig. Layer after layer, clean sort, put away. Down there somewhere at the bottom was the APERacing crank with the Crower rods.
Found the Primary Chain tenseioner. New, with the Voxonda shim, it stands proud:
Old, with 50K+ miles on it and much abuse, tired and sagging, (though the rubber wheel wasn't too bad off:
An old alternator stator nattily repaired, (not by me) I tried to sell it but the buyer rejected it (the splices were wrapped in tape and I hadn't looked) and I don't blame him. Anyone know who could do a good repair on this wiring? Luckily I have one or two good ones for my use...somewhere.
Ah, two spark advancers. See the coils on the one on the right, how stretched out they are? In my experience, this can cause erratic timing. The one on the left must be from a parts bike, ITs a little rusty, nothing the soda blaster can't handle. But the springs look great.
Ah there it is, the crank:
Cleaned the bearings, and plastigauged them for the 3rd time.
All's well. A final cleaning of the lower case is in order. No matter how hard I've tried, each time I look at it again, I find glass beads stuck in some corner. Gotta be perfectly clean.
In the meantime, I've got about an hours worth of soda blasting to do.
Half parts to be used on the engine, half parts I'm trying to sell.
Movin on!
