For anyone here who's done a complete ground up rebuild, trying to keep motivated is always a major issue. Luckily a couple of boxes of new parts arrived on Friday, so it wasn't too difficult to drag myself away from my comfy chair to do a bit before retiring inside for the MotoGP telecast from Phillip Island.
Mike (the owner) had bought some stuff from Carpy and Dime City Cycles, so I started by fitting one of Carpy's "bobbed" fibreglass rear fenders. The quality is pretty average, and I'd have preferred that he included a fitting kit and drilled the mounting holes, but to be fair, it went on OK. I also installed the DCC rear light and blinkers (which are actually marked "Not Blinkers, Marker Lights", so I'll have to see what's up there when I wire it all up.
The engine in Mike's bike had the top end off when he bought it, and there was enough crap inside from burned bearings and bits of loose clutch plate to make me do a thorough inspection of the oil tank before I re-installed it. I removed the oil lines, and saw this:
I decided to use another oil tank that I'd cleaned out a couple of years ago, it needed painting, but was in much better condition, and not full of crap like that. The oil lines were buggered as well:
So I cut the old swaged clamps off, and once I'd cleaned up the ends, I fitted a pair of Carpy's braided lines:
I couldn't install them because I had to paint the oil tank and find some new crush washers for the oil line fittings, so that was about all I got done today. Still, not a bad couple of hours effort. It's kind of a pity that these things need fuel tanks, I always thought they look better without them?
OK, back in the garage for a couple of weeks sadly, I'm going away interstate transitioning in a new defence contract on Tuesday, so not much chance of any bike time for the rest of this month. Cheers, Terry.
