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James' 77 550f.
luceja:
--- Quote from: spdygnzlz on April 07, 2013, 11:10:23 PM ---Sweet bike! I'm going through the same process with rebuilding the whole engine and your incident with the shifter drum retainer kinda made me nervous about the all the other details in getting the engine back together. Still, I've checked and rechecked every available diagram for the engine to make sure I'm not forgetting any thing. I'll breath a sigh of relief if/when my bike gets past the 100 mile shakedown/break in period.
Thanks for documenting your experience in this thread too! I'm constantly amazed by how good a resource everyone in this forum is.
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Glad to leave my experience, I feel like it's a responsibility. So much of that bike was built off of forum knowledge from people leaving their experiences.
Do you have a thread chronicling your build? For me, before/after photos would have been the best path, especially for the shifter mechanism. That, and like everyone says, cleanliness. They're easy enough to rebuild if you goof :)
minimo:
I bet you could strip and put the engine back together blindfolded 8)
That seat is gorgeous, btw. Elegant color and look.
AgPete139:
So...wow. I cannot believe you have torn/assembled your engine so many times! I'm scared to just take mine out to clean it up! This thread seriously has inspired me to just dig in and stop worrying about everything that could go wrong. If something messes up, take it apart, find the root failure, and fix your mistake.
I bought a K5 some months ago that ran, but not well. I figured it was like yours, just needed a proper rejetting or switching the mains, etc. Whatever is wrong with why the motor lacks power (I'm now guessing bad compression), I have your thread here to guide me.
I'm stealing your milk crate method, BTW.
Your bike looks great. I can't wait to see what color you actually use for the covers & tank.
Pete
minimo:
There's a shot of your pistons dropped into the cylinders on page 5. I may have missed it but did you end up replacing the pistons that you buffed too hard on the skirts and around the ring channels? We're those pistons in decent enough shape to reuse?
luceja:
--- Quote from: minimo on April 21, 2013, 11:08:06 PM ---I bet you could strip and put the engine back together blindfolded 8)
That seat is gorgeous, btw. Elegant color and look.
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At this point I think it would be possible, if you were real meticulous about where you put down parts. Thank you for the compliment.
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