picked up a project bike last year and have been steadily rebuilding/replacing parts. this is my first go with an older bike rebuild.
purchased in dallas off a hipster moving up north on last minute notice. said he wasn't planning on riding the bike up north once he moved. she sat in an apartment parking lot for the past 3 years, sad but true. he "cafe'd" it out by cutting off all the electrical items only to cause shorts and melt parts of the harness, nice one. nothing like having melting wires with your fuel petcock 2" away!
got home and decided to start eliminating future issues. step one...rewire the kids hack job of the original wiring harness. no pictures but just imagine your typical 35 year old wiring harness and melted electrical tape. she now has a new harness with start button under the seat, headlight, taillight, key switch and alternator charging system. all other crap, i mean safety features, were deleted.
repainted headlight bezel, mounted tach only, key switch.
carpy's exhaust 4-1 to replace for factory rusted out cut pipes.
clubman bars, ss brake line, master cylinder rebuild kit.
carbs. oh how you appear so simple when all together.
and then an explosion of parts!
we will skip the pictures, details and cuss words that go along with rebuilding the carbs (cleaned, new jets, gaskets and floats adjusted). final product....BOOM
new rubber came in the mail so off came the tires. do not underestimate the power of a milk-crate! holds the ass end of a 500# bike up just fine.
decided to start polishing the stator and clutch covers. have never done polishing before but turned out nicely. basically just sand until your fingers bleed and then hit with the buffer for the final stages...presto.
current state of chaos. i am awaiting wheel bearings and new coils this week. install those and bench sync/mount carbs. then should be able to fire and tune the carbs which i am predicting to go like crap. 0 history of tuning carbs. more later this week!!
