It's about time for a proper update. I've been pretty busy with school lately but now the that the semester is winding down I had the afternoon to work on the 750.
A few weeks ago I had some time and got the carbs finished up. I cleaned up all the fuel line clips and "T"s on the wire wheel. I had some leftover new fuel line from other rebuilds so that went on. I'm glad to be done with them because these were deffinitely the worst carbs I've done so far. They didn't look that bad but the crud that was there was VERY hard to get out. Too bad I can't justify spending $60 on new rubber dust boots. I don't like the way the look without them but that's too much money for four little bits of rubber.
Today's main mission was to try and remove the exhaust. That way I could clean it really well and then finally get off the left side crash bar. Basically, this is a job I hope I never have to do again. Obviously the headpipes were really clamped/rusted on to the spigots. After much smacking, twisting, wedging, etc, I was able to get just the slightest amount of twisting motion at the headpipes. I realized I needed a second pair of hands to do some pulling while someone else twisted. My dad came to the rescue and after an hour of more smacking, twisting, wedging, PB blaster, etc., we got both exhausts off!!! Woot!
The other thing I wanted to get done was remove all sorts of things so I could work on them in the house.
The brakes came off first. I was smart this time and used the master cylinder to push the caliper piston out before I took it off the handlebars. I didn't inspect it too closely but the piston seemed in good shape so hopefully that won't need replacing. The caliper arm also came off so I could grease it.
I finally drained the gallon of really old gas out of the gas tank. I'm going to see what I can do to it with some polish. There's no plans for new paint so I want to make the original paint look as good as possible.
I stripped the bike pretty good. Everything will get cleaned and polished before going back on. This bike is really dirty and I want to clean and detail it as best I can before I start riding it.
As an added bonus I found out our garage stays pretty warm. The garage door is insulated and that held the heat in fairly well. LOTS better than the open garage I was using to work on my last K6.
I've been debating a lot about my carb insulators and airbox rubbers. Some of the insulators are cracking and I don't know if I feel like experimenting more with the airbox boots to see if I can get them to expand back to their original size so they fit tight in the airbox. Since I plan on keeping this bike a long time and putting on plenty of miles I think I'm just going to bite the bullet and buy all new rubber even though my wallet will hurt. I think it just makes the most sense.
