So, we're one week away from kick-over. Here's what we did Saturday to get within spitting-distance of running in the motor on the dyno:
Junk motor was pulled out of the frame, Woodcraft clip-ons, Moose racing clutch lever, and Gunnar Gasser throttle were installed.
Rear sprocket was installed and wheel was balanced.
Motor was buttoned up - but only as much as necessary to keep the weight down.
Installed the motor, exhaust, and clutch - which turned into a minor nightmare.
Seems I had a different year clutch-basket that the Barnett extra-plate kit didn't want to fit. Took a moment to figure out if the parts were wrong, or if my nicely drilled clutch-basket was wrong. It was the latter. Dug through the spare motors, pulled one out that was serviceable, blasted the rust off of it... then the clutch-lifter plate cracked when torqued. Given the damage to the clutch-center (found earlier) and all of the other buggered components - the next problem we found made perfect sense.
Every part of the gearshift clock-works were bent, loose, trashed, and beyond any hope of reasonable shifting. With the clutch buggered, I can only imagine the force that was required to shift the bike, which is likely the reason for the damage. We had low-mile donor equipment handy and were on our way after only half and hour of sorting and inspection.
At the end of the day, we had this.
Chain needs to be shortened, oil lines made up, clutch and throttle cables installed, ignition installed and static timed - and we're ready for start-up. It'll be run off a battery sitting on the floor and an I.V. bottle gas tank, but we'll have a sense of where we are with the motor anyway.
