More Picturetime!
Last weekend, I started on modifying the frame, got some tubes & bars et voila. Meticulously measured and cut my pieces and rigged it up. A shame my welding guy (AKA Dad) went and "straightened things out" before welding without informing me, as I intentionally cut a 5 degree inward angle to my tubes so it fit my seat...
A few forcefull corrections seemed to have done the trick, untill I looked over my bike yesterday and noticed my five degrees of f*ck up. It's a good thing all that is out of sight.
I was also bothered by the tire getting so close to my ass, so I went and picked up a few brand new shocks from the attic. Supposedly they were meant for a light Honda... I think it'll do fine
All I had to do was swap the rubbers.
Here she is, pround and tall on her new heels:
Back to the more recent past:
Yesterday I tried starting for the first time since I took apart my wiring harness and scavenged the ignition bits. It's all looking reliable now
Before I set to work I figured, since I am done having crappy wiring, I should have a better power supply setup too, so I went ahead and strapped a battery into my frame and added a sturdy switch to toggle ignition on & off
I also gave my carbs another quick clean and installed an in-line fuel filter off my other bike, just to be sure.
Now here's the thing: I got about 3 strokes to fire at the start of my day... That's it... To my knowledge there is no reason why it shouldn't be working
- I have spark, decent spark as far as I can tell.
- The ignitiontiming is calibrated to the static ignition lines pretty much immaculately
- The ignition advance has been de-rusted, fixed and polished. It now works properly.
- There's gas going to the cilinders
- Carb boot rubbers are still good on the inside, so no leaks
To me that sounds like a running engine... but it made not a single puff.
That said, all my previous experience is with single cylinder 2-stroke's and super basic carbs, the biggest problem I encountered a dead 60 year old ignitioncoil... none of that here
There's about 3 things I can think of that might cause my problems...
1 The sparks are not powerful enough, due to broken condensators, coil troubles or low battery power, but I doubt all these
2 The carbs are set up so badly that ignition is out of the question
3 I have angered the gods of speed by putting my other bike up for sale
Except for the battery, I can check none of these issues myself, so I'm completely at a loss here.
I've been trying for so long, and only seem to be getting further away from success, it's a damn shame...
Thanks for reading!