Recent content by Macabry

Lovely bikes, yours looks really clean too ... I'd definitely recommend balancing the carbs.

Another great ride out today ... I've adjusted the chain and tightened it to spec (It was a bit too loose). The bike is an utter joy to ride now, I'm absolutely loving it now that the bars are comfortable for me ... I can ride comfortably for easily over an hour within any hint of wrist pain...

Howdy all, and a happy Easter to everyone ! Went to an autojumble just down the road today (1/2 mile away !!!), and picked up a few nice bits for the bike ... got an Haynes manual and some 8" ape bars for 12 bucks ... I fitted the bars straight away and I have to say they are much more...

Thanks buddy, you're absolutely right. It's been really tedious but totally worth it ... she's a pocket rocket now. She looks beautiful but there's still a bit more I'll do to finish her off. I'm gonna to use her to commute from next week (if she behaves herself) I will add, that this site...

I've dialed the mixture in too ... lovely tan coloured plugs in both cylinders.

... took her out for a nice few runs again today

Better luck today and a really really nice long ride in perfect weather too !!! Sorted the rear turn signals (earthing problems), rewired them. Then took the bike for a long overdue ride ... took her out for over an hour and loved it, I was grinnning like a fool the whole time. Much less...

Spent another few hours tuning today ... after a bit of work I've almost nailed it. I lowered the needles down to the 2nd notch from top as she was a little too rich, this combined with dialling in the pilot mixture has got me to a nice steady idle, adjusted nicely to 1200rpm when hot. Balanced...

The suspense of trying the carbs out got too much for me ... I refitted the exhaust and carbs and the valve covers etc. and decided to have day messing about with tuning ... On the plus side, she fired right up. However, I was getting a very lean run with 3 turns out and she was hanging and...

I've decided that I'll probably refinish the engine (respray) as I'm doing so much other cosmetic stuff. So while the exhaust is off I've taken off the valve covers and stator cover plate for polishing... got some primary polishing done today: They need buffing, but they're better than they...

I'm finally back home from working abroad ... really looking forward to getting a further along on the project :) Started the day by refitting the handlebars, gauge mount and gauge housings, refitted the lock and barrel, then onto the important stuff... rebuilding the carbs (again:eek:) ... I...

Yep, blue arrow is the blanking plate over the mixture screw. It needs drilling and removing, a very easy job. It's well covered on the forum elsewhere. Essentially it's this: - Take small drill bit (3mm ish) - Drill down into the hole in the brass blank about 3 or 4 mm (dont push hard, it's...

Thanks CaptChrome ... :) I'm slowly ticking off the less interesting jobs... hoping to have it finished by next month. I still haven't decided on the bars either. As for surging, I've got a set of needle jets and some other carb bits on the way and I'm hoping that sorts it. Testing the vacuum...

Still waiting for my carb parts ... I've cleaned up a lot of parts but the one thing that was still standing out was the top yoke. It had a few scuffs and some wear through on the paint. So stripped it back, sanded it ... Then masked it up and sprayed it ... It looks a million times better...