Post by hopwheels on Sept 16, 2006 17:57:01 GMT -5
Well, my '78 (Molly as she's affectionately known now. Why? I dunno. Seems like an 'ol gal's kinda name and now I've got a ton of time into 'er, so a name seemd due.) is back on the road.
All new bright work (both fenders, headlight bucket, handle bars and instrument buckets), new cables, rebuilt forks, about 30 hours so far of bolt shining, and polished the bright areas and repainted the black on both rims.
Also the whole carb thing. Put the #330 main in, still a little hesitation (I'm sure the slide cut on the minton mods takes care of that, that'll come soon). BTW, the float problem seems to have vanished, perhaps it just needed to work itself out with fuel in it and a couple of rides?
Adjusted the cam chain, bled the front brakes, put the progressive shocks from my non-running vexing the hell out of me '79, onto this bike, etc., etc., etc. And a ridiculous amount of holding little bolts, nuts and washers up to the wire wheel. Not a complete down to the frame restore... but the 'ol gal is sittin' pretty just the same. See 'ya 'round the garage. Take care lads.
Gary
Hopwheels
And some pics of the process. I like this one, across the tanks of my bikes. This was when I started bolting everything back on the front end, and before starting the back.
Yes, masking the wheels was a beee'atch!
All new bright work (both fenders, headlight bucket, handle bars and instrument buckets), new cables, rebuilt forks, about 30 hours so far of bolt shining, and polished the bright areas and repainted the black on both rims.
Also the whole carb thing. Put the #330 main in, still a little hesitation (I'm sure the slide cut on the minton mods takes care of that, that'll come soon). BTW, the float problem seems to have vanished, perhaps it just needed to work itself out with fuel in it and a couple of rides?
Adjusted the cam chain, bled the front brakes, put the progressive shocks from my non-running vexing the hell out of me '79, onto this bike, etc., etc., etc. And a ridiculous amount of holding little bolts, nuts and washers up to the wire wheel. Not a complete down to the frame restore... but the 'ol gal is sittin' pretty just the same. See 'ya 'round the garage. Take care lads.
Gary
Hopwheels
And some pics of the process. I like this one, across the tanks of my bikes. This was when I started bolting everything back on the front end, and before starting the back.
Yes, masking the wheels was a beee'atch!
