Ok, I reluctantly had to take a break from my little project to catch up on my honey do’s.
So back to more first impression photos, in no special order.
The front disc doesn’t look bad, I grabbed it and tried to wiggle it to see if I could detect any play, no wiggle, don’t know if that means anything or not yet.
Front forks are weeping and feel like they have no oil in them.
A couple views of the header pipes. The left one is more blues than the right. Has it been running too lean? It’s been a while since I’ve had a bike that had un synced carburetors. Im going to have to learn new tuning rituals.
Alternator windings look good, nice color, not burned. This bike was throwing a good charge. I tested it with my meter when the owner fired it up. You could’ve knocked me over with a feather.
Also no sign of oil in the alternator housing, YAY!
A couple underside photos.
Pulled the left cover off. I kinda felt like maybe I was the first one to remove it since it left the factory. Only 5500 miles on the bike, and still, it looks like I might be replacing the clutch pushrod seal.
Checkout the old ( empty) Black Widow egg sack. It’s still there I haven’t touched anything yet.
On my ‘77 the oil breather hoses are routed back into the air box, but on this bike they are just routed down behind the motor, where they belch oil fumes all over the frame and underside.
The above photo also shows the rusted center stand, a victim of battery acid im afraid, as well as the lower frame in the left side.
Some more motor shots.
All the valve tappet inspection covers were pushing out a lot of oil. The underside of the gas tank had a lot of oil from vapor on it. I’ve got my work cut out for me trying to remove stains from the paint on the gas tank.
Here , I don’t know if you can see it well, up under the steering head there is a bunch of grass and string and junk packed in there, I think a mouse was making it home.
The battery box rubber insulator is shot, may have to get creative there, doubt I’ll find a replacement.
That’s all I’ve got for now, I’ll post some more as soon as I can.
I sure am having fun!