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Mailmans XS2 , the rebuild.......again
- Thread starter Mailman
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Are there some rubber buffers between the disc mounting and the hub?
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It’s all good in the hood,
Went out this morning and re installed the rotor, it’s on right, I have no doubt, clearances are all good.
Then I pulled the front caliper off and squeezed the pads back in and re mounted it. Everything is tightened up now, with no unusual drag or clearance problems.
I’m assembling a home made remote fuel tank now, I’m hoping to test fire the engine this afternoon. I’ve already pulled the spark plugs and valve covers and cranked the motor. I’m getting good oil flow to the head. Wish me luck!
Went out this morning and re installed the rotor, it’s on right, I have no doubt, clearances are all good.
Then I pulled the front caliper off and squeezed the pads back in and re mounted it. Everything is tightened up now, with no unusual drag or clearance problems.
I’m assembling a home made remote fuel tank now, I’m hoping to test fire the engine this afternoon. I’ve already pulled the spark plugs and valve covers and cranked the motor. I’m getting good oil flow to the head. Wish me luck!
And here we go!!!!!!!!!
First time this motor has ran in seven months!
This video is actually the second start up. The first start I was busy checking timing and the charging.
It is charging beautifully ( Thanks Jim! ) and the timing was dead on. I did not have to touch the carbs after starting, it idles perfect, throttle response is crisp with no stumbles. To say that I’m relieved would be an understatement.
Mostly all I did was clean things up and hone the cylinders. Same rings, no new parts other than a couple seals and gaskets. So to see it run nicely right out of the box was a huge relief.
Turn the volume up, it’s kinda low.
Wooo!
First time this motor has ran in seven months!
This video is actually the second start up. The first start I was busy checking timing and the charging.
It is charging beautifully ( Thanks Jim! ) and the timing was dead on. I did not have to touch the carbs after starting, it idles perfect, throttle response is crisp with no stumbles. To say that I’m relieved would be an understatement.
Mostly all I did was clean things up and hone the cylinders. Same rings, no new parts other than a couple seals and gaskets. So to see it run nicely right out of the box was a huge relief.
Turn the volume up, it’s kinda low.
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timeNow if you just had a tank.
Save that one for when you put the bike in display mode. @gggGary has one that's mostly holes on one side he could send him for you.Ha! I’ve got a real pretty one that’s full of melted tank liner, I could send you.
With a bright light inside it'd be a disco ball....
Sounds great, looks great Bob !!
I'm happy for ya!
I didn't see the fan going at first, so I thought that "note" in the background was the trumpets in Also Sprach Zarathustra cued up for dramatic effect....
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Thanks Jeff!
I didn't see the fan going at first, so I thought that "note" in the background was the trumpets in Also Sprach Zarathustra cued up for dramatic effect....
Oh I wish I would’ve thought of that!
Great news. Can’t wait to see it with the tank on, out in the desert somewhere parked next to a big cactus that’s actually a 5G phone mast.
Good job as always.
Good job as always.
Thanks! I’m excited about getting it back on the road too!
I liked the bit where you tickled the decompressor - how quaint!
Had a decompressor on the l/h bar on my SR500. Once you learned the routine - push to compression, ease past with the lever, then a full, slow kick - that bike was a first-kick starter every time. Forgive my reminiscences . . .
Had a decompressor on the l/h bar on my SR500. Once you learned the routine - push to compression, ease past with the lever, then a full, slow kick - that bike was a first-kick starter every time. Forgive my reminiscences . . .
Something for you to fiddle with while waiting for the tank - I noticed the position of the hitch pin on your rear axle back in post #302. I like to run mine with the closed end butted against the rear shock or it's mount. This holds the clip in place so it won't pop out .....
You will have to rotate the axle and find just the right spot so you can insert the clip and it locks behind the shock mount once rotated in. Above is my '78 with a partially stretched out chain (axle back farther). On my '83 with a practically new and unstretched chain, I had to position it differently .....
You will have to rotate the axle and find just the right spot so you can insert the clip and it locks behind the shock mount once rotated in. Above is my '78 with a partially stretched out chain (axle back farther). On my '83 with a practically new and unstretched chain, I had to position it differently .....
Hell, at this rate you could learn how to make the hitch pins.
Yeah the decompressor isn’t really needed, but the starter switch is incorporated in either the lever. It makes the bike kinda unique.
I had the sibling of your SR500, I had an XT500 that had that same decompressor routine. That was a really fun bike!
