.......How do your old points faces look? Are they badly pitted?.......
I can't say 5T.
Being that my initial goal was to just get the motor started when I got the bike one of the earliest things I did was file the points and set the gaps. I never really scrutinized them.
I had thought that once I got the motor started (or not) that I was going to put it aside while I finished up two restorations I was working on.... one being that little JT1 that I posted a picture of earlier and the other being a Hodaka Combat Wombat. Original goal was to complete those two by Thanksgiving. And then there was still one more bike waiting in the "restoration queue" before I'd start on the XS. I was figuring at best I'd begin working on it winter of 20/21.
Well, that didn't happen, did it?
As soon as I had success in getting the bike started I realized that my interest in "preserving" the bike was greater than I had initially thought and the prospect of riding it was becoming my focus.
And here we are.
As I addressed each and every item requiring attention (the bike had been sitting for 20+ yrs.) the project morphed like the proverbial onion... peel away one layer, and find two more.
But I am now in the final stages.
The bike runs great except for the right carburetor issue at low rpm's.
And with the wonderful guidance I've been receiving I know it'll get resolved.
I've kept a running list of every mechanical and electrical issue I've addressed and repaired or performed needed maintenance, and believe me, it's extensive.
When done, I'll post it. Might be useful to someone inexperienced as a guide to bringing a bike back to a point of road worthiness.
Pete