I lost my 'point n shoot' camera beginning of month. Usually off load pics on the camera's card. Have some of the X2 dismantle, lost some....like taking the carbs apart. That had me staring at the choke mechanism apart for a while...while looking for missing pan head screws for float bowel cover and FB gaskets which I found. gave me a chance to blow out anything out of passage ways, lube that binary choke action and dab some med. Loctite on little screws I don't want to loose. I believe the needle of the Solex just drops into the float hole and is secured by just dropping the plastic spring holder on top of it. The clips were set at 1 groove up when removed, the float bowl heights were both about dead on at 24mm. So, left those alone to reassemble. Has the 130 main jets. One little jet is buggered up but clean.
moving on to something more daunting ...cleaning out the ft. fork tubes and rebuilding those with new shinny tubes and unrated springs. Think I'll send the aluminum lower forks and my rear wheel hub to my soda blaster before I decide to polish or leave as is as I did with the patina on the carbs that looks nice. Once that patina is gone....it's gone. Oh, go check the ft.steel rim that slept in evapo-rust...then take a walk.
moving on to something more daunting ...cleaning out the ft. fork tubes and rebuilding those with new shinny tubes and unrated springs. Think I'll send the aluminum lower forks and my rear wheel hub to my soda blaster before I decide to polish or leave as is as I did with the patina on the carbs that looks nice. Once that patina is gone....it's gone. Oh, go check the ft.steel rim that slept in evapo-rust...then take a walk.
Couldn't take it no more, rotating that ft. rim around in some fresh Evapo-Rust. Ran some 0000X steel wool around the rim surfaces without pressing down while the ER liquid still lubed the surface. No pressure,just to catch the little former rust specks. The ER got into the inner rim drain holes and in the show lots of rusty water flushed out. I was able to knock off spots with my thumb nail...Rim is getting more acceptable by the day. I could still see rust coming off of pin holes while drying with a towel. So next progression in cleaning will be polishing steps to chemically clean and fine abrasives polish. I may put it back in the ER on a spot or two while waiting for tires I purchased and the std. size rear alloy rim I have yet to pull the trigger on. Rotating mass will be less on that driven wheel...My machinist said it would just look silly on aluminum one chrome...I should get the rear re-chromed. Have some Michelin Pilot Activ 4.00 x 18H n 3.25 x 19H coming with tubes. There is a chrome place in Tampa...just been scared to ask how much 
. Taking apart the forks right now..nasty...that's why I logged on so I don't destroy them...
