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Indeed.

I would bet that all that warm metal came off and find particles and was suspended in the oil and some are most of it trapped in the filters. you should be able to clean out the oil galleys just fine since you don't have any chunks or large flakes I would suspect.

When I try to remove the screws that secure the carburetors to the angle bar it was obvious that the screw heads were soft and that they were very tight. I simply grabbed a small vise grips and clamp them very tightly to the screw heads and was able to crack them loose with no issue or damage...

That is an incredibly sanitary build!! No way that bike could get covid!

"83 Heritage special motor... Got a cam chain question. " I thought he was putting a 72 head on an 83 heritage special motor, .?

How does a continuous chain feed thru the tensioner guide in the rear?? You have to drill out a rivet I guess...?

Amazing skills, truly. Have you ever been commissioned to make reproduction parts for antique collectible automobiles?

That might have enough thrust to propel a hydrofoil of proper weight and dimension...

you should have told your wife the only way you could get over the disappointment of not being able to construct and fly your new ultra-light whas to instead buy another Yamaha. She'd never be so happy to see another bike in the garage .

Regarding your seat lever, I would be telling people it gave a 25 horsepower shot of n o x

Criminy!!!

Looking good. I'm curious, did you have a fastener back off or a vibration induced materials issue?

You should make full-size color copies of that and sell them to fellow forum members... I bet they would be very popular.

Looking good, but I would shorten that front brake stay so that the cable had a straighter route into the holder

Beautiful color, that bike is going to Garner a lot of attention.

Super ape hanger handlebar risers!!

Custom fork brace?

Bravo, Sir!

Very interesting challenge, Gary... Pretend it's the zombie apocalypse and you have to walk if you don't get those carburetor bowls fixed.

Here's some more pics that I hope are helpful.