My new best motorcycle buddy came over this morning and we got to work.
Engine is out!:
So, 6 hours after I started taking off all the stuff, here sits the new engine in the old bike.
Pretty good look with the shiny engine and black frame. To get the engine out, I had to:
1) take off foot pegs, brake and clutch foot pedals.
2) take off the exhaust
3) get off the carbs
4) disconnect all the wires
5) chain... so I TOTALLY had a mental block on this. I didn't want to break it. I just didn't. So, I got the front sprocket bolt off and just slid the sprocket off with the chain on it. Worked in the opposite direction except that we had to release the back wheel adjusters to give it a little more wiggle to get the front sprocket back on.
6) undo my Hugh's clutch from the LHC. I had to recut the threads into the LHC I had all polished up for the new engine.
It took some fussing around figuring out what the heck it would take to get the engine to sit in the frame correctly, and I can't really tell you what finally worked, but it finally got in there!
Then with everything just loose and just the minimal number of connection:
Oh yeah!!!
Video cut off because my dumb phone's memory got full. I noticed that there was only white smoke coming out of the right exhaust pipe, but both sides fired just fine. I revved it a bunch, and let it idle about 5 minutes before shutting it off. 6 hours on the motorcycle in 1 weekend is about all the family-capital I can afford right now
I'll get the bits and bobs back on just as soon as i can so I can take this thing out for a spin!