Actually, easiest of all is to start it and put the keys in your pocket for the ride.
Tuning and test ride today under sunny skies... Eureka, looks like the petcock issue was the smoking gun!!!Back at it again tonight...
- disassembled and went through the carbs again, no fault found, reassembled, bench-synched and reinstalled. The only change was to raise the needle clip to Position #2, as I found it when I first dissembled the carbs.
- drained the full tank via the petcocks into a clean basin to look for water and/or debris. Gas was clean, but I noticed that the right petcock flowed slowly at first, then only dribbled while the other was still flowing. Aha, maybe not a smoking gun, but definitely not normal. Dissembled both petcocks and found them to be full of swarf (some debris but mostly corrosion of the pot-metal petcock body). The filter screen on the right one was definitely obstructed. Blew out the tank, reinstalled the petcocks and the tank on the bike.
- no fire-up tonight... it was past midnight and pouring rain. Ready for idle adjustment and synch.
- Found the pre-load on the rear springs to be at its lowest setting. Reset it to max preload to see if it will prevent the bottoming-out experienced on the first run.
More to follow...
Very busy, well doneWell yesterday and today.... Removed the engine, cleaned, sanded the frame around the engine and repainted , replaced all the top end gaskets, freshened up the cyls, cleaned and lapped the valves. Cleaned and re-zinced the engine bolts and loosely bolted the engine back in the frame.
You must have an air conditioned garage. Nice work.Well yesterday and today.... Removed the engine, cleaned, sanded the frame around the engine and repainted , replaced all the top end gaskets, freshened up the cyls, cleaned and lapped the valves. Cleaned and re-zinced the engine bolts and loosely bolted the engine back in the frame.
No kiddingYou must have an air conditioned garage. Nice work.
Impressive assembly speed on display here! Its obviously possible, but always a challenge for me to get that much uninterrupted time; no email. phone calls, domestic duties, parental demands, uninvited visitors, honey-do's, honey dont's, forgotten social obligations and what-nots!View attachment 330137
Autoroute Special s a Roller
Spent some time cleaning generations of chain lube out of my shiniest of two chain guards, went to put it on and it had the shock cut out for a Standard. Instead of fighting it, I used the other one which just happened to be for a Special but wasn't as pretty.
I suppose at that point, given it was on the centre stand, I should have switched to working up front to add on forks, wheel and so on.
Installed the rear wheel and snugged it then went to the front to lift it up level and of course the centre spring did its magic. Got the thing stabilized without further incident or strain. Fortunately my wife consented to place the scissor jack under the motor mount on a piece of 4x4, plus swing the stand back in place so all was well.
A few more hours and see the result.
Tomorrow: making a tail light from leftovers, finding my roundest head light shell.
Thanks you guys!40 North , have a look at Power Dynamo ignitions and Electrex World they both have options that will run without a battery. Electrex World have a CDI only option (no charging) and an option with CDI and charging.
I have one fitted to the streettracker in my garage. I doanlike it very much.