My winter project

It lives!!! Took about 4 hours to get the carbs back in and everything else involved reinstalled. Even after all the checking, the #6 carb wanted to overflow at first. Once it was running it settled in and no more drips. Was great to hear this bike run after sitting for the past 36 years.....

All new rubber on the engine side of the carbs


Piece of wood holds the throttle wide open to aid in getting the throttle cables hooked up

 

Good for you! I bet there was a little happy dance when that took off and ran. Very, very cool.

 

Super great it is running. Great work.

 

Great work!

 

Well, bike is all back together. We had some fantastic weather last week and I put a little over 100 miles on it.



I've been riding it like it was new trying to give everything time to loosen up a bit after sitting for 36 years. Clutch was frozen up, but worked it loose on the center stand with a bit of rear brake. It is still a bit noisy, but it's coming around.

The bike starts, idles and runs like a champ. I'm very pleased with how the carbs turned out. It has also cleaned up very well. It's got new tires and an air filter, but it's running on the 1988 spark plugs! Lol



Still have a few things to do between now and spring, but I'm pretty confident it will be ready by the time good weather comes to Ohio.

 

That looks absolutely fantastic! Nice work. 6 times the fun!!

 

Looks awesome. Great work.

 

Very nice job, bike looks great. I forgot how close the tolerance is with that front tire and the fender...wow.

 

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@BallAquatics nice job! That is really pretty, I'm glad for you that it came out so nice.
Well done Sir.

 

Thanks guys. My wife and I used to tour on this bike and getting it back on the road meant a lot to me. Riding it made me feel so good that I'm thinking about taking it on a road trip down to the Wheels Through Time museum and then back north on the Blue Ridge Parkway this spring.

Ordered Mike Nixon's "Charging System" booklet and some shims for the alternator this afternoon. That will be the next task in getting the bike up to snuff.

 

You just don't see those on the road around here. Most are either modern hot rod metrics or Harley style bikes.

 

@BallAquatics if you are going as far from home as Maggie Valley you REALLY need to continue to the Barber Museum if you have never been there. You will be amazed. They have expanded since I was there last so I need to go back too. Between the friendliness of the staff ( they will request you park your bike in the circular driveway by the front door and not just out in the general parking lot), the amazing care and condition of the grounds and the track to the just plain awesomely spectacular-ness of the museum itself you will be stunned. Not to be missed by any true motorcyclist.

 

@Huntchuks don't see them where I live either.

 

Thanks, I'll have to look into that! It's about 300 miles down the road from Wheels Through Time, easy enough to do in a day.....