Ken saved the day again, as we fabbed up new inserts for the brackets, TIG welded them in place and made a few parts to complete the forward controls foot shifter and remove the home made jockey shifter.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Forward control/ kickstand tab fix
The bike was setup for hand shift and the left side forward controls and kickstand bracket was only held in place by one bolt. From the MoCo this was supposed to be 3 bolts there.
Ken saved the day again, as we fabbed up new inserts for the brackets, TIG welded them in place and made a few parts to complete the forward controls foot shifter and remove the home made jockey shifter.
Ken saved the day again, as we fabbed up new inserts for the brackets, TIG welded them in place and made a few parts to complete the forward controls foot shifter and remove the home made jockey shifter.
First of many fixes
The first fix we made was to the rear cylinder exhaust pipe mounting threads as they were stripped.
I learned what a helicoil was that day, the first of many....
I learned what a helicoil was that day, the first of many....
Bad start
I should have known this was gonna be bad.
The night I bought it and drove it home it kept dying on me.
Had to clean the spark plugs as they were fouled halfway through the 15 mile journey.
The night I bought it and drove it home it kept dying on me.
Had to clean the spark plugs as they were fouled halfway through the 15 mile journey.
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