It came fitted with a tail tidy. Fitted radiator guard, 2nd hand set of KTM mirrors. Low Rental bars. Seat mod. Raised the front of the seat. That way I am not sliding into the tank all the time.
Sometimes just fiddling with old bikes to keep them going becomes old. So I got a newer bike. A 2008 Kawasaki Z750. From the bike shop add. Last Friday morning when I picked it up. Today went for a ride with mate Jason who was on his brand new MT10.
#kimilwrongun has been at war with me. We have fought on the brake front. So far both of us are in no mans land. The front pads had been rubbing on the caliper mounting bracket. This was causing the binding. Grinder on the mounting bracket and the pads now retract off the disc. No binding. Then I checked the rear brakes. Master cylinder is leaking. Needs a new one or rebuild kit. I will win on this front too. Did a spray job. Matt flat olive green. Fitted the new lighting. Single Dominator round headlight. LED spot light. Madass headlight brackets. Fitted the shovel. Yes its back. To hide the wiring that came out of the original headlight. Few little touches to add still.
#kimilwrongun came to me with no rego. Very soon that will change. So body work begone. Used rubber floor mat to make frame fill ins. Straightened the MX bars that had been "Aftershock" bent. Old rack bolted to back. My old East German Army back pack added. I have further plans to remove/change stuff. That can wait till after rego is done.
As Wheeza the Beeza has to have the engine come and and be split I needed some form of reliable, read works better than wheeza, transport. So I acquired a 2002 Hyosung GT250. Hence me naming it #kimilwrongun. Of course I have had to make it my own. Firstly that body work. Shudder.
My last post I said that I though the plates on the flywheel had come loose. I was right. The right hand one spins. I have removed the head, barrel and piston. Measured the piston and it looks like this bike is now at 180cc. I assume this was re-bored after the crack in the fin was welded/brazed and the bore would have distorted from the heat.
After fighting an Amal carb that a bike shop.. cough.. cough.. was supposed to have stripped and cleaned and replaced felt washers that the previous owner had paid to get done just before I got this bike I have removed removed this carb. It allows fuel to flow everywhere. I also had to adjust the timing for the Bones CDI as that had been fitted by this ..cough..cough.. bike shop. Fitted an old Mikiuni carb a mate gave me. Got the bike to run without a huge smoke screen. So I ordered an new repro VM22 Mikini. Fitted that this arvo + an NGK Iridium Spark Plug - BR7HIX . It starts after a few kicks. It idles. Almost next to no smoke. Rode it up and down my street. Yay! BUT it sounds like the flywheel plates have come loose. When engine is stopped you can hear this rotating sound from the engine. You can hear this sound slowly die away. So assume its one or both of the flywheel plates spinning on the crank. So that will be the next thing to fix. I got this bike knowing that its...