Down under, an idiot and a 400F

It's been ages since I got my work done on the bike. Today was a great day to get back in to it. Today's plan was to finally finish the carbs, I had ordered in some hole punches and felt so I could make some replacement felt washers for the ones missing on the slide linkage and choke holes. It worked very well:

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Next up I made a float tool, set to 24mm (+2mm on stock) based on PJ's recommendations. The floats were all over the place height wise so it good to get them lined up:

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Finally I put all the carbs back together with all fresh parts, managed to find some rubber tube for the vent linkage so its all ready to rock and roll. Once all together I bench synced the slides using a bit of wire and set the max slide height. All ready to go:

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Also received another batch of parts this week, oil filter, rear brake switch, horn and LED switch. All in preparation for finishing off the wiring:

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Lastly I started running wires for the custom loom, turns out I have to redo the fuse box wires as I didn't make it long enough to fit under the seat. Of well, this time I'm going to run wires and leave a bit of excess so I've got safety margin:

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Quote from: andycafe on January 10, 2012, 04:58:51 pm

Hey, nice build........


Posted by: neevo: January 10, 2012, 06:10:09 pm »

You've seen my pile of crap haven't you?
Motor farked! Frame farked!

Hey, Nice build ;D I know I went early, still love your build though mate 8)
 
andycafe said:
Hey, Nice build ;D I know I went early, still love your build though mate 8)

Early adopter Andy! You're one of the cool kids, probably using Twitter in 2001 weren't you ;)
 
neevo said:
Early adopter Andy! You're one of the cool kids, probably using Twitter in 2001 weren't you ;)

Ah haha ;D Never used twitter, phones are for making calls ;)
 
Lazy Sunday in the shed working with wires. I'm finding it quite therapeutic although crimping the tiny connectors can be a bit of a bitch. Need to get me some replacements as I buggered a few up.

I am crimping and soldering all joints and using shrink wrap on mid wire joints. Hopefully that keeps it in top nick.

Currently done the ignition circuit up to the RFID, still a way to go.

The bench with the laptop for the diagram, nearly makes me look like a pro:

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And this is where I am up to on the bike:

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Motor last for me, except for the final finish stuff (like paint) as its got quite a bit of work to do in it. Should have the loom finished in a week or two, then the swingarm loop bent ready to install the shock. That will give me a roller with electrics which may mean in ready to start the final stretch... the power plant!

I plan on running the bike a bit in a non finished form so I can properly shake down prior to doing all the fancy/pretty stuff.
 
neevo said:
Motor last for me, except for the final finish stuff (like paint) as its got quite a bit of work to do in it. Should have the loom finished in a week or two, then the swingarm loop bent ready to install the shock. That will give me a roller with electrics which may mean in ready to start the final stretch... the power plant!

I plan on running the bike a bit in a non finished form so I can properly shake down prior to doing all the fancy/pretty stuff.

Haha, we did it opposite of eachother. I've got the motor all ready to go (other than painting/polishing a few covers). Your way might have been better now that I look at it....haha :D
 
MotorbikeBruno said:
Haha, we did it opposite of eachother. I've got the motor all ready to go (other than painting/polishing a few covers). Your way might have been better now that I look at it....haha :D

I only did it so I could sit on the bike and make vroom vroom noises, instead of having a running engine and a pile of parts ;)
 
neevo said:
I only did it so I could sit on the bike and make vroom vroom noises, instead of having a running engine and a pile of parts ;)

Sorry to tell you this but it sounds like you already have a problem with your engine, it's suppose to be ...vrooOOM.. chikuk.. vrooOOOM.. chikuk.. vroooOOOM.. chikuk..
You get the idea..
 
Frankenfe said:
Sorry to tell you this but it sounds like you already have a problem with your engine, it's suppose to be ...vrooOOM.. chikuk.. vrooOOOM.. chikuk.. vroooOOOM.. chikuk..
You get the idea..

Are you serious?!?!?!?!?

I've not even put it together and its buggered, what the hell could be wrong with it? Pretty sure there was minor thingumy scoring but I thought a beefed up whatsit would compensate for that.
 
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