AlphaDogChoppers
Science is true whether you believe in it or not.
It occurred to me the other day that I have been on the forum for about a year and a half, and never posted a build thread. Fact is, I don't do a "build" all the often. I work on other people's bikes, and sometimes it's just mundane shit like repairs.
This is different. This is a bike that came into my shop as a non-runner, although it was in pretty decent shape overall. Always kept inside, so it was not all rusty and corroded. It was that awful Honda shit brown color, though, and had minor dents and other cosmetic flaws.
My first task was just to get it running. The fixed pulsars of the stator assembly were toast, so I dropped the engine, split the case, and changed it out.
Inside, everything was pretty clean.
It also had clogged up carburetors, and was getting no fuel at all. Routine carb clean. I also changed the jets, installing a 120 intermediate main jet and a 90 main jet. I removed the restrictive flame arrester in the airbox and the rubber intake snorkel. Also installed a K&N filter.
So, I got the bike running. Still seemed a little lean but too early to tell. The owner of the bike suspected low compression, and a compression test confirmed that. Next was an engine tear down.
This is different. This is a bike that came into my shop as a non-runner, although it was in pretty decent shape overall. Always kept inside, so it was not all rusty and corroded. It was that awful Honda shit brown color, though, and had minor dents and other cosmetic flaws.
My first task was just to get it running. The fixed pulsars of the stator assembly were toast, so I dropped the engine, split the case, and changed it out.
Inside, everything was pretty clean.
It also had clogged up carburetors, and was getting no fuel at all. Routine carb clean. I also changed the jets, installing a 120 intermediate main jet and a 90 main jet. I removed the restrictive flame arrester in the airbox and the rubber intake snorkel. Also installed a K&N filter.
So, I got the bike running. Still seemed a little lean but too early to tell. The owner of the bike suspected low compression, and a compression test confirmed that. Next was an engine tear down.