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OK - they are the Mk1 version. If you have rebuilt and they work, then all good. If they give trouble then it might be worth looking for a set of Triumph 900 carbies. I have not worked on the Mk1 version. I have MkII on my 750 and the Mikuni flatslides on my 896.

What does the choke lever look like? That is the easiest way to tell.

You are definately going to have to go bigger than 750 stock, so I guess you have a starting point. If you do happen to find a set of carbies off a Triumph 900 triple they bolt staight on and I did not need to touch the jetting. Most people prefer the Keihin carbies but I found a set of the...

It is looking good. What carbies are you using and where did you start with your jetting? What air cleaners are you going to run?

Interesting point. Down here no one winches, it is all drive off, drive on. There is only 1 ram I know where I have seen a big boat trailer go over the end and it was no big deal as he still had 2 axles on the ramp! We are very lucky down here, in the last 12months the government has decided...

Hi Sonic I am very happy, but it has had limited time on the water. and it was almost glass. As you can see in the video I did hit some boat wake and on the boat I did not realise how much air we got. The suspension seat mounts only have 45mm of travel but they totally eliminate the jarring...

Well it has happened. First sea trial has happened. All good No leaks - I can now confess that I never tested for leaks, I was just confident that the welds were sound. Boat went really well. Sorry about the video quality, the younger generation just don't get about holding the camera still...

Getting close to throwing it in the water. Everything is connected and working. Spent Saturday sanding the outside of the hull and cabin. First went over it with 80 grit on the 125mm velcro pad on the angle grinder to sand down the high spots (weld). If you keep the disk well lubricated with wax...

Its not going to sink. Put 1.3 cubic metres of PE closed cell certified buoyancy foam filling the hold. The sheets are supplied as 2m X 1m X 50mm, I used a bread knife to cut the sheets down into smaller blocks to get them in under the deck. It was probably the most physically demanding task of...

Spent 2 days making up a bit of indulgence. A suspension seat using a mountain bike air shock. And it works, needs a bit of a clean up with the shock mounting bolts and then bolted down onto the pedestal.

Lights Action! Solar cell has been installed, charging controller connected = Batteries are now charging via the solar system. Woo Hoo! Still have to install the duel voltage sensing relay, to make sure the starter battery is protected from being drained to a point the motor will not start...

Starting on the dash. Also just gave the starter a squirt - motor started after 3 or 4 cranks on the residual fuel in the pump and injectors. Turned it of immediately, that was a relief that it started so easily.

The welding is now complete after today. Added a rub rail on the sides, that really was to pull some weld distortion out. Used scaffold screw jacks to push out the concave section, then welded on the rub rail. To make sure it would hold the panels true, I slit a 50mm tube with 6mm wall in half...

Last day before returning to work. Plumbed up the fuel tank. Made up new 5m battery cables, tinned the ends, swaged on the terminals using hydraulic pliers. Initially, I thought it might have been an overkill using 63mm conduit (not fitted yet) but as you can see the cable run is filling the...

Motor is on. Apart from getting the wrong bolts to lift from the flywheel. I bought 5/16UNF per other blogs, needed to race out to Bunnings (hardware store) and get 3/8UNF bolts. After that it all went smoothly. The main bolts holding the motor to the transom are 1/2UNC SS316 torqued to 45FTLBS...