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Just a few more small jobs to complete, and its done..

I hope....

Two new float valves and seats arrived, fitted them to the carbs, and fitted the carbs to the bike.. surprisingly the engine fired up immediately. The first time in more than ten years since I've owned the bike. Bit of smoke from the exhaust at first, probably from the oil I poured down the...

After two weeks enforced break from the garage, I can work on the Guzzi again. Tried to bleed the front brake, only to find the Brembo master cylinder wasn't working. That master cylinder was given to me years ago, and had no idea what bike it came from. It was stamped '4' and '16', the latter...

With one project complete, time to move on to the next, my longest running project, the Guzzi.. In this pic the seat isnt mounted correctly, hence its slightly tipped up at the back.. I made some changes back in January, fitted a different speedo/tacho, ripped out all the wiring and started...

While there are a few small items that need to be done, such as rechroming the kickstart and brake lever next winter, the Z650B is now completed.

With the problem carb back on the bike, it still ran on only 3 cylinders, however the green F2 carbs were very clean, so I replaced the carbs on the bike with the F2 carbs and without much hope, hit the starter.... and the engine sprang to life on all 4 cylinders for the first time! I still have...

New float valves and seats fitted, carbs back on the bike, and it now runs. but only on three cylinders. The dead cylinders carb has fuel in its float bowl at the correct height, while the spark is ok too. As it ran on 3 cylinders, I squirted fuel with a syringe down the carb and that cylinder...

Quick update, I took the float bowls off the carbs, and connected a fuel supply, with the floats hinged down as far as they go, I expected fuel to pour out of the float valves.. but nothing. Then having messed with the floats suddenly fuel started to flood out of the carbs. Good. Perhaps a small...

Seems the pics are back, good. I took the carbs off the bike and dismantled them. I couldn't see any obvious blocked jets etc, although three of the four main jet o rings fell apart as I unscrewed them. Later in the week the 10L Ultrasonic cleaner arrived along with a bottle of carb cleaner...

Took an afternoon to fit the Dyna S ignition, and found it very easy to do the static timing. Once that was done time to see if the engine would finally start. Which it did, but not for long, after 30 seconds it died. While the starter was making some horrible noises, or more likely that was the...

Maybe, both coils are new, they did provide a spark, but very weak. Fitting the dyna S ignition soon, so will soon find out.

Missing pics, don't know why, nothing has changed in the way I always post pics on here

The only thing I hadn't yet change in the ignition system was the points themselves, so I fitted a new pair, and finally got a spark at the plugs. But it seemed to be a very weak spark, and the bike still wouldn't fire up. I changed all the terminals used in the ignition circuit but that made no...

On a different subject, I weighed the bike today, with oil and battery, but no fuel in the tank... 192kg or 424 lbs. Specs say the dry weight is 211kg / 465lbs and wet weight of 220kg / 485lbs. I think the dry weight is with no fluids at all, no oil etc. So I estimate my bike when...

A quick update on the key situation, I found a 3 digit code on the seat lock, so used that to order a new key. It duly arrived, and fitted the seat lock perfectly.. but it didn't fit the ignition barrel. Half expecting this, I'd also ordered a new barrel and keys, so I fitted it with no...

With a new chain, plugs, caps and condensors fitted, I hooked up a battery to test the electrics and hopefully start the engine for the first time.. but then I hit a problem.. I couldn't find the key! It must be in my garage somewhere, but having searched for over two hours, no sign of it...

Fitted Renthal grips and Oxford bar ends, that I had left over from another project, then spent ages removing the black finish on the Brembo brake lever, so now it more closely matches the original clutch lever. The Delkevic stainless exhaust arrived today, soon had it on the bike. The...

The YSS shocks had a14mm bolt hole in the lower shock mount, but the swing arm used a 10mm bolt. Eventually I found a suitable bush on Ebay, works well, just had to narrow it down from 30mm to 18mm to fit the shock. Fitted a new front mudguard, one from a Z900 LTD, as its shorter and better...