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Re: 1972 DS7 The Long Road- monoshock conversion done
Few little things happening this weekend. First, I got the engine covers back so I dedcided to put them on. Found out that the drive gear for the oil pump from a 250 doesn't line up to the primary crank gear on the 350 tranny. Second, the 350 throttle cable that came with the carbs that werer thrown in with the bike has a longer oil pump cable and probably won't work with the 250 oil pump. I'm really considering canning the oil pump idea and block it off. So to alieve the frustrations I tackled the wiring harness. I started with this crusty mess:
got it down to this:
Then started re-assembling it on the bike:
Here is a shot of the tail light.I still need to go back and glass over the top of the light where I cut it to high. I also got a daytona kickstarter that should clear the chambers and rearsets.
Re: 1972 DS7 The Long Road- monoshock conversion done
Thanks brothers. After this damn (saints pulled it off)football game I'm going to order some bullet connectors and sheath to finish it off. I have the tubing on the way for the exhaust manifolds also.
Crazy, I threw away my ratio rite about 6 years ago. I really want this pump to work out. A question would be with the different gearing what would the 250 pump put out now as far as ratio?
Re: 1972 DS7 The Long Road- monoshock conversion done
I tackled more of the wiring this weekend and pretty much got it done. It went pretty smooth and I wish that I could say that building the rest of the bike was this simple.
I got it layed out and clothed up:
I installed new bullet connectors on the ninja switch and tail light:
Laid it up on the side of the bike:
And bam! Head light, tail light horn and blinkers:
I used the stock ignition switch to run this test but Ive got a replacement on the way that will fit into the stock zx6 triple clamp.
The list of things to do is getting smaller but finding time to do them lately is getting harder. I'm going to just keep on track and not try to rush through just to say that I'm done. Ill be cool if its finished by January.
The daytona (RD400F) kick starter arrived today. Solved the problem of the kicker hitting the chambers. It clears the rear sets better than the stock kicker also. I have a feeling that the kick stand may be a little more involved.
Re: 1972 DS7 The Long Road- monoshock conversion done
Damn! I just typed out a long explanation on the progress and somewow it got deleted. I don't feel like typing it again so here are the pics.
This is what I pulled out of the oil tank when I got the bike
Cheers
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