You know that thing where you take a bike that's almost done and then start taking it apart again?
Yeah...I'm getting pretty good at that.
The rear wheel has a slow leak that I can't stop. Tried changing the stem but it didn't help. Dropped it off Monday to have a tube installed.
I also took that opportunity to see why the brake backing plate is rubbing on the wheel. I'm using parts from three or four bikes on this build, plus aftermarket wheels, so there's no telling WHY it's doing it, but I have some thin washers that I can stack between the bearing and backing plate and that appears to solve the problem. I'll know for sure when I get the wheel back on.
I also pulled the carbs for new emulsion tubes/needles. I ran this engine in another bike many years ago and it always ran rich and got crappy mileage. I've since learned from working on yet
another build, that it was probably the emulsion tubes all along. I'm hoping this will help with tuning the modified motor.
I'm also unhappy with the whole dash/bars arrangements. I've had some mixed responses on the headlight I'm using. I dig it....it looks really cool in person....but it's almost impossible to neatly run the wiring and cables with such a small headlight. It just looks messy.
I briefly considered not running any gauges at all, but I really prefer to have them. I'm working on a more traditional yet still cool solution.
Stay tuned.