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Have the coil mount modified to hold the new coils. Still have to clean it up, but that can wait until later. Next up will be connecting all the wires (which I hate).
Jumped a big hurdle, actually finished the wiring enough to hopefully allow me to start it up. I only did the bare bones connections and it still took me forever, kept putting it off and finding other things to do, I absolutely hate it. I hooked up the battery from my Gladius and kicked it over to see if I had spark on each plug and looks good. I'll look to get the gas tank ready and hooked up this week and see it will live. Also put new plugs in it and changed the oil.
Here's a pic showing my massive wiring skills I left all the wires intentionally long, I'll tidy it all up later in the build, but didn't want to cut anything short and regret it later. The Gladius battery was just a bit too large to fit in the battery box so I used a bungy cord to secure it to the frame. Also, good incentive to get this started as quick as possible so I can ride the Gladius again.
What's that sound? Its the sweetest music us gear-heads will ever hear.
Well after almost four years I finally heard this bike running Went home lunchtime to give it a go and it almost ran on the first kick, just never caught. Remembered that I had the idle screws backed out while cleaning. Turned them in a tiny bit and it fired right up, didn't even need the choke. Ticks over beautifully with no strange sounds at all. No timing chain rattle, no crank noises and valves sounded perfect. Checked oil flow to the head using the bolt and it was great. Also checked the compression and both cylinders were at 160 psi. Not the recommended 170 but I'm pleased with it, especially since the engine still wasn't up to running temperature.
Couldn't be happier right now. Only issue I had was the petcock leaked quite a bit. Not where it screws to the tank but around where the on/off lever is. What sucks is that I have a new one but never bother to put it on, so I had to drain the tank before heading back to work so I didn't stink up the house. Access cover for the timing marks on the rotor leaks pretty bad but all that will be fixed in time.
Have the aluminum plates for the rearsets roughly cut out and holes drilled. Mounted them both up so that I can get the bars and seating arrangement figured out. I marked on the frame where I'll be sitting so I can get started on the seat and tank modifications. It seems the clip-ons are hitting the tank on full lock so I'll either have to hammer the tank or make the steering stop a bit larger.
Took a sideview picture of the bike too so that I can bring it into Photoshop and work out the look and size of the tank and seat.
Nice, I am about 5-6 connections away from firing the CX so I know how you feel. Wiring just sucks but needs to be done. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with on this one.
LOL yes, I am redoing the entire bike and haven't tested any of it yet, It will either work or I will be tracing shit to figure out why. I have been taking my time and it should all work out but I am changing things at the same time so not 100% sure. All good per diagrams and theory.
I have no reason to complain then, I only had to connect the harness together and wire in the Pamco : My electrical talents don't extend much beyond that.
That can still be intimidating. I have to really focus to do wiring and not screw up. Helps I wired a few houses as an electrician's assistant, but still I have to be in the right frame of mind to read wiring diagrams and follow circuits to make sure I am connecting things up right and not blowing things up. I am converting the CX to an electric fan, which adds a thermo switch and a relay in the system, also changing every light except the headlight to LED and so I got a new flasher and may need to put in some other things (Sonrier has a thread I copied for those) to direct current properly to make the dash lights work etc. Loads of fun.
Finally back at this one again and I've decided to jump in with both feet and have a go at making a fairing. I've been contemplating making one for either the CB or MB5 since last year but was a bit apprehensive about it. Figured I have nothing to lose, if it doesn't work out I'll still have fun giving it a go. I spent the last few days gluing together some foam house insulation that a contractor friend gave me last year, just enough for a fairing and seat. Starting in on shaping it this morning, going pretty good but will take a lot of sanding to get a final shape I'm happy with. Here's a pic of how it sits now, my daughter loves the colour
My goal is to have everything figured out, built and have it as a runner before next winter. I'll then tear it down for paint and such ready to go for spring 2015. That's the plan anyway, but this bike has never really stuck to plan, must be one of the longest builds on DTT :
Only getting time over lunch to tackle it the past couple of days but its slowly taking shape, lot more to go though. Doesn't look like much of a change from the photo the other day but the profile is taking shape and also I'm working on streamlining the width/sides.
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I left all the wires intentionally long, I'll tidy it all up later in the build, but didn't want to cut anything short and regret it later. The Gladius battery was just a bit too large to fit in the battery box so I used a bungy cord to secure it to the frame. Also, good incentive to get this started as quick as possible so I can ride the Gladius again.
