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I sealed both exhaust flanges with rubber stoppers and made metal straps that fit over the exhaust studs to hold the stoppers in. I installed PVC fittings into each intake manifold, one bushed down and installed a 1/8" fuel pressure gauge, and the other bushed down and installed an air tank filler valve. I use a hand bicycle pump to put 6 psig into the engine. There is enough leakage around the pistons and lab seal that both cylinders on top of the pistons as well the crank case on both sides of the lab seal are pressurized. This checks the engine completely for leaks-top, bottom, crank seals, and case joints. The pressure dropped 1/2 psi in 40 minutes and I could see very tiny air bubbles around one of the exhaust stoppers so I think the 1/2 lb drop was mostly from that small leak. I can't see the crank seals being an issue unless they are leaking under vacuum. Even if the seals are leaking some the engine should not be running this bad. The seals should be here Thursday. If the seals don't fix it I'll check the compression. I should of all ready done that but my son has the compression gauge. If the compression is good I'm going to bypass the wiring harness wires that supply 12vdc to the coils, the wires that the points control and the engine/frame ground. If that don't fix it I'm hauling it to Deals Gap in two weeks and taking bids on it

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1973 RD350, 1979 RD400F, 1984 RZ350, 2014 Suzuki Vstrom 1000
CHRIS AND JEFF ARE THE MEN

Fork seals on my used set of forks that were not leaking are seeping enough to aggravate me. So this mornings before work project is to change them. Like Daddy used to say "If you don't have time to do it right, you will have time to do it over".

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I Love the Smell of Blue Marble in the Morning!!!
Tim Steele in Front Royal, VA
Home of the Phoenix Project
Stay in it when it comes on the pipe, no need to be scared...

Fork seals done. 2.5 hrs start to finish . 50 pumps no leaks, 6ozs of oil per leg. Have to pull neutral switch back off to replace o-ring, my used oring swap didn't work, still seeped. I hate leaks . Scrounged through my tractor parts and found a matching Deutz German tractor metric hyd. o-ring, will change tomorrow. Adjust chain, reinstall pipes and hopefully be done on the RD other than a good detail and ready to start on the Phoenix.

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I Love the Smell of Blue Marble in the Morning!!!
Tim Steele in Front Royal, VA
Home of the Phoenix Project
Stay in it when it comes on the pipe, no need to be scared...

Heading out in 10 for the first go pro vid on the girly bike. it is 55 degrees and sunny... Y'All wish me luck.

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I Love the Smell of Blue Marble in the Morning!!!
Tim Steele in Front Royal, VA
Home of the Phoenix Project
Stay in it when it comes on the pipe, no need to be scared...

The girly bike is quite wiry and handles like it is on rails
Vid link for run part number 1 is uploading - youtube link to follow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmYsvDCO ... e=youtu.be

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I Love the Smell of Blue Marble in the Morning!!!
Tim Steele in Front Royal, VA
Home of the Phoenix Project
Stay in it when it comes on the pipe, no need to be scared...

What kind of mount do you use for the Go Pro? I've been thinking of getting a camera for a while. Looking forward to watching yours. Skyline Drive maybe?

Mark

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Obstreperous stink wheels!
1975 Yamaha RD350
1975 Yamaha TZ750
1980 Moto Guzzi SP1000
2019 Triumph T100

Oh Tim, I like everything about it. Looks like it runs strong. Pipes sound great. Hope I can hang with you on the 400. Not sure if I will be able to. May need a good set of pipes. Man its sweet. I know it will out run the S2. OK you are hooked on Yamaha. You gonna love it on the Dragon. Talk to ya soon.

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Iron On The Bayou.

cool video! my wife just got me a Hero GoPro for my Birthday......I'm also wondering what GoPro mount you have in the video Tim? is it mounted to the top of the gas tank with a suction of sorts

I have several, that is the suction cup mount just forward of the gas cap pointed slightly down. Thanks !!!

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I Love the Smell of Blue Marble in the Morning!!!
Tim Steele in Front Royal, VA
Home of the Phoenix Project
Stay in it when it comes on the pipe, no need to be scared...

You law breaker now all you cripple ripple triple guys will want a girlie bike

Maybe I'll have a little time to do a short run on mine tomorrow, at least its running now

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1973 RD350, 1979 RD400F, 1984 RZ350, 2014 Suzuki Vstrom 1000
CHRIS AND JEFF ARE THE MEN