23 days since last post
I can only say for myself that I was hit by life itself - you know: Work, family, helping my a friend with his bike, Brexit, and all sort of things. So not much have happend. And still:
Last time I grumbled about the oil-seal for the gear change axle being too big, and I had binned the seals, and ordered new OEM parts from France.
And as expected, the new seals was a nice fit. Thanks Patrick.
So what did I learn: Use OEM parts where you can get them
Gear for pump and tacho was already finished last time I posted, but clutch cover is still not fitted, as I'm waiting for a NOS clutch basket to arrive from US. Hopefully this will cure the loose basket.
In the meantime I had time to assembly the kick starter:
The boss and the arm are not the rigtht one for a 1970 (I've got the right boss) but the arm which came with the bike, broke close to where it's attached to the boss.
Quite frankly, I don't care.
I was not happy with the exterior finish of tacho and revcounter, when they came back from the specialist shop, so I had them re-finished:
Still NOT perfect, but I'll guess I'll have to live with it ... which I will
Have used lots of, lots of time on getting the cabling right. Apart from tacho- and speedo cables, were the cable lenght are independent of choise of handlebar, the other cables needed some creative thinking to be done when you want to stick to an Euro type handlebar. But I'm very satisfied with the result now:
Start to look a little like something.
And not to forget: After hours of work, double checking and so on, all 3 plugs throw a fat healthy looking spark, when I kicked the starter.
But I got so fed up by the sound of my buzzer, that I made myself a lamp instead.
You have to learn - do doing - just HOW small tabs it takes to get the timing right, especially for no. 2 and 3 cyl.
Hopefully next time will be a little easier, now the the timing is "tuned in"