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Welcome aboard. Great progress so far. Keep up the nice work.

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74 H2B with reeds and 34mm carbs
75 S3A Ram Air with reeds and 30mm carbs
73 S2A (wife's bike)
71 Yammi RT1B
83 HD Sportster
03 Yammi R1
06 Kaw 750 Vulcan (wife’s bike)
12 Yammi vstar 250 (wife’s bike)

well spent some time Sunday, all the pannels and tank are in primer, Engine out and semi stripped, wheels off.
I hope to have the carbs stripped tonight and the gunk removed, I have oiled all the cables, thinking about getting a new chain? I have a brand new one off my R6 which I will measure up to see if it will fit? Fork valves I have had modified so I get better resistance and feel, heads and pots are away being sand blasted, they will be ready tomorrow, just waiting on a 0.8mm drill bit and my main jets , fork dust covers, 3 new spark plugs and then its ready to reassemble.
Wish I had taken pictures of the forks when I took them apart, cant remember where the small spring goes? can anyone tell me please:)

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A little Brit Different
1973 H1E Restored but will always be a work in progress

What a nasty surprise, and I thought all was going so well....









they are sat in soak, WD and Chem Dip didnt touch it, I hope to clean them up tomorrow, so it seems most of my rebuild attention will be focused on the carbs for now...

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A little Brit Different
1973 H1E Restored but will always be a work in progress

A. Cheap ultrasonic cleaner from harbour freight with some. Cleaner worked like a charm on my float bowls .

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she will never be pretty but she is a fun ride.

73 KAWASAKI H1 (Sold).
82 YAMAHA RD350LC
2000 KAWI KDX200H
2001 Triumph TT600

I found a green neutral lense if you still need it,pm me your address and I'll mail you it.
Nice job on the bike!!!

Thanks Grant I will take that, I will send yo my info in a PM

Yes I want to Harbor Freight and got the $80 ultrasonic cleanser and after doing some tests used 50/50 white vinegar with Distilled water and a dozen or so drops of dawn

so now the metal looks dull but its not full of calcium, took probibally 6 hours but its best part done.

New tires fitted today Battleax 45s, the rear was a pig to get on, will post some pics tomorrow

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A little Brit Different
1973 H1E Restored but will always be a work in progress

Well after 8 hours in my ultrasound tub the carbs came out looking good



new problem, one of my cylinders has a crack in the bottom and one other has a score, I believe I caused the score when sliding it over the piston rings, managed to find 3 more and will fit them next weekend so on to do the forks, paint and put rear rim back on with its new tire.. annoyed withmyself for not taking more care putting the jugs back on,, darn it... expensive lesson

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A little Brit Different
1973 H1E Restored but will always be a work in progress

Thank you so much Grant for the lens, I have it recolored already and will be putting it in place shortly.

An update, I have polised the forks, today all the parts arrived so I can assemble them, but this morning I dropped my gas tank after painting it last night, no dings but paint sctatched so this morning I stripped it back to base metal again,, and now its in primer ready to be painted later today, I could have done without this setback but its my own fault, ah well.

New tires are on the rims, rear rim is now on the bike after I took all the rear brake assembly apart and cleansed and lubed all moving parts, the rim went back like a charm.

So I am slowly getting there, I am not in any hurry but can see progress almost every day

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A little Brit Different
1973 H1E Restored but will always be a work in progress

So been busy doing lots of small jobs, forks now assembled and fresh oil in them, modded as per suggestions of others and hope to feel a difference?
Decided to snap up a set of cylinders that had only done a few hundred miles, what the seller failed to mention was he had painted them black so spent all day yesterday stripping the crud off them and polishing the ports, I will polish a little more today but they now look acceptable, painted the tank and pannels this morning, quite pleased with the result.
Hope to have the engine back together this evening and maybe in the bike if I feel like lifting the heavy lump, cant believe how solid it is, that will teach me a lesson for not woring out
So fresh pics....

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A little Brit Different
1973 H1E Restored but will always be a work in progress

your paint looks great in the photos
what mods did you do to the forks?

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she will never be pretty but she is a fun ride.

73 KAWASAKI H1 (Sold).
82 YAMAHA RD350LC
2000 KAWI KDX200H
2001 Triumph TT600