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squirley
PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:47 am 

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Hey guys, thought I'd finally make a build thread over here for my H1. The build has been slow and long, but I keep knocking off a little at a time. Here are some pics of the build...

Heres how I got it
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The parts collection that I started to accumulate
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A quick mock up to see where I wanted to go with it
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squirley
PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:50 am 

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New seat direction
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Getting a start on the pipes
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Motor back from John
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Getting things back from paint
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Swingarm back from the chromer
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squirley
PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:53 am 

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Things going together
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Headlight ears after machining, welding and polishing
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And this brings it to where she sits now...
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More to come soon I hope. For some reason I can't get the damn thing to fire...we have gas and spark but no turn over...
I'll keep ya guys posted.

Jens


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ZERO
PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:58 am 

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Location: SUNRISE FLORIDA USA
It's hard to modify that many things and have the package look like it all belongs together. That is a nice job. :thumbup:

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Walms
PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:57 am 
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It's looking great Jens!!! I didn't realize you were getting John's reed setup, did you get any port work done at the same time?

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BarryB
PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:09 pm 
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Real nice :thumbup:

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squirley
PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:13 pm 

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Walms,

Yep I had John do the works, reeds and stage two porting. Thanks for sending those flanges quickly too!

Jens
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Zambia
PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:21 pm 
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Really nice, the tank is superb. You must have a timing issue that's keeping the fire and gas from "being on the same page".

Great bike, with some high quality detail. :clap:
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Looney Cylinders
PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:43 pm 

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Some NICE fabrication work going on there! ;)

Did you time the distributor rotor properly (RH cylinder at TDC, rotor mark falls between marks on clutch case)?

If you are running a starfire iggy they have been reported to fire way advanced compared to the stock pickup/rotor settings. You might try switching the wires at the pickup to get it to fire closer to the stock settings. Otherwise have a look to see if your spark plug wires are connected correctly to their proper cylinders..

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Ja-Moo
PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:00 pm 
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Everything came together really nice Jens! The tank reminds me of a 6 shooter cylinder, eye catching...... :thumbup:

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