Well it lives again. Got the rear wheel rebuilt and trued up, put the tires on it and then had to deal with the side stand. I used the KZ750 one and turned it around, then cut the foot off it and shortened it until it had the right lean I liked and also fit inside the left exhaust. But, it totally fits inside the pipe, so it needed a large curved bar welding on so I could actually extend it from outside the pipe. I made that and looked at it, the thing looked so silly and you would trip over it when walking past the bike, so I left it off. I will come up with something clever to operate the stand after I figure what to do. I added gearbox oil, and two stroke oil to the tank and bled that down to the pump. Put a 32:1 two stroke fuel mix in the tank and kicked it over a few times. Turned the key on, kicked it twice and it ran! I think the right cylinder is not firing, wasn't as warm as the left and center cylinder. Held the oil pump wide open for awhile, had a reasonable amount of smoke. Pulled that plug and it didn't look bad, cleaned it and put it back in but i'm still not sure it's running. I have the plugs in it from NZ still and the gaps are about .024", it had spark awhile ago when I checked it. Started it up again and said what the hell, clicked it into gear. The clutch dragged bad and the bike was pulling forward, the clutch plates are new and I didn't give them much oil soak time, but I went for a short ride. The gearbox is perfect, all stuff seems to work, but all new, brakes not bed in. The throttle seemed to stick just as I got back so I pulled the clutch in and hit the kill switch, will have to see what's going on there. It seems really lean in the mid range, and I have the needles all the way up, but could be the RH cylinder not running too.
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_________________ 1974 Kawasaki H2B 750, 1981 Yamaha XV750 Cafe, 1986 Kawasaki KDX200, 2003 Honda XR100, 2004 SDG140. 2006 Ninja 500R Turbo intercooled fuel injected.
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