My new blue

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 10:08 pm

Since I got the bike from ebay I was writing about it in the ebay forum, not any more.
I went and picked this bike up yesterday and expected it not to run,

well I did a compression test
#1 155 osi
#2 160 psi
#3 175 psi
#4 178 psi
Not bad for a bike that has not run in over two years.
So here is a picture of todays progress.

I put my CRs and my Big Crank battery on this bike today, and when I put gas to it and hit the starter button, she fired right off.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 10:50 pm

For a minute there I thought it came with those CRs. For what you paid I was gonna be pissed.

Looks like a great find in good hands. Glad to see it has a fuse cover.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 11:05 pm

mxsaunders wrote:

For a minute there I thought it came with those CRs. For what you paid I was gonna be pissed.

Looks like a great find in good hands. Glad to see it has a fuse cover.

That is a piece of shit and my other bike does not have one.

Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 8:05 am

Congrats Ray. Keep the pictures coming as you make headway with this one. Heck of a deal indeed. Might have to fly you up north to do a service I can trust one of these days!

Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 1:29 pm

Ireusa wrote:

Congrats Ray. Keep the pictures coming as you make headway with this one. Heck of a deal indeed. Might have to fly you up north to do a service I can trust one of these days!

I would have to load up with enough goodies to take care of a few of my Nor Cal buddies bikes and make it a very constructive trip.

Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 4:34 pm

Sure sounds like an idea for when you get bored with all those palm trees and sunshine down there!

Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 5:01 pm

Ireusa wrote:

Sure sounds like an idea for when you get bored with all those palm trees and sunshine down there!

Oh yeah, picture me getting tired of that Razz

But coming up north is gonna happen.

Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 9:39 pm

man them cr's are junk, you don't want to put them on there. i tell you what , you send them to me and i will make sure they get properly disposed of, would'nt want them things ending up on someone bike now would we Laughing

Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 3:01 am

I managed to pull the carbs and adjust my cam chains and the one (1) valve that was too tight on this bike in the past two days.
I can only do so much, but I did mange to try the bike with CR carbs and Mikuni VM-33s.
I may have also found a buyer for the bike, I hope so because I need the money. Buying this bike at this time was not the wisest move I ever made unless the gamble pays off.
I have to do some body part changes so I can sell the bike but I have everything I need to do this and make a couple of people very happy.
This is the 1/4 fairing that was on the bike when I got it home, look at the lack of fasteners.

Tomorrow I will finish the job of cleaning the carbs that have 100% blockage on all jets and they would not allow any fuel thru.
After I am done with the clean and sync of the carbs I have to compound/polish all the bodywork to remove the white over spray that is all over the bike because lames used to own this bike.
When I sell this bike it is goping to look pretty friggin good compared to how I bought it.
The motor runs great and has all that compression, only one valve was tight out of 16.
I am proud of my one handed self. Cool

Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 3:20 am

Nice work Ray, especially for a one-armed man! You deserve to turn a decent profit. Start lining up your northern CA road trip/service jobs so we can all start making you rich!