Hiya's Bill n Strop et al...
Yep, ya not wrong Bill, it really did get a workout I'll have to dump the glass media that's in it now befor I do another
clean job
Ya like the
restored tyres hey Strop...the front one is a recycled, had only did the return leg from Finke back to Alice last year...wish I could say I was aboard...but alas, my Finke days are well behind moi
Actually, had a Mate spend all day with me today getting the carb sorted...been having endless issues with it...as it is a 70's Keihin, the pilot jet is a pressed in jobie and from 1980 onwards they utilised a screw in replacement...I had planned all along to
extract the prssed in one and just turn the replacement screw in oen an press it in...my Mate, thankfully showed me after I had pulled out the purpose pressed in jet, the bit that actrually gets pressed in was actually 1-2 degree taper...To be honest I would not have looked for that pior to turning the replacement screw in...phew!!! Saved me about $40 and many expletive adjectives
Bike is now back with another Mate who is going to do the roadworthy (and a small fix on the exhaust intermediate pipe), then the paper work goes off to the club scrute, club plates, dirt trails, grumbles, crashes, grumbles, appease Wife, doctors, yarda yarda...
In the mean time it's back onto that T150 in the background to finish installing the Tri-Spark ignition, finalise wiring, energise the electrical system (without producing smoke and letting the magic out), fill up the sump, fill up the gearbox, borrow a Mate's rolling road to prime the engine and oil cooler...then (being the ever optimist),
one kick and bring Australia's fisrt T150m Trident back into life after a decade+ long resto...
Then....
look for another project without Ella
knowing
Either that or get back to my custom telecaster and learn to play it reading music (HornHonkers reccommendation...endorsed by, ya never will guess!
)
Cheers the can :-)