Hello loyal bretherin, and welcome to a special edition of my blog. Last time we met my friends, i was just about to paint anything that looked like it went on the bike and to a point i have. The front mudguard is painted and bolted on and one of the side panels is painted. The rear footboards have been finished and have been a right pain in the backside. I was at one point going to buy (spit) new ones but all of a sudden the prices have gone up. So i had no choice but to repair the ones i had in the Tightwad bin. These footboards were accident damaged and one of them was virtually bent double, but two days of hammering and welding got them into some sort of original shape.
The side panels are very second hand as well and were fractured due to accidents and the cracks are polluted with oil from the carb. This meant that i could not fill them properly and after painting the cracks came back after a few minutes. Not to worry though, it still looks pretty good.
At this point i would like to explain why i have had such a delay between this and my last entry. It is because i did not want to do another entry until the engine was running. This was proving difficult as i didn't have an exhaust and i still don't. The one in the picture is borrowed to get the bike running and i am on to a half decent pipe on e-bay. (don't bid on it)
So there you have it, By the time i had waited for a decent bit of weather to start the bike i had been tinkering while it rained and before i knew it i had virtually finished it.
Eventually the rain stopped and i took it out into the road. First i checked for sparklers and i seemed to have a couple in there somewhere and then fitted the plug. Turned the fuel on and pulled out the choke. Freed the clutch by rocking it in gear and started to push it as fast as i could. As i reached my top pushing speed i selected second gear and let the clutch out as i jumped onto the seat and my arse cheeks made contact. The engine started to turn over but nothing happened. Try again and this time jump on the thing a bit harder and as the engine started to turn it fired just once. Third time lucky, And it was off up the road with me feeling very proud. I pulled into a neighbours drive (sod 'em) and revved it a bit while i knocked the choke off. The engine is massively over jetted but sounds great.
I ran the bike up and down the street a couple of times to free it up a bit and then put it away. That was enough for one day.
The old girl runs and what next? Well i will be taking it to see the dyno and play with the jetting and see if i have been wasting my time.
Hold onto you hats its......
TightWads Alternative Tuning (about bloody time)
This week we are tuning the bodywork. As you cannot put extra holes in your bodywork to aid cooling, simply fit it all so badly that you have massive gaps everywhere. (easy with a serveta)
Tune in next time when i will be making stainless tat and selling it through a Vietnamese web site to make a killing.
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