A quick update...
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:09 pm
I don't have more videos at the moment but I've made more progress with my '66. I replaced the steering bearings, checked fork seals and refilled 'em with fork oil. It wasn't the easiest of jobs but I got it done with help stabilizing the bike on my cheapo HF lift. Anyway, she rides SO much better now and the engine is performing great. Gets up to 60-70 mph pretty quickly, and makes me appreciate my other bikes' wind protection all the more. :1drink Since I'm not going all-original, I bought a couple bar-end mirrors that function a lot better than the stock ones, and give the bike a more aggressive profile. The new tires are working great and look pretty good too.
I still have some mechanical "squawks" to work through - the biggest of which is a failure to shift up through 2nd gear once in a while. I'm starting to figure out how to coax it through but I know that someday I'll want to pull the engine and address what are probably worn shift arms.
The cool thing is that I managed to get the bike operational before the winter when I can be a but more fussy about its cosmetics, like painting the tank, replacing the mufflers, etc. Good stuff!
I still have some mechanical "squawks" to work through - the biggest of which is a failure to shift up through 2nd gear once in a while. I'm starting to figure out how to coax it through but I know that someday I'll want to pull the engine and address what are probably worn shift arms.
The cool thing is that I managed to get the bike operational before the winter when I can be a but more fussy about its cosmetics, like painting the tank, replacing the mufflers, etc. Good stuff!