Took her for a ride!

[djbarcy]

First I would like to thank everyone involved with these forums. Your help has been priceless throughout the process of restoring my Dream.<br />In 70 I was given my Dream as a gift from my brother when he went off to Viet Nam. I spent the next three years riding whenever I had the chance, and it wasn't snowing, throughout Northern Ohio.<br />I then gave her to my Dad when I moved to Florida in '73. Dad rode her for a couple of years and then &quot;sold&quot; her to friends for $50.<br />They rode her for awhile and then parked her in thier barn in '76.<br />My daughter raced karts all over the country for a number of years and in '97 we were going to be racing in Ohio. Since I knew we would have our truck and trailer up there I decided to track down my Dream.<br />Low and behold it was still in the barn. Our friends then gave her back to me and we brought her back to Florida (they even left me a gift in the form of a dead mouse behind the headlight).<br />So I proceeded to completely dismantle her thinking that after I had the frame and fenders painted (front fender still had the dent from when I used to take her out in the fields and attempted to jump her over dirt mound) I would be putting her back together again.<br />Well, got busy and didn't get to it until about a month ago.<br />Now she is done. With the exeption of the frame painting and seat reupholtering, and the help of the forums and Bill Silver's guides, I did it myself.<br />On Saturday, after &quot;priming&quot; the carb, I turned the key to start, hit the button without a full revolution she started. The timing was almost spot on and I took her for her first ride in over 30 years.<br />Ahhh the memories.<br />Thanx again!<br />dan<br /><br />

[RonBou]

Wonderful story. Good luck with it.

[djbarcy]

The clutch was near impossible to adjust correctly and required a thrust washer to release it. But, still could not hit neutral when the bike was running as there was still a load on the clutch even with the lever depressed.<br />I originally thought that cleaning the discs in solvent would allow them to work properly. But found that I needed to replace them with new as they were still not separating.<br />Now the clutch works as I remember it working back in the early 70's.<br />dan