Hey, guys.
As promised, here are a few shots of my bike:
Just picked it up on Friday. Can anyone confirm exactly what it is? I was told it was an '80 special. What model designation is that? I'd hate to order a bunch of parts for the wrong bike.
The bike's been parked for a long time, and I'm trying to bring it back to life. I picked it up on Good Friday, freshened the gas and tried to start it with no luck. Saturday morning, I took the carbs off and cleaned them, and then the bike started and proceeded to redline immediately. Didn't have time to check it out until tonight, so I took the carbs off to see what I'd messed up, and I discovered that the throttle cable was way too tight, so it had pulled the throttle lever off the idle screw adjustment. Put it all back together, but didn't hook up the throttle cable, and it started fine, and sounded great until I heard a squeal and pop. Turns out the alan bolt that holds the timing plate on to the end of the crankshaft managed to unscrew itself and crack the timing cover. The bolt won't thread back in; the tip of it's damaged, so I'm going to try to replace it tomorrow, and hopefully find out that my crank shaft isn't pooched.
So long as I can get it to start, I'll be able to get going on the rest of what it needs before hitting the road. Doesn't look like too much yet: just brake pads, tires, fluids, and fork seals... as far as I know.
I'm pretty happy with how it looks so far! Even when the bike would redline as soon it started, I was just happy to find that it would spark. For the brief moment that I ran it today before I heard the squeal of the timng plate cover, it sounded great. Looks like a little TLC might have it back on the road, and then I can get into the rest of what it needs (windshield, timing cover, foot peg rubber, grip heaters, etc).
Here's a question for someone who's had the engine apart: how beefy is the crankshaft where the timing cover allan bolt threads into it? If a new bolt won't thread in easily, how bad an idea would it be to try and drill and tap a new hole for a larger bolt? From what I can see, it looks like all the filings would be on the outside of the engine, so all I'd have to worry about would be snapping the end off the crankshaft.....
Thanks!
As promised, here are a few shots of my bike:
Just picked it up on Friday. Can anyone confirm exactly what it is? I was told it was an '80 special. What model designation is that? I'd hate to order a bunch of parts for the wrong bike.
The bike's been parked for a long time, and I'm trying to bring it back to life. I picked it up on Good Friday, freshened the gas and tried to start it with no luck. Saturday morning, I took the carbs off and cleaned them, and then the bike started and proceeded to redline immediately. Didn't have time to check it out until tonight, so I took the carbs off to see what I'd messed up, and I discovered that the throttle cable was way too tight, so it had pulled the throttle lever off the idle screw adjustment. Put it all back together, but didn't hook up the throttle cable, and it started fine, and sounded great until I heard a squeal and pop. Turns out the alan bolt that holds the timing plate on to the end of the crankshaft managed to unscrew itself and crack the timing cover. The bolt won't thread back in; the tip of it's damaged, so I'm going to try to replace it tomorrow, and hopefully find out that my crank shaft isn't pooched.
So long as I can get it to start, I'll be able to get going on the rest of what it needs before hitting the road. Doesn't look like too much yet: just brake pads, tires, fluids, and fork seals... as far as I know.
I'm pretty happy with how it looks so far! Even when the bike would redline as soon it started, I was just happy to find that it would spark. For the brief moment that I ran it today before I heard the squeal of the timng plate cover, it sounded great. Looks like a little TLC might have it back on the road, and then I can get into the rest of what it needs (windshield, timing cover, foot peg rubber, grip heaters, etc).
Here's a question for someone who's had the engine apart: how beefy is the crankshaft where the timing cover allan bolt threads into it? If a new bolt won't thread in easily, how bad an idea would it be to try and drill and tap a new hole for a larger bolt? From what I can see, it looks like all the filings would be on the outside of the engine, so all I'd have to worry about would be snapping the end off the crankshaft.....
Thanks!
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