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It lives!!
All done with the piston replacement and new rings. Fired up on the 2nd crank. (with an assist from some jumper cables)
Had a fuel leak on the inlet to the carb. (fixed with a hose clamp)
Blew all kinds of blue smoke out the right pipe. (Leftover oil from the failed compression test on #4)
Set the idle to about 1K and rode down the road for the break in.
Rev up / rev down. (mostly 2nd/3rd gear) Ran that way for about 30-mins, went and got some gas and air in the tires.
Found a crappy connection in the fuse block. (lost the tach and neutral light a few times) (I plan on re-upgrading my box with TC's fix)
(She hasn't been on the road for about 6 months now)
So, last night got her ready to go so I could ride her to work this morning,
Wouldn't you know it, IT'S RAINING. (supposed to all week)
Screw it, I geared up, waited for a break in the rain and rode it to work.
WOOPIEE!!! Man it feels good to ride again.
List of things still to do:
A few oil changes during this break in period, Sync with my new homemade rig, Fork seals, Valve shims, Sidegap the plugs, Vmax autotensioner, Fuse box upgrade and eventually a new seat.
I love this bike and probably will never get anything other than another XS. (maybe a project bike HEHE)
I couldn't have done it without all you guys' help and comments. THANK YOU.
Once I gett a pic and figure out how to post to my signature line I'll do it.
ps. I'll post the details about the sync rig that I'm making. (way inexpensive too)
Had a fuel leak on the inlet to the carb. (fixed with a hose clamp)
Blew all kinds of blue smoke out the right pipe. (Leftover oil from the failed compression test on #4)
Set the idle to about 1K and rode down the road for the break in.
Rev up / rev down. (mostly 2nd/3rd gear) Ran that way for about 30-mins, went and got some gas and air in the tires.
Found a crappy connection in the fuse block. (lost the tach and neutral light a few times) (I plan on re-upgrading my box with TC's fix)
(She hasn't been on the road for about 6 months now)
So, last night got her ready to go so I could ride her to work this morning,
Wouldn't you know it, IT'S RAINING. (supposed to all week)
Screw it, I geared up, waited for a break in the rain and rode it to work.
WOOPIEE!!! Man it feels good to ride again.
List of things still to do:
A few oil changes during this break in period, Sync with my new homemade rig, Fork seals, Valve shims, Sidegap the plugs, Vmax autotensioner, Fuse box upgrade and eventually a new seat.
I love this bike and probably will never get anything other than another XS. (maybe a project bike HEHE)
I couldn't have done it without all you guys' help and comments. THANK YOU.
Once I gett a pic and figure out how to post to my signature line I'll do it.
ps. I'll post the details about the sync rig that I'm making. (way inexpensive too)
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so all that leftover wd-40 and other cleaners mixed in with the oil and when that stuff drained out, it had the consitancy of water. Good thing I only put about 50 miles on that oil.
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