Today was shining fenders, cleaning nuts and bolts, cleaning and painting the front caliper, cleaning and polishing the rear tail light assembly..general cleaning etc etc. Did get the front half of the rear fender mounted on the frame though.
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76 KZ 650B1 ( AMF auction bike ) part 2
- Thread starter chuck hahn
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Looks awesome, Chuck!
Headlight bucket painted, engine back in the frame, and more hardware cleaning today. Gotta polish up the turn signals and stems best they can be, but they are still gonna be pitted. object is to at least mount them ( they hold the bucket to the ears ) so i can get all the harness connections done and be able to test switches etc etc. Turn signals will be replaced somewhere down the road though. Will snap some pics in the next day or so when i get something substantial done.
Got a decent amount done the last two days..its starting to look like a motorcycle again.
Been hard at it yesterday and today. Got turn signals, battery box and electrical panel, all the electrical components, front fender, and exhaust bolted on. Gonna be some down time now between parts ordering and parts arrivals. But its about as far as I can go ( other than a few things like install the wire harness ) until I have some parts in hand.
Whats left to do::
Polish the mufflers again.
Order tach and speedo cables.
Order caliper piston seal.
Install main wire harness and hook things up.
Order new airbox to carb boots from Z1.
Get new chain and sprockets ordered.
New tires.
Bleed brakes.
Install clutch cable and adjust.
Freshen the carbs. They were rebuilt and never filled with gas but they still will be refreshed accordingly.
Get new fuel line.
Install new wires on the coils.
And lastly will be the repainting of the body work.
Whats left to do::
Polish the mufflers again.
Order tach and speedo cables.
Order caliper piston seal.
Install main wire harness and hook things up.
Order new airbox to carb boots from Z1.
Get new chain and sprockets ordered.
New tires.
Bleed brakes.
Install clutch cable and adjust.
Freshen the carbs. They were rebuilt and never filled with gas but they still will be refreshed accordingly.
Get new fuel line.
Install new wires on the coils.
And lastly will be the repainting of the body work.
Always liked the shape of those mufflers.
Bit of an upsweep and slight taper at the end.
Great progress, Chuck.
Bit of an upsweep and slight taper at the end.
Great progress, Chuck.
The 'hope" for the next 2 days is get the carbs redone and the harness in and all connected. Check functions and go for a start by the end of Sunday. If all goes well there just may be a video on the horizons.
Thanks for the likes and comments guys.
Thanks for the likes and comments guys.
Nope. The Neg goes to the right and Pos to the left. If you look at the pic from the left side you should see the red rubber cap for the Pos lead going down to the starter selenoid.
Today i got the harness in and everything hooked up and checked for functionality. All is good to go. Got the carbs reassembled and mounted. Ordered in some 7MM plug wire from Orielleys so that will be tomorrows project. Oils in the crankcase and soon as the coils are rewired and mounted, its go time!!!
Got some heat in the jugs today....BUT. Yeah there's always something right?? At lower RPMs ( idle to around 1200 ) there's some valve noise around cylinder 2 ..definitely on the left side of the bike. Top end in the head and thankfully not below in the crank. Don't hear it once its above 2,000ish. So I pulled the cover and triple checked again for the 5th time to see that the "T" mark on the crank and the arrows on the cams were correct and they were. Also verified the pins count between the cams....spot on.
I am left with the only conclusion is the clatter is loose shims and the buckets are noisy on the cams I will recheck the shims tomorrow after its cooled down again. The carb throttle linkage just barely scrapes the cam chain tunnel on the head..so maybe i seated them too deep. Dont know but i took them off and filed down that side of the linkage a tad. Its on the pusher side so it doesn't matter as long as it doesn't drag and hang up.
When the carbs came off I put my hand over all the intake manifolds and cranked it over and got real good suction on the palm from all 4 cylinders so I think the valves themselves are fine.
I am left with the only conclusion is the clatter is loose shims and the buckets are noisy on the cams I will recheck the shims tomorrow after its cooled down again. The carb throttle linkage just barely scrapes the cam chain tunnel on the head..so maybe i seated them too deep. Dont know but i took them off and filed down that side of the linkage a tad. Its on the pusher side so it doesn't matter as long as it doesn't drag and hang up.
When the carbs came off I put my hand over all the intake manifolds and cranked it over and got real good suction on the palm from all 4 cylinders so I think the valves themselves are fine.
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Been 6 days since I was told the replacement shims were shipped..nothing in todays deliveries USPS now does parcel delivery on Sundays so if they arent here tomorrow I will have to call and see whats up.
Shims from Z1 arrived. Unfortunately I am fighting the flu bug. Last nights temp was 101.7 so I called in to work today. Maybe this weekend I will feel better and get it done.
Its running but the points are in real bad shape. Gonna get new stuff ordered and Im sure that gonna drastically improve its starting ease and make getting the timing right much easier. But it runs on its own after many many years setting dormant. Click the video link below.
Got a exhaust leak at the crossover pipe. Soon as the engine cools down I will get after that as well.
Got a exhaust leak at the crossover pipe. Soon as the engine cools down I will get after that as well.
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Sounds like doo doo to me.
Its rough...and the new points will help. Fix the exhaust leak and thats even more improvement. Goal was to get it running and thats been accomplished. Cant do much about needing parts.
Its not smooth as far as the RPMs goes Ed. The points are definitely burnt and crappy just by looking at them. It will run real decent when its dead cold, but as the heat builds up and electricity is flowing, it starts to act like its hunting to keep time..follow me here? I am also thinking sourcing some new coils wouldnt be a bad idea as well. But for now, its running and will be what it is.
Gonna get the pipes loosened up and see whats leaking at the crossover gasket area. New points and condensors are ordered.
Gonna get the pipes loosened up and see whats leaking at the crossover gasket area. New points and condensors are ordered.
Gonna be a productive weekend. Tach and speedo cables are in, front master cylinder kits in house, points and condensors are also here. More will be reveiled.
