well I thought I would have "raw deal" wrapped up today. But instead I got just near the finish line, Burned the hell out of the inside of my hand and had to bow out for the day:doah: Been clinching a gel icepack in my hand for most of the day and not able to do much of anything.
Anyway I got most everything done, I finished the carb up and got it installed, I need to lay a weld on the header I made, but I wanted to test to see how it sounded before I make my last german made VW peashooter tip permanent to the pipe...which is sort of how my hand got burned. Mounted the motor to the bike, filled with gas and crossed my fingers.
Fired up easy and is running pretty nice:thumbsup: I was actually surprised because I felt the spark was a bit weak when I tested it. No smoke either:thumbsup: I CAN tell you that the exhaust pipe gets really hot really fast:anon.sml: In my usual moronic fashion without even thinking I grabbed the end of the pipe to see if it was loose or anything wil it was running:censure: That was about it for the day :doah:
Plan was to run the motor a bit, get the oil warm, suck it out and install fresh, chain is ready to install, and for the most part, take it out on the town for a run. I did pull the fenders again. I was going to pick up some epoxy and fix a couple of the crack they have before they get used. I also dug out some old metal ones I was going to experiment with as well.
so a few more days delay