There's a fair bit of stuff on this bike, which simply doesn't belong there.
There's some stuff which I like so will be keeping, e.g. the alloy rims, stainless spokes, Dyna S ignition, rear disc (now it's sorted), Halogen headlight, twin front disc, and probably more that I have forgotten about.
And there's some which I dislike (some more than others) which will be changed for the correct stuff.
I wasn't that concerned about the carbs, (they were 29mm when I got the bike) but when I found a set of VM26SS carbs I decided to go back to the originals, and bought them.
They don't look much different; the 26s are on top
They were a bit mucky
Inside and out, don't know what's been sitting in here, but I don't think it was petrol
I stripped them down to the casings and was going to take them into town and get them vapour blasted, then chucked them onto a bowl of ethyl acetate instead to degrease them.
Then dropped them into a bowl of white vinegar for an hour and attacked them with a toothbrush. Nothing touched the gasket, so I removed as much as I could without scratching the surface and then left them pickling in a some gasket remover.
I got some comprehensive rebuild kits from Saisei and slapped them back together. The old jets were 125s and the ones in the kit are 115s. After a quick google, I found the 115 is correct. The old needles were 5DL31 and the new ones are Y63
. More googling finds they are the same, so that's ok
After testing the integrity of the seals/floats by filling up the float chambers on the bench, I 'test fitted' them onto the bike and connected the throttle cables. Everything went fine, so everything can go back on with air box etc very soon.
It did occur to me that the carbs were on and full of petrol
The ignition worked
It might start
So I turned the ignition on and hit the starter - the battery was flat, well not completely but only just turned the motor. So jumped on and kicked the starter, nothing. Second attempt it fired, just once but it did fire
. I got off and opened the doors of the garage, don't fancy running a 70's engine in an enclosed garage
Third kick nothing, fourth kick it burst into life and ran for a few seconds at around 2,500 rpm. What a rush! What a sound! Now it's getting exciting.
Richard