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spmxg23
5/10/2019 4:52pm
5/10/2019 4:52pm
Edited Date/Time
6/2/2019 6:47am
A little history on this thing... bought it a few years back from a kid who couldn’t get it to run when I bought it. I could tell it was not a high hour bike, just beginner crashed/ neglected. The kid said it had an Eric Gorr 144 kit in it but I was a bit skeptical. Tore it down when I got it home and much to my surprise it was indeed a 58mm bore. The reason it wouldn’t run is because the ring had probably a 1/4” end gap... zero compression. The bike came with 2 carbs, a Keihin PWK that was installed and the stock Mikuni. Was jetted ridiculously rich when I got it so I did some digging around and got it running super crisp after rebuilding it. Ended up with a Suzuki NEDG needle and man that thing rips. I put a clutch kit, a hot rods crank and a set of main bearings in it while I had it apart just to freshen it up. Rode it maybe 10 times and then life got in the way so it sat in the corner of my garage for a few years. Recently I’ve gotten back into riding and i have bought another bike so I’m going to tear this one down to the frame and regrease/ rebuild/ do some polishing and ride it a little. Or I may just sell it once I finish. I’ve always just enjoyed wrenching on them so this is just a fun project for me. Any comments or suggestions are welcome. Let me know what you think. Here’s the first set of pics. Just tore it down and cleaned the frame up really well with some WD 40 and scotch brite.
The Shop
Swingarm polished up and cleaned. Removed chain guide and guard and will be replacing those. Went ahead with a new set of bearings/ seals here as well. Removed the chain adjuster bolts to clean and anti-seize before they go back in.
Exhaust is almost new so it didn’t need much work but I went ahead and shined up both the expansion chamber and silencer.
Fmf fatty and shorty silencer.
Also took the time to polish up the subframe a little with the scotch brite pads.
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