Birthday Garage Party

Not much to do on a birthday during quarantine...

But maybe fitting to work on all 3 bikes a little bit.

Added the copper washer to Red's tensioner bolt which did seem to stop that leak.

Also did oil changes on all three.

Red: Keihin Carb Solve

Well, figured out where the air leak on the Keihin was coming from.  As I went to unbolt it from the intake, found that the stud bolt was completely loose.  Looks like it had stripped threads in the carb mounting and was not cinching down at all.

Swapped over to the Sheng Way #1 and was able to get her to run fine - though still seems to have that same high idle / runs rich issue that the Shengs seem to have.

But at least she's running again...

Ivy: Victory!

No real tricks here except elbow grease and repeated attempts.  I suppose the only trick is that you have to keep pressure on the extractor so that it doesn't back itself off of the stud as you tighten it down.

Euro Bars II

Put together a copy of the Euro bars on Red.  Testing doing the custom Venhill cable using the soldering iron instead of the pot. Seems to work but had to insert a small piece of solder into the bird's nest as the cable itself never seems to get hot enough to melt the solder on its own.

Roxy: Top End Preservation Rebuild

Pulled Roxy's piston pin (piston and jug will go to Ivy).  Top Tip: the 1/4" extension makes a perfect dowel to push the pin out!

Then installed the piston and jug (painted red) that came off Red due to the smoke issue.

Installed the top end, no issues.

Pulled the battery and wrapped up the end of the throttle cable.

Red: Shift and Breathe

Nice piece of kit with the new Dime City Motone shift pedal.  But had to swap step bars because the original one didn't allow enough clearance to fit the pedal.

Also went ahead and installed the breather valve to see if it makes any difference at all in the oil leak situation.

Big Bore!

Got the Big Bore kit back from DRATV (Beatrice Cycle).  Bored out to 53.50mm (leaving that extra .5mm for the future. 

Kit comes with the 5 piece ring set, wrist pin & circlips, and also a thicker copper gasket you need to use because the piston's a bit taller.

I also got the racing camshaft.

Does this go into Red, or do we build a whole new bike around it?