I have already had a set of engine side casings polished so they will get fitted once the engine clean is complete.
Started to look at the carbon fibre parts on the Jota. In a couple of weeks I will have the carbon tank, sidepanels, chainguard and tail light bracket.
As there is not much I can do to it at present I turned my attention to the 750 again. The frame and bodywork are away for painting so I started to clean the engine.
I still have the head and barrels to do, as you can see in the photo above right. All done with a toothbrush, scraper, solvent and lots of elbow grease.
I have already had a set of engine side casings polished so they will get fitted once the engine clean is complete.
I should get the frame back middle of next week so I want the engine to look pretty by then. Probably another day or two work on it to get it shiny.
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As I'm still waiting on a box of spares for this bike I am now dealing with smaller and smaller details. Mounted the new Dyna coils Fitted the new Voxbell horns Fitted the front wheel. I'm still waiting on the fork stanchions to come back from the hard chromer in the UK so temporary pair of RGS forks fitted for now. Fitted new HT leads and plug caps Replaced the wrong captive nuts on the head. And stripped, cleaned and rebuilt the fuel taps. Starting to run out of things to do to the bike until more spares arrive.
So, spent some time on the Atlas. I had the sidepanels painted with satin black paint on the lower edge of the panels. It smartens up the appearance (small thing but I have OCD). I also opened the carburettors to inspect the jets. I replaced the pilot jets but I think I need to have a closer look inside the carburettors. Today I got the wheels back with new tyres and tubes fitted. A pair of Bridgestone's finest BT45s. Then I fitted the new 530 'o' ring chain, having fitted the sprockets some time ago. Then a few fiddly jobs. Rebuilt the seat lock mechanism with newly painted and plated parts. Replaced the broken #3 carburettor body and transferred all the new brass parts, slide, needle and accelerator pump diaphragm. And fitted the instruments and a new rubber battery tray mat. It has heavy things on top to keep it flat while the glue dries. Tomorrow I will start work on the electrics and new electronic ignition system.
Yesterday morning I took several parts for polishing and zinc plating to my chromer. This morning I got a call to say they were ready! What service, less than 24 hours turnaround. So, after collecting them (mainly for the 750 restoration) I started work on some instruments. The triple is using unrestored instruments (as instructed) but I found a replacement instrument bracket (as the old one broke when I was tightening up a screw) and had it repainted. Newly repainted bracket, new instrument band, rechromed backs I then rebuilt the instrument console for the 750. Professionally restored instruments, new wiring sub-looms (from Japan), new instrument bracket from Canada), correct Lucas switchgear (from Germany) and new ignition switch (from Canada, but key from Germany) I had a rummage in my storage bin for carburettor parts and found a good replacement for the cracked carb body on #3 cylinder on the Jota rebuild. I'll replace the carb body and all the internals tomorrow.
Today I collected the Jota wheels and some other parts from he painter. I quickly fitted he wheel bearings and discs and took them to the bike shop so they can fit the new tyres and tubes. I took the 750 frame, swing arm etc that I dismantled yesterday to the painter at the same time. Luckily the replacement tank arrived in time so I took it too. This will replace the one that was full of holes. I posted the badge inserts to a guy in Australia as he wants to weld them into a tank he has that has damaged badge inserts, so not a total loss. Then I headed over to my chromer with a pile of parts for various projects including the 750 now that it is all stripped down. I guess I am going to be a busy guy in a week or so. Especially as a big parcel of parts for the Jota is on it's way from Germany too.
It is a very wet day today, and dark in the cave. Anyway, I totally stripped down the 750 to a bare frame as the plan has changed and it is now to have a proper paint job. So, engine out, all brackets, boxes and stuff removed, bearings knocked out, swing arm and centrestand off and then I drilled out the steering lock as there was no key for it. There is also a small pile of parts for plating (engine bolts etc). Once the painted parts were loaded into the van I wheeled out the Atlas as I had new fork gaiter to fit.
In order to remove the forks I had to remove the front indicators, fairing, and engine guard. Then I propped up the frame with 2 axle stands and removed the front wheel. The forks slid out of the yokes and I slipped the gaiters over the forks and then reassembled the whole thing. It was hard and dirty work so not many photos were taken. Anyway, I think the bike looks really pretty now. Some quality time in the cave today. Polished and repainted the starter motor and refitted it with new gasket and screws. Fitted new protective sheathing to the alternator wires and refitted the alternator and alloy cover, with new screws, new gasket and gasket sealant. Stripped and cleaned the oil filter/strainer and camchain pedestal and refitted with new seal and gasket. This completed the work I wanted to do under the engine so I then refitted the exhaust system. It's easy to mess up the downpipe sequence as in their infinite wisdom the factory numbered them 041, 042, 040 in that order left to right. As the pipes are angled to the head this causes sealing problems if assembled in the wrong sequence. Can be complicated, but I have it down to a fine art and it takes 2 minutes to install.
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