Friday, June 26, 2015

Listed bike for sale

I finally got around to mounting the tengai fairing a little more secure than the PO had.  Here are the pictures that I took to list the bike for sale...












Thursday, March 19, 2015

Parts Bike is now a runner

This morning, I borrowed the shift lever from my main bike and installed it on the parts bike.  With a good shift lever, the bike seemed to shift through all of the gears (while wiggling the rear wheel a bit).  I drained the fuel from the gas tank and carb, added fresh fuel, installed the ignition switch and battery said a prayer and gave it a crank.

It started up and idled nicely!  After warning it up with the choke partially-on, i went for a ride.  This bike is noticeably faster than my other one.  Pops on deceleration, most likely because it was not rejetted for the different muffler.  I wasn't sure if i wanted to trade mufflers, until i ride this bike today.  Now is a no-brainer!

Just purchased another IMS shift lever from Amazon, to install on my main bike
It helps to have a syringe when draining the gas

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Drove to Milwaukee to purchase a 'Parts bike'

The Craigslist ad listed this bike, an '01, without any mention of the title.  There were no pictures in the ad, and I emailed the owner asking about the title.  He replied, that it had a title so I asked for a picture.  When he sent me a picture, I was surprised to see that the bike had a tengai fairing, and I wanted it.