1. got that stupid bolt off and changed the oil..it was thick...
2. since the bolts to hold the petcock to the tank needed retapped and I was waiting till I visited my parents to do it, I rigged an old oil quart (thanks alan) as a gas tank and drove it down the street! yeah!
3. Discovered (the Nick) that the headlight is in working order, the ground wire was just no grounded so well......yeah!
(3.5) While I was as the parents house I also shined up the header pipes a little bit and painted the rusted out flakey chrome flat black. I actually looks pretty okay with the black seat and rubber side panel on the gas tank....
4. Got the tank ready but found out the petcock leaks (duh) (have a kit on order) and the float needs to be re-set (carb also leaks) but I was able to ride around block(even had a passenger) and the engine is strong. When the kit comes in the mail I will do these things...
A few problems I have discovered..... So I was going to start it and run it around yesterday but the battery was dead...something is sipping juice even when the bike is off....have to figure that out. Also, the kick start had been really unreliable. some times it catches but most of the time is doesn't...which is really annoying because it works better than the electric start. I am not very familiar with kick starts and don't really know where to ..uh....start?
I haven't done much with the looks of the bike so I am going to wait to post pics till I can get a blurry one of me driving off into the distance........
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