Recent content by CC

I did get the rack and air-box installed. I had to remove the choke bracket to get it in there. After that it went right in and the swearing stopped. Still need to install fuel-pump, change oil and pull/clean spark-plugs. Life is intruding right now with the holidays and me still looking for...

Thanks to all for a ton of great advice! I'll take out the plugs since they need cleaning anyway from running so rich on my single carb attempt. And it would be real nice to confirm "no leaks" before install too. I'll post my results when I get her running again soon. Got a bunch of rain heading...

After 9 cans of carb-cleaner, 2 cans of WD-40 and about 20 hours of my time; I finished my carb-rack rebuild with Randakks master kit. (Kudo's to Randakk for being so exact in the parts included). Im hoping to test drive the bike on Sunday after a fuel-filter replacement and oil change. I...

I didn't take any pics of my bikes first start in 10 years. But as it turns out, my landlord did! All that mavels-mystery oil made it's presence known for sure. (no, the pic had nothing to do with breaking epa laws; my former landlord was cool and sent me the pic).

That's great! -I had forgotten to mention the my fuel sending-unit was very rusted;frozen and didn't work at all. (it looked unsalvagable to me). But after 2 days of soaking and several times of very carefully freeing; and then slowly moving the float arm, it now works. And by "works", I mean...

I had bought this pump for the single-carb project. Im guessing it should be OK for the original rack. It's 3-5lbs PSI at 30 GPH.

Hi Dan, I tried but it said "locked". The carb is now on ebay anyway. Also, I finally may have a line on some work in my area. Cash has been tight for me like most people, but I did want to ask you what the typical donation amount to the site is? I appreciate not having all kinds of adds all...

Just a heads up that I'll be auctioning off my "Solex 34pict3 carburetor" on ebay tonight starting at 100bucks. It has the auto-choke and fuel cut-off solenoid with just under 50 miles on it. If anyone from this site is in on the auction I'll throw in the intake I had built. Just make sure you...

Im not sure if there's a mention on removing fuel-tank rust very cheaply and effectively so I'll just throw this out there. After much searching for info on the subject I found a utube video of some college kids that claimed the thing to use for removing rust from a fuel-tank was "Apple Cider...

Im dumping my new 34pict3 and going with the 2-stage Webber this coming Spring. I wish I would have joined this site sooner so I wouldn't have to play the ebay game. I especially like how I've read that the Webber's are easy to tune and re-jet without even removing the carb. That alone is worth...

Thanks a bunch for everyone's feedback. I'll try to clear up some things. "Yes", the manifold is pvc. And "no", I didn't heat the manifold like I should have. I blindly thought that moving down south should eliminate the need for heat. (yes I know, shame on me). It's over 20 years since I...

Hi again folks, sorry it's been so long. Im finally relocated in Calabash,N.C. I did maybe 50 miles on my single carb conversion in 5-mile or so test-ride intervals between adjustments. And no matter what I do, it seems the rpm's need to be kind of high for the bike to run good. And the idle...

Hey thats great Gerry! -I hope all goes well! (Im "slowly" learning my way around here; but it is happening). :)

I tend to agree with who was concerned about the volume of air in that large plenum. (Although it would be a very different story if a supercharger was being considered). Rather than destroy my original carb-rack, Im using a stainless steel 2-1/4" BOV (turbo blow-off-valve) that I got for...

Hi again folks. I took a picture of my bikes right-front blinker feed harness. The left-front blinker also has it's own feed harness that comes from the bucket. (I can't take a decent picture of the left harness at the this point). I don't plan on opening the bucket since everything is working...