Friday, September 16, 2011

So much for that clutch

Guess I waited too long between starts. The primary was full this morning and now the clutch is stuck together. I got it started no problem. Much easier with a squirt of lighter fluid in the carb. (I still need to rebuild the accelerator pump.)

I just printed out what I need to do to plug off that drain and then I looked up to see if anyone makes a belt drive primary conversion that will fit in the original case. BDL does. It's not cheap at $690, but that comes with a new input bearing and a new dry clutch. That should fix that and it will still look original.

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Still starting

Cleaned out the garage again so I had to move the bikes out.

Figured I'd fire the FX up to see how bad the oil leak is. Considering it's been sitting for two months, it wasn't terrible. Maybe I'll get the inspection next week.

I do need to start ordering some parts.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Minor Update

Bike registration is now legal in Louisiana. Just need to get it inspected.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

And one more time

So she's been sitting for a couple months. Figured since the weather was nice, I'd roll it out and start it to see how the oil retaining spring is doing. Didn't start on the first kick, but wasn't too bad. I had a pan under the vent and it did spit about two tablespoons of oil out.

That's pretty good considering before I screwed with the check valve, it would puke a half quart after a month.

Rode it around the yard and put it back in the garage.

Before I rode it around, I noticed that one of primary main case bolts was loose. I found an allen key for it and checked the rest. All were loose and one is gone. Now they're snug again. That whole thing has to come off so I can inspect the primary, so I'm not too worried about it.