I`m there! It finally runs how I want it to, and I`m very pleased
The weather has improved considerably, so took 3 days of work, and have been experimenting every day from early morning to late afternoon.
Changed the carb back to a 40 mm Keihin CV that I got on Ebay. Same results as with the old carb, running reasonably well, but leaning out at WOT, so time for jetdrilling. Have gone from 45 to 75 on the pilot and from 195 to currently 210 on the main, and have had huge improvements
Still a tad to lean, but a 230 or 240 ought to cure that.
Retarded the ignition as I was advised to do. Started out with 6 degrees, that made the bike very sluggish. Went back to 2, meaning it`s now 2 degrees retarded from what Pazon recommends for a stocker. Got the firing ring right in the center of the bend now. Amazing how much difference 2 degrees can make.
Have decided to go partially streamlined. Tried a couple of different fairings, but all were to large, the bike being really small. Really, really wanted a "Hagon nose cone" as was used in dragracing in the 60`s 70`s on dragbikes but have had no luck finding one. Wonder why no one repops these?
Decided to jump into it, and try making my own after watching a few videos on how to lay fiberglass.
Well, it`s not totally perfect, but for a first try into fiberglass I can definitely live with how it turned out. A decent paintjob, and it`ll be just fine. Really suits the bike IMO, and may actually do it`s job and provide a little aero.
Next on the list is finishing the fairing, start drilling for locking wire and try to get the bike look reasonably clean again. Testing on the salted winterroads has left everything looking like it had already been on the salt. Rusted bits, and pitted aluminium all over. Even my brand new rearchain has traces of rust forming on it
. If I had the time I would probably take everything apart again, but it`s probably about time I start looking into logistics regarding transport.