Nearly a year ago, I was struggling with a seized fork cap which wouldn’t come out no matter how much…
So how do you get paint off of motorcycle plastics? After my efforts with the LC tailpiece earlier this year,…
just over 100 miles into the running in period, and the weather turned a little colder, and my clocks began…
Inspection of the internals shows that mostly, the wiring is OK, if a little bit stiff and brittle with age.The…
2 hours of careful masking and rubbing down with 240 grade wet’n’dry. A thorough degreasing with brake cleaner, followed by…
The wait for engine parts, and for a wheel to be sent off, skimmed, and returned, provides opportunity for another…
Sometime in the years in which the bike had lain fallow, the rear brake drum had become oval.There are theories…
The whole point of a “mechanical build” was to prove the chassis parts, and consolidate the reuse of so many…
With the carbs done, and the engine running to my satisfaction, it’s time to finish the job and get her…
After a disappointing first run of the bike, it is apparent that there is a problem with the bike running…
I have run out of things to do without starting her up!I still need to check the shimming of the…
Not wanting to pay £100 for a genuine Yamaha OEM throttle cable, I did as so many others do, bought…
The engine is back in the frame, which is another milestone of sorts.The end is in sight, but let’s not…
The barrels have arrive from PJME with some nice new pistons.Good Job.Ports nicely chamfered in.Everything went together nicely with no…
Lets have a look at what I have as options.The donor bike came with a pair of RD400E/F (2R8-00) carbs,…
While not strictly part of “The Project” build, I thought this might be interesting to document. Having purchased a pair…
While hunting out other items in the box of donor bike parts, I noticed that the top end bolts were…
It has been a 30 year mystery to me, why every LC engine I have ever had come my way…
Footrests and hangers.The donor bike arrived without pillion footpegs, even though it had some when it was originally built. Rooting…
I have 3 available tanks, all known to have been repaired with quantities of pug some years ago. The donor…