I have been wanting to build an old cafe/tracker bike for a long time. I just refused to pay top dollar for a bucket of parts.
So long story short, a member on here had a bike in his garage and said to come grab it. So sight unseen I hooked up the trailer and got it. It was MUCH MUCH better than I was anticipating. It will need some love but, but hopefully I'll have it running soon. once I've got it running and dialed in I will start working on turning it into what i want.
Here she is
Items that need addressing:
1) One spark plug hole was 90% stripped, could have been why it was parked. Was only able to get 90psi compression on that cylinder. That has been fixed with a Spark plug repair insert.
2) The coil and plug wires were missing. A new coil was sourced, wires purchased and put together. Still need to build a Coil mounting bracket, and hook up the coil. Will need a battery as well I am sure.
3) Need a front brake lever and master cylinder. Thinking about updating the entire system to something more modern. Need to look into it more.
4) The Carbs are my main hang up. Stock boots, fell apart taking them off. Carbs are NASTY and need rebuilt. I was dead set on switching to s ingle carb set up with a Mikuni VM34. Then went back to "I'll just clean the stock carbs to get it running" When I went to clean them, they need to be rebuilt. So do I spend the money to rebuild them or put that money towards a new single carb set-up? Open to ideas and suggestions. Here are some pictures of the carbs.
So long story short, a member on here had a bike in his garage and said to come grab it. So sight unseen I hooked up the trailer and got it. It was MUCH MUCH better than I was anticipating. It will need some love but, but hopefully I'll have it running soon. once I've got it running and dialed in I will start working on turning it into what i want.
Here she is
Items that need addressing:
1) One spark plug hole was 90% stripped, could have been why it was parked. Was only able to get 90psi compression on that cylinder. That has been fixed with a Spark plug repair insert.
2) The coil and plug wires were missing. A new coil was sourced, wires purchased and put together. Still need to build a Coil mounting bracket, and hook up the coil. Will need a battery as well I am sure.
3) Need a front brake lever and master cylinder. Thinking about updating the entire system to something more modern. Need to look into it more.
4) The Carbs are my main hang up. Stock boots, fell apart taking them off. Carbs are NASTY and need rebuilt. I was dead set on switching to s ingle carb set up with a Mikuni VM34. Then went back to "I'll just clean the stock carbs to get it running" When I went to clean them, they need to be rebuilt. So do I spend the money to rebuild them or put that money towards a new single carb set-up? Open to ideas and suggestions. Here are some pictures of the carbs.