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Message started by jkhulon73 on 08/31/07 at 11:54:47

Title: Have some cake...
Post by jkhulon73 on 08/31/07 at 11:54:47

...as in crud.

Unwanted deposits of sludge and carbon. Caked up and built up in places it really shouldn't be.

20 years of garbage in the engine. BUT, it's starting to burn off- went for my longest ride yet today- (about 30 miles. Fun ;D)

But now I need to adjust the valves again...

Big thumbs up to vroom1776 and his how-to-adjust-your-valves thread. It was a big help the first time.

Planning on doing a complete rebuild this January (when it finally gets cool down here in 'lanta) Ought to be fun.

Title: Re: Have some cake...
Post by serowbot on 08/31/07 at 16:24:40

30 miles! ...on a bike as cool as yours!...
Get on that thing, point yourself west, and don't come back till' you've filled the tank twice!

Title: Re: Have some cake...
Post by jkhulon73 on 08/31/07 at 19:05:20

I'm still in shakedown mode. Getting the kinks worked out, tightening up, tweaking. Oughta be good to go, 100% by next weekend. Still need to replace the fork seals (and lower the front end while I'm at it) new pads on the front, and... that ought to do it...

For now ;)

Title: Re: Have some cake...
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/01/07 at 05:18:07

Watch the oil color & spend a few $$ swapping oil out of it. Then, after you have run the gunk out of the engine & washed it into the oilpan & eliminated it by making a few oil changes, hopefully, you will have extended the engine life & saved a lot of $$ & time spent with wrenches. My sentences are coming out wierd still, but you get the picture.

Title: Re: Have some cake...
Post by jkhulon73 on 09/01/07 at 05:50:19

Yeah, I checked the oil yesterday after it cooled down a bit- 'tweren't quite as honey-brown coming out as it was going in...