Ah. Cracked Case -- Not Good.

I am working on fitting the tank and seat to the frame. Here's a photo of where the bike is at now... it really wants to have clip-ons instead of the marauder bars but the clip-ons may not arrive for a while. Also the seat just isn't right for the look but I am funds limited at the moment. As you can see I just have the seat and tank balanced there and not bolted on--hence the pack of cut-off wheels keeping the seat from falling off backwards!

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Dr. Jim, funny you should say that-- Airtech is where I got the tank! They are just down the freeway from where I live.

The tank required the one modification I have made to the frame--the little round tank support thingies stick out too far for this tank so I cut the stalks just before the round bit and trimmed down the round rubber bouncy thingies and now the tank is secured up front quite well. I am making a seat-and-tank sub-frame to anchor the end of the tank and to sit on... I was looking around my garage for something suitable and my eye chanced upon the original back rest bar of the bike. Perfect. It even has holes already drilled and threaded in the right places.

I do think the pegs will be a bit far forward but I won't be able to tell for sure until I can sit on the bike. If it doesn't feel right I'm sure an adapter plate that moves 'em back a bit won't be too hard to make.

Still haven't fixed the leak.

That's a cool look.

wow i said it looked good a few weeks ageo, but now its just a work o art man. Ya gotta lotta time, or just real dedicatid to the cause. I mean, dude, really really nice.

Well, I finally tore open the stator side engine cover and fixed that oil leak. Turns out the gasket wasn't aligned properly and there was quite the gap next to the drive pulley.

Also re-wired the bike (again!) but soldered the connections this time instead of using those crimp connectors. The crimp connectors work just fine but I don't trust 'em to hold up long term and also the soldered (and heat-shrink protected) connections are less bulky, making for a much cleaner look.

I put a K&N filter on the carb and took the bike for a ride... one evening the bike ran great (took it on a 50 mile jaunt) but the next day when I rode it to work it ran like crap. Work is 50 miles away, so I put 100 on it that day... half-way through the way back the bike "woke up" and ran great again.  Incidentally it woke up when I was running about 75 in 3rd gear... I think the vibration un-stuck a stuck slide. The rest of the ride home the bike had plenty of power.

But the next time I went to ride it it was "sleepy" or "sluggish" again.

Anybody have advice on curing a carburetor of a sticking slide?

I suspect that riding with the stuck slide made the bike very lean. Look at my new Dyna exhaust and see if you don't agree...

I also got a new seat from Ebay and fabricated a new tank and seat subframe from a BMW R1200C grab rail and the old Savage handlebars.

Pictures to follow...

Chuck

That looks pretty d@mn sweet! Good job!