so it is time - looking at my '78

[rcmatt007]

Most of you know I have had my '78 since... well 1978. The past few years it has mostly sat, as I been working elsewhere. We are now consolidating everything in one place and it was time to take a look at my first "child" which has sadly gotten long in the tooth. But first a little history from my log book...

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the first page

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1995 when the bike turned 100,000

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the last entry--YIKES nearly three years ago

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and in the compartment, a little friend I picked up in 1979. I heard this click, click, click as the nail hit the swing arm... through the sidewall, but not into the tire/tube

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[rcmatt007]

but here is the reason it needs some TLC... the outside still looks great, but it is all the nooks and crannies...

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[rcmatt007]

so beginning the process...

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it is amazing how different it looks at this stage.... almost similar to Beth's softail when the rear seat is off

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[5speed]

awesome..another build thread.
love the colour.

[rcmatt007]

that actually is something I am going to change. It was painted 25+ years ago.... I still love it, but it was three stage, two tone candy lacquer. I was thinking of pacific pearl blue (an HD color) which is a little darker, and add back in the original pin-stripes. The other reason is the frame and sub-frame parts needs work so it will last another 40 years (I will be 104).

[FrontRunner]

I like it.

[rcmatt007]

I had been thinking of re-doing this bike for some time, but almost three years ago I had a carb flooding, and now that I am living in one place... anyway, recently rebuilt the carbs (with a Randakk kit) and now that my tools are here. I powder coated the bowels,

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and a couple of extras

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[rcmatt007]

the carb tops were painted with silver engine paint when I had them all apart

[Rat]

Your carbs have bowels ??

Must be custom work

Gord

[rcmatt007]

and ulcerative colitis..... then there was the paper I wrote in seminary which referred to angles....

[sunnbobb]

Cool beans. Interesting to see how the MPG slowly increaed on average until about 15K. Thinking that log is a good read on how these engines break in.

[rcmatt007]

starting to look nekkid - the heads are off as I am sending them off to robin for new valve guides and the work over. One of those jobs I could no doubt learn, but why not send to an expert

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while I am at it... lots of powder coating and painting

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[rcmatt007]

I have heard if you look up OCD… there is my picture... but little details... no one will ever see the timing belt pullies, but after 40 years there was a dusting of surface rust...

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[5speed]

looking good.

[Track T 2411]

Nice!