Project Dullsville

Well in was sat outside my house throughout last winter and most of spring. I never looked that far inside the plastics. Those pictures tell me it was the right choice.

Originally Posted by Stig_Of_The_Dump

Well in was sat outside my house throughout last winter and most of spring. I never looked that far inside the plastics. Those pictures tell me it was the right choice.

In short, he saw you coming Phil!

Will be interesting to see how you get it all working though, certainly looks a challenge.

Hehe. Never mind - it will make it all the more satisfying when I get it up and running. Cosmetically I don't give a monkeys. i've got some tins of hammerite sat around, and now I have a use

On a side note, never spill petrol all over the drive and not wash it away -my house mates had a dinner party last night and the whole house stinks like petrol fumes. Oooops, I'm not popular!

UPDATE...

Valve clearences all sorted, and amazingly only one needed adjusting - Honda reliability for you I guess. The rocker cover gaskets look completely FUBAR'd, but I'll give it a go and se if it leaks. Not like my other bikes leak oil or anything .





Now started ripping the carbs apart. Aside from a bunch of siezed screws that required some hacksaw and mallet / punch work to remove, they look reasonable clean inside.

You know, I've never even seen a carb! Looks complicated.

Looks pretty spanking... what're you doing about float bowl gaskets?

Originally Posted by Sosha

Looks pretty spanking... what're you doing about float bowl gaskets?

Re-fitting and keeping fingers crossed...If that fails I have a nice tube of black silicon sealer that should do the trick....The aim is to get a road worthy bike for a minimum cost. Cost so far:

Bike = £200
Ebay carb inlet rubbers = £2.99
Can of carb cleaner = £2.99

Anticipated costs:
New front tyre = £85ish
Oil = £20
MOT = £28

How comes you pulled apart the carbs? Did it not run very nice?

Originally Posted by walkaboutandy

How comes you pulled apart the carbs? Did it not run very nice?

Don't know, I've never started it, but they had been sitting full of fuel for about 9 months. might as well give em a once over when they are off the bike.

Originally Posted by walkaboutandy

How comes you pulled apart the carbs? Did it not run very nice?

The whole point of Philbut getting this bike is not to get a ruuning Dullsville, its to get something to pull apart! Its the spannering he secretly likes, if he bought a new gixxer he'd strip it just to make sure.