You can smell it even with the tank closed. There's also some rust in the tank. I will be picking up some vinegar to de-rust the interior. This is an interesting design, two petcocks on the tank. I guess it all feeds down into a sort of vacuum powered pump and then back up to feed two carbs on each side. I have looked at the diagram a few times but haven't worried too much about it yet. Also, this bike has vacuum advance ignition which is a first for me on a motorcycle.Yeah, that gas has to be toxic to the ol' gal.
You have more miles on single bikes, than I do on all the ones I've ridden. . . . combined. My '86 FJ is the same way. . . . as far as sentimentality. But we're only at 33 years.. . . . but the only reason I keep mine is it is the bike we rode to Yellowstone on our honeymoon 41 years ago. . . .
Very similar in looks to my old Z750LTD - mine had straight stubby pipes on though, which won me the "nicest sounding"*** bike on a 200 bike West Herts Motorcycle Club run out to see the Severn Bore. If Nick had been there on his street 1.1 I would've been second lol. Looking grrreat! Enjoy!!Been tinkering a bit between other projects, got the brakes kind of sorted out. I should really get master cylinder rebuild kits, but they work well enough for test riding in the neighborhood for now. The bike doesn't run perfect, and the idle was hanging between shifts. I sprayed some carb cleaner around and it seems like I need to replace the throttle shaft seals, so the whole bank has to come out and get split apart. I cleaned the inside of the tank out with a two day vinegar soak and it's looking pretty good. Everything works on the bike except for the speedometer (odometer does work though, and I have two spare speedometers). 15 minutes of detailing and it looks pretty nice in my opinion.
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Well, I'm thinking you must be a youngster. 'Cuz, all of us old timers knows about the 85mph speedos, with 55 marked in red. That was supposed to inspire us not to speed, and save gas by doing 55mph. I looked at it totally different. . . .. . . . One of the funny things about these bikes is they had the 85 mph speedometer stock, it was some sort of early 80's law or something. . . .