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« on: April 11, 2021, 12:13:28 PM »
Hi everyone,
As promised I’ve created a post to follow the process of my first restoration project, perfect timing for the new singles and twins area 😁
Any pointers along the way would be massively appreciated.
I will try to keep this as up to date as possible and post pictures when progress is being made.
Anyway, to start with the bike had a seized engine, but looked to have been dry stored based on the condition of the chrome, the mileage is also fairly low at 8500miles.
After checking the oil it was a bit low but very clean so good signs all round.
I removed the spark plugs the other night, one was finger tight and the other was a bit stuck, and took some work to get it out, threads all seem okay though. One was a NGK and the other was a champion (I think, the ceramic part broke), maybe the bike was parked up due to no spark or something, who knows.
So next thing was to free up the engine, I used a 50/50 mix of acetone and some left over DSG transmission fluid from my car service, (apparently DSG is thinner than ATF), gave it a mix and put some in the bores.
Left it sat for 10 mins and rocked the bike back and forth in 5th gear gently and it broke free. Will still be stripping the engine in the future but good to know it can’t have been seized that badly. Hopefully the bores can be cleaned up.
One thing I have a question about is the headlight, is it legal for use in the UK with the bike being an import form the states, different beam patterns etc?
Cheers