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It's alive again - K1 start-up
Andrew-S:
Thanks for all the positive comments, I'm very pleased with how the K1 is coming on and yes, whilst I wanted a Candy Gold as per my old K1, the Ruby Red is a stunning colour and that's the colour it will stay; anyway, Ruby Red belongs to the bike.
Now I know it's a good runner (Pete assured me it was) I can focus on doing other work to it before the Spring e.g. a major service - including balancing the carbs, changing brake fluid and inspecting the brakes and so on.
I WhatsApp'd Pete the link last night and he was very happy to see it up and running - he found the original Wisconsin plate and is posting it off to me, that'll be a nice addition to the history and photos that ChrisR has sent me. Chris also sent me a copy of the original Title from which I'll be trying to contact the last owner in the US; it all builds a picture and history which I like to put together for my cars and bikes.
Talking of old photos, if anyone has any of the bike at meets etc I'd be most grateful for a copy.
--- Quote from: CR750 on January 04, 2019, 06:44:57 PM ---The bike looks great...nice work...But there's no fuel tank on the bike in the video where did the petrol come from & was it fresh ?
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Fresh fuel was run from a remote tank, you can see it in the photo below:
Cheers
CR750:
I can see the fuel pipe in the photo but not the vessel its out of shot but I do see what you mean now , did you strip & clean the carbs after the long lay up ?
/... did you strip & clean the carbs after the long lay-up & before this start up
UK Pete:
Amazing job Andrew, like i said to you, it was put away running, I could not use it as I lost my sanity along with my houses and marriage, I am surprised I am still alive Tbh, it was stored in a warm garage, so other than fuel I had faith it would run ok, plate will be posted next week some time.
Pete
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UK Pete:
Oh yes forgot to say I am gutted it went, and my Rickman, but you know my story and a few others on here do as well, and when that shit happens you have to do drastic things to recover properly, I have two 69 k0,s and a sandcast to move on as well, 2019 is a big year for me
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Andrew-S:
--- Quote from: CR750 on January 05, 2019, 02:22:43 PM ---I can see the fuel pipe in the photo but not the vessel its out of shot but I do see what you mean now , did you strip & clean the carbs after the long lay up ?
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I dropped the float bowls to see whats'-what and everything was nice and spangly; not a trace of the usual ethanol residue that I expected to see, so I just left them alone - I understand from ChrisR the carbs were cleaned prior to being exported from the States, and that was the case.
This extract from the photo shows the remote tank hanging on my jack:
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