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First ride misery.
Graeme77:
The 'modern' bike was a 1984 kawasaki ar125, not exactly new :)
But as i say, very light so easy to make stop.
Just put another 10 miles or so on it and its getting better. Brake is nice and progressive and has good feel so its not scary or anything.
Might check the cam chain and tappets again, top end is a little noisy.
Doesnt sound like there are any problems, but you can here the chain and tappets working.
Maybe having been in cars for so long im just not used to hearing an engine rather than hearing an exhaust.
Gearchange can be a bit clonky, its fine as long as you change like you mean it. I hit a false neutral between 3rd and 4th which was surprising. It was a reasonably swift but thoughtless upchange though.
Runs nice though, not missed or hesitated again. I tweeked the air screws out another 1/4 and it seems to be happy. Feels stable and controlled in corners but i think the fairing may need to go, its a little restrictive.
Going for a ride to high beech, epping forrest tomorrow with a couple of friends, that should settle everything down well :)
Thanks for all the help getting it to this stage, i think this bike will be fun.
HondaFour:
Been reading the posts and I empathise with you, keep going, doing it carefully and methodically and the time will surely come when the only things you will have to do between years is oil changes, polishing and servicing, riding and keeping the front brake piston free! ;)
Graeme77:
Hopefully your right, at least for the next few months.
Once the weather turns ill pull the bike apart, go through the engine and powder coat the frame.
To be honest, my main concern is loosing the front end in a corner. Did that a few times when i was young and overly enthusiastic. Im overly cautious now but that will probably go reasonably soon then ill chuck it into a corner too fast and it will go sliding down the road LOL.
Hopefully im wiser as well as older now.
K2-K6:
I call these single discs the first anti-lock as you'd have to have hands like king kong to squeeze hard enough to get a lock up in the dry.
As you've found though they are very nicely progressive and give good feel that you can work with without anything scary happening.
Front to rear grip is quite well balanced on these and you are unlikely to get the front to let go in the dry without extreme input, it's more likey that you'll run wide in a corner as they are quite long and lazy steering so watch out for bends that tighten more than you first thought.
My experience of double discs on a K2 was that they would easily make the front tyre howl and lock if you hit it hard, that's with standard hoses and single master-cylinder.
Good you got the ignition sorted, as you've found the std setup works fine for a road engine and you can fix it yourself!
There are usually no tapping noises if all is ok but they always have a softish rustle that's unlike most other fours, guess you'll get more used to what's normal as you go along.
Enjoy getting out and about with it.
Graeme77:
Softish rustle sums the noise up well, it doesnt sound tappety, but you can hear it working.
Im sure its fine :)
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