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1982 Nighthawk Restoration ( attempt )

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Krzychu:
Thanks for the replies, Tom I will have a look there in a second.
Bryan I have checked the parts numbers, I am trying to avoid getting them in US, UK or EU would be much faster. She is a US model, I think the same bike was offered here but under different name

Krzychu:
New parts ordered from http://www.cmsnl.com/. 27 euro for springs,caps and rollers I think a very good price. 13 euro for postage for them little bits quite painful but at least it's coming from Netherlands and not the US so shouldn't be too long, I hope. On hold until then ;)

Krzychu:
Well, it has been a while... Loads of work at home ( painting & decorating ) and low on funds so work is progressing very slowly.
Starter clutch repair kit has arrived, and so did new carb boots. I had the clutch cover and the oil pan removed, took the starter clutch out and fixed it. There was a lot of little red silicon bits in the oil pan and effectively blocking the small mesh filter thing on the oil pump intake ( whatever the name for that is ) I guess whoever was doing some work on the engine before was using a lot of silicon wherever he could, instead of buying seals  :-\ Anyway, that's all cleaned, checked the oil filter, looks new ( the previous owner told me it was replaced, but judging on everything else that was done to the poor girl, wouldn't thrust him ). [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
I did fit the new carb boots, and having the carbs out again I have changed the pilot screws settings, as previously I had them at 1 and 1/8 turn out as per Haynes manual. Later I looked at the back pages where it gives specific settings for different years and UK and US models, just to find out the on my model it should be 2 and 1/4 turn out  :o So that's the way they are now. [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
I bought new 10w40 oil, some cheap brand as it is only there for the  trial and error work on the engine, and it will be most definitely drained again at some stage.
Took her out and started up, I think she isn't working to bad  ??? ( It obviously had to start raining )
Any how, here is a very short video of getting her started ( she was already worm at this stage )
https://youtu.be/rczqXbRWqog

MarkCR750:
Sounds as though it's going well, and there is no rush to restore a bike, working on them is almost as good as riding, keep up the good work.

Krzychu:
Thanks for the good word Mark, I do enjoy working on the bike big time, I only wish I had a wee secret room with all the parts that I need  :)
As to working on them being almost as good as riding them, well, ALMOST makes a lot of difference  ;)

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