Don't forget that if you are doing away with the speedo drive you can yank that drive plate out of the left hand side of the bearing housing, another few grams saved :D:D Just grab one of the drive legs with a pair of pliers and pull it out.

Got a feeling there is going to be a glut of speedo drives on Ebay shortly.

Lol.

It doesn't need yanking out but I know the bit you mean - will certainly be storing that away for returning it to stock and putting it up on eBay as "never been thrashed..."

All seems to be going to plan mate, if you need any thing as the time starts to count down give us a call. :cool:

You're more than welcome to come and make me cups of tea :D

I will get me piny :lol:

Antony, just a quick suggestion. Whilst you're at it I'd guess if you check the swingarm float, it'll need shimming up. The ones i've had in have needed it. Bikes of this age generally get looked after "at home" and it's often over looked.
I'm guessing you have a manual? It'll tell you how in there and give you the specs'.
Give us a shout if you need any help or shims.

Already done it mate :D

The shims were a real ******* to get back in. There were three each side and I checked them all to make sure I was only trying to put the thinnest one back in, but it was still having none of it. Without the shim it rocked a bit, so I definitely wanted to put it back in.

I'm sure that there is an art to it, but I resorted to the Brute Force [TM] method and put the breaker bar between the engine and the swingarm, then in an amazing feat of dextrousness, I managed to apply pressure whilst holding it in place AND slide the shim in AND push the pin through.

Right, well the bike is finally back together after much head scratching about which bit goes where, how cables route, which way round things plug in and also why I've still got spare connectors...

No major problems at all to be honest, and it's looking very, very clean and tidy now which is always the best place to start!

Will start her up tonight and see how she goes.

Fingers crossed!

Great work Antony - I so wish I was doing DD but nevermind....

Carbs - glad you got them looking good, mine had just a much gunge in them after being stored for '6 months' before I bought it (900ss).
The brass tube you mentioned I think is the base of the emulsion tube that needs careful inspection sadly,......

American - but check out some of the links on the left here:
http://66.47.68.116

Just an idea about the choke cable etc - my trackbike has a simple cable tie sticking out under the tank - I'm sure the same system would work easily for our carbs as well - you might need to link two cable ties together but, its cheap and cheerful!

Cant remember DD rules - but quite surprised you didnt go for a dynojet kit when going for a big-bore as well?

Fastners: Ebay is good for all sorts of stuff but its worth while hunting down some good local faster / nut and bolt specialists.....here is my local one that has been SUPERB so far...

http://www.hawkfast.com

all sorts of weird and cool stuff - just got some stainless washers with rubber backing from them only small sizes but great for fairings / screens.

I like the updates - keep em comin please - Frank

Cheers frank.

I was thinking of a simple choke like you say - it's only a horizontal pull that is required so I could have mounted something really simple. It's just time and money to get a 916 clutch m/c sorted so I'll go with the original as I'm sure it will be adequate.

I did check the emulsion tubes (captions are for comedy effect only) and they appear fine. The carbs were Dynojetted at the same time - this was the reason they came off in the first place. The giveaway is the Dynoject box in the background on the last carb pic ;)

I've used a local fastener supplier in the past but the only problem is getting there during working hours as I work in the City but live out in Essex. By the time I get home it's 6.30pm and I leave the house at 7.30am so no chance of "popping in" to most places. That's why I like eBay and mail-order, as I can order it from my work PC and it'll be there the next morning for me to fit that night. It's far better than having to wait until the weekend, only to find they're closed or the part is out of stock or you get everything but then realise there's something else you missed!

Plus, of course, getting parts of people like Nelly and Nattyboy helps to keep everything within the "community" and we end up supporting each other.

I've got lots of pics to upload so I'll get my site update when I get a chance and put some pics up.