Prepped for Surgery

You'll have to excuse the phone pics, as my digital camera's display is done for after a wet experience in Canada.

We pulled the bike out of the garage onto the back deck with the intention of moving the entire piece into the basement for a warm working environment for the winter here in Minnesota.  We did not believe how HEAVY and UNMANAGEABLE moving this thing up the few steps to the porch would be, so the plan changed. 

38 minutes later. . . . . 

MUCH EASIER! Put them in my new workroom that I have permission to use until April. 

A nice 2x4 stand for the engine:

Man those exhast ports are gunky! And those plug holes as well! 

I decided to pull off just one bowl to see how she looked. You would think they would have been dried out by now. 

Nope. Yuck. 

Well, the carbs will need cleaned for sure! I might use a kerosene/solvent bath as I need to dip these and my buddy's carbs from his 1980 Yamaha XS850 Triple. 

The nice thing that continues to prove beneficial is that the rubber (despite the tires) has been preserved quite well - the carb intake ports/inlets all look good, and the bowl o-ring is in good shape as well. 

I updated the cost sheet on the right side of this page with some expected costs. Lets see if I can come in under budget!