1988 rebuild update

[oldman]

Delay with tyre fitting, could not find the rim tape anywhere, know I purchased but must have been distracted and stashed somewhere, more ordered so next weekend hopeful.
Anyhoo, updated pics with grey seat and red gators.

[oldman]

Progress! Tyres fitted tonight with thanks to my friends who stayed put to do them despite a 4am start tomorrow for them. Looking forward to getting them on the bike and off the stand at last.

[oldman]

Wheels on and everything remitted,rear brake bled and c&s fitted all good (at last) Maybe down for mot next week if I have time.

[oldman]

Decals to do as well, originals.!

[Mightyman]

Is that the original colour of seat cover? Very nice result

[oldman]

Hello, it's as close as can be, not genuine but compares to original, had a problem starting surprisingly, ran perfectly when I remitted to frame, could hear air being drawn in,. Would run with choke but stall as soon as turned off. Somehow I must have dislodged carb from rubber boot of reed inlet between then and now, not a lot but enough for a small air leak on the inlet side. Remade and idling fine with good pickup on the throttle. Keen to try on the road as soon as I can arrange and find time for mot. Repainted exhaust stinks as well!

[Calum]

Superb job done on this!

Well done.

I love the colour you've gone for it looks really nice.

[Nottsbiker]

Looks like it's just left the showroom bud

[NINJA]

@oldman Looks AWESOME bud - cracking job! Are you going to fit new grips or perhaps some bar end plugs tho???

[oldman]

Thank you! Yes, bar ends to fit just keep forgetting to order, doh! Good to get a look at the other side of the bike for a change. A lot quieter with the standard exhaust on as well

[oldman]

Have ordered the bar ends, spare time today so thought I would check and take for mot, difficult to start again! Checked all usual suspects and thought fuel starvation to blame, could get to start on choke but running off choke poor, decided to take carb out and found inlet rubber split below jubilee clip! Ordered from cmsl as fowlers had no stock,none on eBay either! 60 odd euros including postage, not pleased. To be expected for 29 yr old rubber parts I suppose, assume it split after initial reassembly as started and ran perfectly when first reassembled. At least I found the problem, just have to wait a week or so for delivery now

[Calum]

@oldman It's just good we can still get them. Won't be long before they're discontinued.

[Nottsbiker]

Only the ones with the additional intake silencer attachment will be left before long

[oldman]

@calum said in 1988 rebuild update:

@oldman It's just good we can still get them. Won't be long before they're discontinued.

Maybe I should buy another, still have the 89.to do

[oldman]

@nottsbiker said in 1988 rebuild update:

Only the ones with the additional intake silencer attachment will be left before long

Which one is that?

[Nottsbiker]

Like those fitted to late DTR / DT-X etc had a hole for another yeis type bottle to plug in and act I'm guessing as an intake silencer

[oldman]

@nottsbiker looked on cmsl exploded diagrams, can only see the pattern as mine even for later bikes, same part no? May seal mine with self amalgamating tape while I am waiting, (I get bored easily!)

[Nottsbiker]

Least it's not downstream of the carb so you won't do as much damage if it's not 100% sealed.

[oldman]

It is downstream of the carb, air drawn in rather than through carb hence starting difficulties, just as well found now, could have been much worse if I was caning it around, will try and post a pic hortly

[oldman]

There you go! How did I miss that!