THE MOMENT OF TRUE.

I've posted this a couple of times now, but I can't say enough about changing to a Rick's starter. My 79 KZ1300 had starting issues since I got it in 1980, to the point where I just let it sit for a number of years. A couple of years ago I started to bring it back to life including a complete carb rebuild from a company in CA. It still didn't like starting. I few weeks ago I decided to spend the $$ and by a Rick's starter. Wow, what a difference. Starting issues have completely disappeared. It still has a few issues I'm trying to work out, but overall it's a very ridable bike now.

giorgi3 wrote:

I've posted this a couple of times now, but I can't say enough about changing to a Rick's starter. My 79 KZ1300 had starting issues since I got it in 1980, to the point where I just let it sit for a number of years. A couple of years ago I started to bring it back to life including a complete carb rebuild from a company in CA. It still didn't like starting. I few weeks ago I decided to spend the $$ and by a Rick's starter. Wow, what a difference. Starting issues have completely disappeared. It still has a few issues I'm trying to work out, but overall it's a very ridable bike now.

I don't doubt that Rick's  works better than the OEM starter.

But as I have mentioned other times, I am two more bills away from setting the bike on fire.

The OEM that I have installed works, for now, so I am not going to change anything.

kawaBCN wrote:

I used rubber bands to hold the plates that hold the mouth of the exhausts.
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A quick wrap of masking tape works wonders for this and quickly burns off leaving no mess or residue.

AT LAST¡¡¡

I returned to the garage with Christine to continue assembling parts, this time the radiator.I bought the side protectors and the front grille from a French scrap dealer, the truth is that he sent me the complete kit, with its protective screw caps, the money works miracles.

   



The bad thing about having disassembled something months ago is the lack of memory when it comes to remembering small details, that's how I had the accelerator cables mounted until I realized that turning the handlebars to the right imprisoned them against the chassis. 


I have had to re-disassemble the heads of the carburetor housing cable covers to reroute the line to its corresponding place.

 

Finally it was time to test everything, pending the installation of the tank and side covers.



The bike sounds much better live than in the video.
I can't tune the carburetion properly since I don't have a vacuum gauge, I'll take it to a shop.
The engine heats up well, the thermostat works and the electric fan opens halfway through the needle on the temperature gauge, it continues working for a short period of time after turning off the ignition.

This week I will try to do the dynamic test.

Yeah! She runs!
 

DYNAMIC TEST.

What was supposed to be a pleasant Sunday at the beach has been cut short due to bad weather.
Better for me, I stayed in the garage finishing assembling the pieces that Christine needed to assemble.

After the nap I took the bike out of the garage, I spent more than an hour reviewing screw tightening, wiring in place, fuel lines and cooling without leaks.

I didn't want to leave anything to chance, that the only doubt that would assail me was whether I reached the end of the street with a burnout or with a weelie.

I start the bike, put on my helmet and gloves and start riding.

I wander through the streets exiting the town slowly, respecting traffic signs, checking the operation of the motorcycle at all times.

I take the beach road and start to give gas while I go up the gears as if it were coming out of a traffic light with another motorcycle that you don't know, side by side.

When the engine thrust arrives from 4000 RPM the clutch starts to slip, shit, the higher the gears the more the fucking clutch slips.
I haven't touched anything about the clutch during the engine rebuild, in the brief test I was able to do the first time I started the bike I didn't notice the clutch slipping.
I use quality oil, the clutch lever has a little slack so that the springs act without tension. 
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS.
Next week I will remove the side cover of the crankcase and add a washer to each clutch spring to increase the pressure, if it doesn't work I will have to buy the discs from MCGPARTS.
More money leaving my pocket.



What I am clear about is that I have to take the motorcycle to a workshop to adjust the carburetors.

The bike doesn't brake either, it makes you hesitate between pressing the lever several times in a row or dragging your feet on the ground, plus the suspensions seem to be leaf spring without shock absorber as if it were mounted on the carriage that Michael Landon drove in the House on the Prairie .

For now I'm going to sleep relatively satisfied, the repairs and money I've spent seem to have had good results.