Today was one of those days when I had a chance to ride with friends in the sun
and declined
as I only have a couple of hours work left to do on my Bumble Bee before the rebuild is finished.
First job re-fit the exhausts. Easy get the new set of gaskets out OOPS too big won't go in the opening in the head, must be the wrong one. B..... Fleabay.
Now I will have to wait at least a week whilst I get some from the stealer.
Second job fit the kick stand. Can't get it on as the jack is in the way, have to wait till I can get an assistant and re-position the jack.
Third job re-route the front brake lines and the throttle cables as I fitted them wrongly
Good job I saw a friends Valk yesterday and realised. That went without a hitch
Fourth job re-bleed the front brakes. Ran out of new brake fluid and all the shops shut as it is a public holiday.
Fifth job fit the airbox. Thanks to everyone who says that this is a PITA job it certainly is. Got the airbox in between the frame rails relatively easily after a lot of effort got the small pipes refitted and got the rear two hoses on to the carbs. After about another 40 minutes of struggling to get the centre and front ones on I called it a day.
Today was quite clearly a day when I should have gone riding rather than working on the Valk.
Got that off my chest
so now time for a beer or two and get back to it tomorrow when I am fresh.
