Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Ola chicos

Just a quicky. Have continued to work on the engine. To start the valve. So I took the valve apart, clean them and did the grounding.
Then when this was done, I did grind the jug and the top cylinder
Then time for cleaning and painting of the jug, cylinder and rocker head
Then I move to the primary and remove the oil filter to realise that the cam tensioner who had taken a ride had left over some parts.
and then I started to clean the primary
and finally I moved on to the front brake.
That's all for now. will keep you posted

Monday, January 5, 2015

Ola Companeros

Here we go for another year companeros!!!! Hope y'all had some time off and y'all ready for another f.. year. To be honest, I would love to quit my job and concentrate only on (re)building bikes. That is, wake up in the morning, drink some coffee, put on some relaxing clothes, and walk into a workshop with the smell of oil and gasoline. Well, than ain't gonna happen. Still need to bring some dough home for the mortgage and kids education. So still have to shave, put some clean clothes, smile and kiss some ass. Life of million people I suppose. At least I got a job. Back to the basic and back to the XS. So, I carried on working on the mock up till I was fairly satisfied.
When this was done, time to dismantle everything and start working on the chassis, and the motor. To start with, we take everything apart
then I moved on to weld the parts that were only tagged on the frame.
and then after cleaning and grinding some part I started to put the primer on the frame and other parts
Then I moved on to the clean and check the carb.
And when the carb was cleaned, and checked, it was time to move on to the motor
Idid struggle to get the piston out of the jug but overall they were in good condition. But the combustion chamber and the valves were heavily covered by carbon.
and then time for clean up.
So this is where I am now. Will keep you posted.