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

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.

Ola Amigos

Looks like this will be the last post of the year. Am still working on the mock-up. So picking up where I left off, I started working on the back fender. To start with, it needed to be cut off to allow the chain to go thru.

Then I needed to do the bung so I could fix the fender to the frame.

Then considering the tank is not very big and that I might change the carb or rebore the cylinder I decided to fix a safety tank to the frame.

and while I was using my voltemeter for my shovel I then decided to look at the stator and as it turn out, the stator will need to be changed

in normal circumstances it should read 5 to 7 when the voltemeter is set on ohms 200. Then back onto the back fender

then I needed to work on the strut but it turn out the one I had was a bit too short and therefore needed to fabricated some extension.

when I was more or less satisfied I worked on the back brake, but as it turn out I will have some serious issue with having the exhaust so since I was already thinking of building my own exhaust, it looks like I will have to choose that option if I put the back brake the way it is suppose to be

I was then more or less finish with the mock up. I need to work on few things and then weld some more parts, but the overall idea is there.

Ola Companeros

4h30 in the morning. Can't f.. sleep. Hv just taken few days off but too many things going throug my mine. So drinking an herbal tea and surfing the net looking for new ideas. Looks like I need to take a road trip to get things out of my head. Taking about road trip: am still having problem with my shovel. I have looked at the charging system and it works, I have ran a couple of test and it seems like when the battery voltage goes below 12,5v then there is not enough power for the manual starter to kick in. it's a bit of a problem which means that if the bike stays more than 2 days idle and the voltage stettle around 12,5 which is usually very good then it work start. Now don't come with your usual shit about kick start. I only manage to kick start it when the baby is hot so don't try it. The rocker head are also leacking like you wouldn't believe. I will have to put some more silicon and see if it work. And to finish the subject, the oil is also taking an hike out of the oil tank. Well usual shit for a rigid shovel. Ah yeah one more thing. My little drilling and bolting in the handle bar is barely working. Lots of ideas, lots of work but still in the trial and error phase. But I am bonding.....

Meanwhile, I have been doing some work on the XS650. Before I tried to put the motor back in the frame for the 3rd time, I welded some part which had only been point welded.

When this was done, I went back into the exercise of putting the engine back in. And third time is a charm. I finally managed to put the engine back inside the frame and with the help of my son who helped me put the bolt in. It is now bolted in allowing me to do a proper mock up. I still had to grind some part but it worked.

I could now start working on alignment, spacers

and try different scenario to reach that one.

well still work in progress, got get the front and back spacer now, and fix the fenders. Will have to work on the "future" wiring system. And then, it will be time to dismantle everything and rehaul the motor. That will be a first and will probably keep me busy for month. Will keep you posted. d