Ratchet
Club Member
Afternoon all,
Just a quick post to celebrate the completion of my current project. Since it's finally stopped raining I've managed to get a few miles done around the local roads and the bike is running very nicely indeed.
It's a bog standard 1200 motor from 1975. Has later front forks so that I could use a two more modern Harley calipers up front. Have used a banana caliper at the rear. To get the most out of the brakes I've used an aftermarket 12mm front master cylinder (in place of 9/16") and a 5/8" on the back (in place of the 3/4" original) In my opinion two very worthwhile upgrades, the brakes are now very effective, very progressive and very predictable.
I've replaced the original Keihin butterfly carb with a second hand CV carb from eBay. Internally I've installed a 180 main jet and a 45 pilot jet. I replaced the needle and the diaphragm / slide assembly both with items from CV Performance. It also has a little brass choke assembly again from eBay. The bike starts easily on the kicker, it idles evenly and pulls very smoothly in all gears.
A couple of niggles - I am getting a flicker of the oil light at idle, I think I need to do a bit of fettling with the steering head bearings and I'm having a bugger of a job trying to stop a slight weep of brake fluid from join between the 3 way brake switch splitter and the inverted flare on the rear most brake hose.
Fingers crossed for a long summer of warm sunshine and dry roads
All the best,
Stu
Just a quick post to celebrate the completion of my current project. Since it's finally stopped raining I've managed to get a few miles done around the local roads and the bike is running very nicely indeed.
It's a bog standard 1200 motor from 1975. Has later front forks so that I could use a two more modern Harley calipers up front. Have used a banana caliper at the rear. To get the most out of the brakes I've used an aftermarket 12mm front master cylinder (in place of 9/16") and a 5/8" on the back (in place of the 3/4" original) In my opinion two very worthwhile upgrades, the brakes are now very effective, very progressive and very predictable.
I've replaced the original Keihin butterfly carb with a second hand CV carb from eBay. Internally I've installed a 180 main jet and a 45 pilot jet. I replaced the needle and the diaphragm / slide assembly both with items from CV Performance. It also has a little brass choke assembly again from eBay. The bike starts easily on the kicker, it idles evenly and pulls very smoothly in all gears.
A couple of niggles - I am getting a flicker of the oil light at idle, I think I need to do a bit of fettling with the steering head bearings and I'm having a bugger of a job trying to stop a slight weep of brake fluid from join between the 3 way brake switch splitter and the inverted flare on the rear most brake hose.
Fingers crossed for a long summer of warm sunshine and dry roads
All the best,
Stu
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