I've got the air cleaner off and I have removed the throttle and idle cables (yet another reason for switching to a carb maybe?). All I need to do now is get the exhaust off in order to get the clutch cable disconnected. Then I can go buy the extended cables.
But, were it only as easy as the service manual makes out!
Anyway that's for another day now.
I managed to get the tank off without too much petrol getting on myself though I did lose some onto the garage floor. Though I followed the tip and blocked off one end of a length of tubing with a bolt and got it connected to one side of the crossover line, I was so engrossed on trying to keep my finger over the other nozzle, then catch the fuel coming out of that in a funnel draining into my petrol can, I didn't notice the bolt had been knocked out of the first side.
Result - a petrol covered floor. Oh well at least it evaporated reasonably quickly!
Anyway, the tank is now off and I'm gradually learning about my bike and how it's held together. So with the handlebar cables disconnected I can start to plan extending them. There's only one side which will need extended as the other is long enough to reach as it is. I will have to cut and solder both though, in order to feed them through the bars!
Once I get the bars powder coated that is!
But, were it only as easy as the service manual makes out!
"See Figure 4-57. Remove front (1) and rear (28) mufflers as an assembly."
That's great but for a couple of problems, the main one being that the nuts are seized on the fasteners. Then there's the choice of bolts and nuts which could be removed. Working out which ones are the important and necessary ones to remove in order to remove the "assembly" is just not as easy as it sounds.Anyway that's for another day now.
I managed to get the tank off without too much petrol getting on myself though I did lose some onto the garage floor. Though I followed the tip and blocked off one end of a length of tubing with a bolt and got it connected to one side of the crossover line, I was so engrossed on trying to keep my finger over the other nozzle, then catch the fuel coming out of that in a funnel draining into my petrol can, I didn't notice the bolt had been knocked out of the first side.
Result - a petrol covered floor. Oh well at least it evaporated reasonably quickly!
Anyway, the tank is now off and I'm gradually learning about my bike and how it's held together. So with the handlebar cables disconnected I can start to plan extending them. There's only one side which will need extended as the other is long enough to reach as it is. I will have to cut and solder both though, in order to feed them through the bars!
Once I get the bars powder coated that is!
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