The exhaust system fits very tightly to the engine and frame, and as such is a bit of a bugger to get on. You seem to be wrestling with it for ages getting nowhere near, and suddenly it pops into place! Hence why there are no pictures. It had been pointed out to me that the system was designed to not need the finned rose clamps to hold it on, so they have been left off, probably saving a couple of kilos. With everything in place the last job before the tank and seat was to check the valve clearances. Now as I was assembling I had been very careful to put everything back in the same place it had come from, having marked where each pushrod, follower, rocker box etc came from. At each stage I had turned the engine over gently to ensure the bits that should go up and down were actually doing that. So imagine my surprise to find that the right hand inlet rocker had no adjustment. It was as though I had put a longer pushrod in?
Turning the engine over showed the correct sequence of valves opening and closing, so I put the plugs in, put the tank on and wheeled it outside. Very gingerly leaning on the kickstart and bugger me if it didn't start! Ah well, no horrible noises, so I let it tick over, checking for oil returning from the sump, and cracking the rocker line nuts to see if oil was getting up there. With everything seeming satisfactory, I blipped the throttle to get that glorious twin exhaust note, then wheeled it back into the garage. I was already late for a meal out with Denise, Hannah and my Dad.
No sump guard on, so that I can check the oil connections, but otherwise good to go (I think) Can anyone spot what else has changed while the engine was being done? Don't tell them Tim!
Mark
Turning the engine over showed the correct sequence of valves opening and closing, so I put the plugs in, put the tank on and wheeled it outside. Very gingerly leaning on the kickstart and bugger me if it didn't start! Ah well, no horrible noises, so I let it tick over, checking for oil returning from the sump, and cracking the rocker line nuts to see if oil was getting up there. With everything seeming satisfactory, I blipped the throttle to get that glorious twin exhaust note, then wheeled it back into the garage. I was already late for a meal out with Denise, Hannah and my Dad.
No sump guard on, so that I can check the oil connections, but otherwise good to go (I think) Can anyone spot what else has changed while the engine was being done? Don't tell them Tim!
Mark