Sold the bike. Project cancelled.

project is cancelled.

The firing issue may clear up once you get it cleaned up a little. Not alot of things to deal with on the old ones. Fairly easy to work on.

And congrats on the find.

camo

that looks like a great start on a project,
they look great as a cafe racer,
I love the way them twins sounds with the right pipes
i might have a dyna s ignition that will fit it, i'll check


I'M NOT MAN ENUFF FOR THEM TASSELLS, LOL

Oooh ooh oooh and TT pipes. Love em.

ohhhh.... electronic ignition you say??? One of the best mods for the money on these older bikes. I'll end up going that way on the Honda when I get the money together tp buy the kit and the coils.

Please check for the electronic ignition, I am searching for one right now.I would gladly pay fora price for it. I really never liked point, Just a preference thing I guess, When the old farm vehicles we had died, i would rip out the old points condenser ignition adn replace it with a HEI distribuitor. I have my firing issue ran down to points adn conderser at this time. I have a very weak spark on one side and intermittant spark on the other, Points look to be pretty toasted. Cleaning the carbs tonight.

Well there's your problem.



Got it to fire on both cylinders by cleaning and settign the point, Ripped out the rusted fuse block adn made the redneck temp version. Spade connectors and flat fuses. Fed it fuel manually and it ran OK considering these are the carbs that were on it. No off to order carb kits and disassembly for cleaning.

I'd boil them boogers in some solution. Just needs some TLC and you will be cruisin soon.

Unfortunalely I have seen worse, these are usable, Just need the above mentioned TLC to get them right. I tore tehm down adn started to saok em. I have to order all new gaskets for them. Tomorrow is my day to finish all my homework so i will have to let it sit till next thursday.

A little lemon juise and some hot water, along with some ot thet TLC in tear down and rebuild, and those carbs will be ready to go! You will ne the dyna cdi kit for a yamaha twin....they are all the same from the little look I just did. Also make sure you use the Dyna 5 ohm coils and not the 3 ohm. The three ohm works great with the points, but if you go cdi, the stock charging system is to week for the 3 ohm coils.....plus with the cdi....5 ohms still works better than the 3 ohm without cdi. Also step up the heat on your plugs once the ignition system is in...you will see a whole new bike! And as you already know, like we talked about.....advance it and you will wake up several more ponies from that twin! Glad you found one of these oldies to make a cafe from...welcome to the rockers! If you need a hand feel free to give me call or send me a message anytime....I like getting greasy and cutting on old steel, so if you need an extra set of hand I will be happy to help.

Are you talking about using lemon juice adn hot water instead of carb cleaner? Thats a new one to me if thats what your saying.

Yep. Lemon juice. Learned it from dotheton.com.
Another good thing is to set up a soda blaster. Use a sandblast gun, but instead of sand or other media, use baking soda. It's water soluable and it will clean the hell out of the carbies.
BTW those are pretty nasty!

nasty? naw say it isnt so..

You're right... nasty is a bit harsh.

They've just got a nice patina!

patina, When did we switch to the touchy feely channel?

If you think they look bed, You should smell them. My shop smells like dead gas now.

ew. Dead gas is like burnt bodies... That smell sticks to you.

camo

I'M SORRY, the ignition i had was for a 1980 bmw,
good luck on your project,
jim

Cool thanks for looking anyway.

Well tha carbs are soakin. Class tomorrow night so I wont get to work on it till thursday, Still waiting on parts to arrive anyhow.

Good luck and study hard.

made a 90 on my Algebra test, tomorrow is American literature ( munanities class) it sucks.

Well carbs are cleaned and they are ready to go back together. Waiting on the kits, The first kits they sent were for the wrong year. Ordered new floats also. jst want to get here up and running and see exactly what I haev before I tear her down for the mods.

Grats on the 90! I always hated math! Ted is a Math junkie!

Did you use the lemone juice trick, if so, what do you think? I have had good luck with it and will be using it again on the 350 when the float seats come in. Also, did you use some muriatic acid on the brass bits?

I tried the lemon trick. it seemed to work OK. But I took them in to work and used paint thinner to remove all the varnish then normal spray carb cleaner to clean all the passages.