Engine Rebuild

[Dead Eye]

Well I was lucky enough to be graced with some sun today so figured I'd make a start



The wheels are missing and so is the centre stand along with several other bits so its been propped up on bricks for the past month at least.

Since the carbs were already off (as this was the job before the fire) it made the work load relatively light. The downside was the sheer amount of plastic and rubber than had melted and fused to things all over the place. Amazingly the K&N filter that was in the bike doesn't look in too bad nick, but its sort of stuck in half of the airbox so I can't get it out!

Naturally something had to go wrong and the bricks weren't exactly what I would call sturdy so this happened...



... but thankfully I think this may have been a blessing in disguise. With the bike on its side it meant I could manoeuvre the frame around the engine which is lighter and easier to move. I had also removed one of the forks (removed both in the end) and the handle bars, the remains of the airbox, the bar that holds the coils and fuel pump / filter etc

So after some fiddling I managed to get the frame and engine separated






At this point, believe it or not, it started snowing... so I called it a day and packed everything away and moved the frame / engine and bits in to the garage