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Heading out in the morning. I'll see you guys soon!

I've used Motul 710 with no trouble. I use the 800 for the premix only bikes, and 510 for injector oil if I can find it.

This would go nicely with my 750. They're both bump start!
The RD needs better wheels and brakes. I should start looking for a 400 spoked rear hub. Should be a fun project.

Mark

Mark- how's the TZ coming along? Sure hope it will be ready and will make it to the Gap. Less than 10 days now...

Hey Evans, the TZ is finished as far as I know, although I haven't ridden it again. I'm planning on starting it again this weekend for another look over before the meet and I hope nothing new shows up. I guessed at jetting and will probably make some changes once I'm at the Gap and ride it for real. I'm bringing tools.

Are there any confirmed plans for the Cycle Drag guys to come out this year? I don't want to miss it like I did last year.

Mark

Excellent progress Tim! There are a lot of jobs to be done to put a bike back on the road. It is never simple or easy. That's a nice re-use of that bracket! Evaporust works well. You just have to keep an eye on the tank after it is clean because it will rust again. Whatever the original protective coating was inside the tank is gone.
Hopefully it will be pretty much road ready when you get it down off the bench.
I'm looking forward to seeing it in a few weeks.

Mark

B7?   

ok to warm it up but maybe 10s for when you ring its neck.

There will be no neck wringing! I can't afford to ventilate the cases at a track day. The 7s will be ok for now burping around town on the needles. Once the bike is sorted and usable for fast rides then probably 9s. On the street it will rarely see full throttle for any length of time. There just isn't that much straight road around here.

I'm keeping these plug boxes

First road test! I took it down off the work stand and got it ready. I checked all the controls for fit and only needed the shifter adjusted down a little, and the throttle grip glued to the tube. Gas, checked for leaks, looks good. Wheeled out the starter rollers and hooked them up. First spin and nothing, so I figured maybe I have the CDI boxes swapped side to side. I tried that and it lit right up so I re-labeled them. I let it warm up a little and headed up the driveway hill. I have the smallest c/shaft gear I have on the bike, and first is very tall. I managed to get it up to third just to make sure the gears were there. At the turn around at the end of my street it started to blubber and I saw #2 carb was puking the overflow. So rocket back up the hill to the house and shut it off to cool.
First impression is that I actually fit on the bike pretty well and the mirrors are usable. The RD side stand works great. The front brakes work really well but the rear brake doesn't do much. The bike is probably too much for the street, but I knew that going in. It is like my RD500LC was only more so. I think DG is going to be all second gear unless I can find a bigger rear sprocket.

The problem I have is once I'm up the hill to the top of my driveway, it's all downhill for the next mile. If a bike flames out there is no way I can push it back to the house, so I need to be reasonably sure it is running good enough to try it.

Excellent progress Tim. I'm looking forward to seeing it at the Gap.

I picked up a roll of hard stainless wire in the same diameter (.100") as the stock tank strap. I bent up a new loop the length I need and hit it on the buffing wheel a minute. The front tank strap is done.

I'm thinking the same thing. It would make it easier to keep running while getting it off the rollers, and warm up. Good idea Tim!

Ok thanks, I'll see what I can find.

Hey Tim, they don't idle at all on their own. You have to keep the throttle cracked like idle screws would do. They don't like running much below 1500. I'd rather not mod original TZ carbs, and slides aren't cheap. As little as it will be ridden I'm leaning towards leaving it as is.

This is a good idea if I can find the wire. I'm pretty sure I can get the length I need without getting into the tank. The wire clips are open ended so they will come out of the rubber and can be replaced.

The rear tank strap mount is done. I still haven't come up with what to do about the front.

The TZ doesn't have idle screws in the carbs. Is it worth drilling and tapping the carb bodies, and replacing the slides for idle screws. These will idle at about 1500 rpm.