Current MC22 project bike hasn't sold yet, so with no other rideable bikes and some spare time, I got a RWC and registered it on Monday. Took it for a shakedown over Mt Nebo / Glorious on Tuesday. Started feeling a bit boggy on the way up, and ended up dying a handful of times, only to restart 5 mins later. Eventually worked out that stirred up crud in the bottom of the tank was the culprit, resulting in a blocked fuel filter, so took the opportunity at the picnic facilities at the bottom of Mt Glorious to pull off the tank and do a reverse flush of the filter so I could get home. Also confirmed that the straight though aftermarket exhaust currently fitted is obnoxiously loud (for myself and no doubt anyone else within half a km), so will be replacing with a stock pipe for the foreseeable future. Other than that, having not ridden an MC22 over the mountain for years, I was pleased to experience how fun they still are despite the lack of power and basic suspension.
Just to add to my experience (before I forget what to do) I am helping a friend with his latest Evilbay purchase. Sadly he didn't do his research and has bought a bit of a bitza but it will be okay when I fix/adjust a few things. 1962 Vespa VBB2T 150cc.
He said he spent more on speciality tools than parts to freshen it up case splitting tools are $340 on evilbay
Today I made a side stand for the Vespa. Cut some 8mm plate to the same shape as the stand mount on my VT as I had the stand off the CTXL trials bike frame, so being also honda I copied the mount. Cleaned up with grinder, drilled hole for pivot bolt and welded on a 1/4" rivet to hold spring (this was left over from the ZZR clutch rebuild/fix). For a spring I unwound a spring from an aluminium window and re-bent the ends to suit. To make a pivot bolt I found a Nissan suspension bolt in the scrap pile and turned it to the same dimensions as the Honda bolt. Then cut off, threaded and cleaned up. Painted the stand and mount and assembled. Fits like a bought one. Now the old fella will be able to go to the shops without giving himself a hernia trying to put it on the centre stand.
Finally got around to fitting up the new carbie on the Postie Bike... plus a new plug.. nope, didnt use the stupid Pod filter that came with the carbie and I have to say it runs like a dream... I thought it might be a big sluggish with the 16 tooth front sprocket but it has plenty of go in it.. on the quick zip down our street and back. Now I just need to decide if I am going to sell it or keep it....
I feel I barely get time to work on my bikes: Monday-Friday is a write-off usually, Saturday gets interrupted easily (and I am usually tired from the week, so I'm slow at best) and Sunday is meant to be a day unto the Lord. But I got a bit done yesterday. What started as "I should check the rings" ended up as a complete disassembly! Now the question is, what do spend money on? I want to do as little as necessary, but since I'm here... I plan to sell the bike, so spend $2k and 6months on it is out of the question. A leaky crankseal on the gearbox has meant the crank and rod have been well lubricated, early inspection looks good, but under $300 and it's new... I will sand blast and paint the frame, cases and strip the paint off the swingarm - cerakote might be too expensive, but we do that in-house. So much work to do..
Gave the Old Postie another quick check over this morning and another trip down the street (it’s a dead end where we are) and it decided to tear a nice little line in the front lawn on takeoff lol Power machine...... probably not as the grass was pretty damp and slimy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Another test run over Mt Nebo and Mt Glorious on the MC22. Change to a conical fuel filter seems to have solved the fuel starvation issue, but will also replace the fuel tap vacuum hose as well just to be sure. Swung by a friend's place on the way home and was pleasantly surprised to see that he'd dusted off his old 1981 TZ250 and was getting it going again, as well as doing some cleaning and refinishing of metal parts - have referred Kiffsta for some wetblasting . Also showed me some cool never before seen photos of him on an RG500 in the early '80s at Fuji racetrack .
@A.C you do know that the MC22s don't run an inline fuel filter! They have a strainer over the intake tubes within the tank. You remove the petcock/fuel tap to get at this. Have you removed the standard strainer and fitted am in-line filter. As they are gravity fed, there is not much fuel head/pressure to reliably get fuel through a filter. Peter.
Yep, am aware of this. The in-tank strainer is not in the best of shape. Incidentally, I have run an inline filter on my other 22 for years without issue. But, as the problem now seems to be solved, and the bike is for sale and isn't a keeper, I'm not going to fuss over it too much more.
Still waiting on bits for my Spada. Just looked at tracking of some gaskets coming from Kentucky, USA. Package cleared customs on 21/5. With destination courier (AusPost?) in Chullora, NSW on 26/5. With destination courier in Whelshpool, WA on 31/5. I am in Melbourne. Now I know that Auspost are indicating that some post may come by a different route, but NSW to WA to Vic seems like a crazy route. I still do not have the parcel yet.
As much as I partake in slagging off Aussie post when they stuff up I had a win with them today. I ordered some parts from wemoto at Bombaderry yesterday at 10am.. today they arrived at 9:30 am. If they keep this service up I will be a happy camper.
I was not intending to hang it on AusPost. More an observation about what is happening in these strange times. I am sure there is a logical reason why my parcel appears to be taking such a torturous route. May not the most efficient but probably based on availability of transport connections.
I generally like to support govt industries, old enough to remember when water, electricity, gas, pretty much all essential services were govt owned and run.. to a point competition and privatisation can drive down prices and improve service but when the vast majority of the profit goes offshore and our taxes then begin increasing not sure we are any better off in the long run. I was just amazed how long it took Aussie post to hire more staff when they were overrun with more business due to the lockdown. There were thousands of people looking for jobs, they needed more staff and they sat on their hands for weeks. Private industry would never do this.