Over the weekend I made an alloy number plate mounting to fit my "Classic" but illegal black number plate. wired up and fitted mini indicators and a lucas 525 rear lamp mounted in the hump of my rear seat. I also added an alloy phone holder. It worked really well and allowed me to check my speedo against the gps. It reads 4mph fast at 50 and 60 mph. What I liked about it is you can lift and swivel it, and it locks in to place. Undo the side screw fit your phone and when you swivel it back it rests over the top yoke and stops the screw undoing.
I fitted, a Wind-shield, a Puig 0869N. It looks like a givi A210 but less than half the price (less than $40 delivered). It's for bikes with 8" headlamps and though it would have fitted I'd have had to put the bars back on top in their original setting. Rather than do that. I extended the headlamp mounts and fitted it directly to the headlamp mounting bolts. No drilling of the wind-shield required. I like the look from the back and the front, but the side view looks mismatched. The chrome, silver and black don't quite look as I'd like. Either I need to spray the original headlamp bucket black, or the brackets. Maybe both. Or replace with some after market versions. I really did like how well it worked for so such a small wind-shield.
The draft excluder I'd ordered arrived and after stealing a long bolt out of my bed frame! fitted my home-made big gulp (a modified SU air filter). It looks and sounded great but like the straight through silencer (contradiction there somewhere) it will have to come off until the carb arrives. The reason for my blue exhaust was no doubt due to the failed throttle body gasket. It was noticeable that the blueing occurred after long motorway runs. I suspect the cruising at 60 on light throttle exasperated it. Currently it has fire cement sealing the joint and it's running better than it ever has (in it's admittedly short life). I gave the bike a quick run up the road though and it made a noticeable difference.
I was dithering between a EJK and the Mkuni TM34. I never heard back from EJK as to if it would be OK for my Euro4 CGT . Then a TM34 came up that was half the price I was quoted for in the UK, even after $51 import duty. Using this forum to search for details has been great. I've got Aces fireball setup as a base for jetting. I've ordered main and pilot and a P4 needle jet. I've also ordered a old bullet throttle cable and a fuel tap, but I'll have to fabricate the plate for it to mount on. Lets hope they all arrive and it works well. I'm a bit worried about it, it was a bit of an impulse buy and pulling all the bits together is a pain. I also saw Hitchcocks have a Mikuni VM kit for the Euro4 CGT and it has dummy plugs? How dummy are they? are there resistors in them or some such, do I need the O2 Sensor Eliminator I read conflicting info on that.
When and if the carb all works. I shall look into a cam kit. Probably Hitchcock's unless anyone knows of a better option, maybe their valve kit. I'll wait and see if I can afford an ACE head first. No point in getting a new valve set then changing the head.
Other little jobs in the pipe are make a plate for under the rear seat now I've removed the mudguard. smaller sportier front mudguard, remount the rear indicators to the pannier mountings on the frame under the seat. They appear to be M7 threads? M6 and M8 don't fit. Measure the throttle stud spacing so I can order the correct size throttle flange and spacer. Get the warranty work done. Yes The Warranty claim that has been accepted includes: Swingarm bushes, top yolk chrome nut, rear shock absorber & Exhaust guard. I'm also waiting on conformation that of the leaking throttle body gasket will be replaced under warranty.
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