kneeslider
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Hi all,
Well I have now put about 250kms on the RGS after it's long and protracted rebuild, the last 100 of these were two up. Naturally, there have been a few teething issues to sort out, but boadly speaking it seems as though there's a great bike, and getting better all the time as I work through the issues.
Firstly, with a full tank on board, no1 carb floods, but not after some of the fuel has been used. I suspect that the float needle on that carb is a little past it's best. As far as I know, the float heights are all spot on, so a new needle assembly should sort things out.
The front wheel bearing issue I discovered when I first put some miles on seems to be resolved now. The first pair of wheel bearings only lasted about 50 miles, but that was because I had re used some of the old spacers under the bearings, they had taken a beating when I took out the old bearings, and I re used them because I thought that they should be flat, instead of profiled to support the central spindle spacer. All seems OK now.
I had to get a crack in the alternator cover welded up, and consequently the gasket face is now a little out of true, leading to a small drip from the cover, I will take this off soon, and try using a little Hylomar on the gasket.
The rev counter seems to read OK in some regions of the rev range, but swings wildly at other times, and at tickover, reads nothing at all, this is apparently common... Might have to look into getting an aftermarket replacement and taking the instrument pod apart to fit it. Anyone got any recommendations for an aftermarket tacho?
Running in fuel consumption is 35mpg (Imperial)... More would be nice. Obviously the flooding carb doesn't help, but it seems a little galling when my Boxster does about the same mpg! The carbs are all stock, the airfilter is also stock, and I am running the standard airbox. The plugs seem to look OK. A few people have mentioned that you can get away with smaller jets on modern fuel. I am running it on 95 octane unleaded. Any ideas?
Some nicer weather would be good. Cleaning the salty crap off the bike takes as long as the time spent riding it!
Well I have now put about 250kms on the RGS after it's long and protracted rebuild, the last 100 of these were two up. Naturally, there have been a few teething issues to sort out, but boadly speaking it seems as though there's a great bike, and getting better all the time as I work through the issues.
Firstly, with a full tank on board, no1 carb floods, but not after some of the fuel has been used. I suspect that the float needle on that carb is a little past it's best. As far as I know, the float heights are all spot on, so a new needle assembly should sort things out.
The front wheel bearing issue I discovered when I first put some miles on seems to be resolved now. The first pair of wheel bearings only lasted about 50 miles, but that was because I had re used some of the old spacers under the bearings, they had taken a beating when I took out the old bearings, and I re used them because I thought that they should be flat, instead of profiled to support the central spindle spacer. All seems OK now.
I had to get a crack in the alternator cover welded up, and consequently the gasket face is now a little out of true, leading to a small drip from the cover, I will take this off soon, and try using a little Hylomar on the gasket.
The rev counter seems to read OK in some regions of the rev range, but swings wildly at other times, and at tickover, reads nothing at all, this is apparently common... Might have to look into getting an aftermarket replacement and taking the instrument pod apart to fit it. Anyone got any recommendations for an aftermarket tacho?
Running in fuel consumption is 35mpg (Imperial)... More would be nice. Obviously the flooding carb doesn't help, but it seems a little galling when my Boxster does about the same mpg! The carbs are all stock, the airfilter is also stock, and I am running the standard airbox. The plugs seem to look OK. A few people have mentioned that you can get away with smaller jets on modern fuel. I am running it on 95 octane unleaded. Any ideas?
Some nicer weather would be good. Cleaning the salty crap off the bike takes as long as the time spent riding it!
