A bit of mechanical and electrical this week. The rebuilt forks from last week needed to be refitted in the triple clamps, in order to ensure they were oil-tight and ready to go. While that was going on, another student was testing some aftermarket dash lights to ensure they worked, as well as determining the color of each. We are not sure yet how many of these dash lights we will use on our project, but we do have 4 -- red, yellow, orange, and green.
Just exactly how does all of this go together...? Wheel, spacer, speedo drive, axle, washer, nut....
Once on two wheels, we repositioned the bike and re-installed the exhaust headers. The main reason was to test-fit the new muffler (not shown). We went with a megaphone one from Dime City Cycles (like our first project) because of the price and quality. We made a few sharpie marks on it, and Mr. S will make another visit to Cycleboyz to see if they can weld on a bracket for us. Being stainless steel, a tig welder is required, and their quality of workmanship is excellent!
Torquing down the exhaust manifold nuts. The key here was to make sure the exhaust header was properly seated on the gasket, and that each side of the flange was tightened down to the same extent. The headers are used, and the previous owner of these parts over-tightened things somewhat... there is a very slight curve to them. Not that much pressure is required, especially if the gasket is in good shape!
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