Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Change of plans...

So, in the interest of getting myself on the road a little quicker, i decided to bite on a local listing for a motor!

It came from a 79 kz400 B2, turns over and has equal compression across both cylinders, though not the best compression... At any rate, I'm hoping it should get me by. If not... well, I guess I have plenty of parts for my other motor.


I will be cleaning this one up a little then throwing it into my frame for this years riding season. I will continue piecing together the other motor and will wait patiently for piston rings. Tonight i set the valve clearances and dumped some seafoam onto the pistons to sit overnight. This weekend past I also discovered that kerosene is a miracle cleaner. Amazing shit my friends, amazing shit. No scrubbing, no sanding, nothing... Just a couple of swipes and I get results like this:


Brilliant.

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