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Offline Nomad54

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It's alive
« on: 05.09. 2025 21:56 »
I finally breathed life into the old girl. I rigged up a temp fuel line as the petrol tank is not quite ready. Oil in gearbox and engine oil tank. After kicking it over for about a week with the plugs out to get oil circulating I decided to give it a try. It took me a couple of tries to realise that the leads were on the wrong way so swapped them around and after one kick she breathed life. I set the throttle screw to tick over nice and checked the oil return to the tank. The oil was returning well. At this stage I switched her off as I have not purchased the exhaust pipes yet. After 2 years working on the bike I feel as if I am getting close to the end of the rebuild. I will now have to work on building the strength in my leg to kick it over as it is f**ked.
I will find out how that goes in time or I will have to look into an electric leg.
Tom

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Re: It's alive
« Reply #1 on: 06.09. 2025 07:08 »
Any photos?

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Re: It's alive
« Reply #2 on: 06.09. 2025 09:05 »
G'day Tom
Bl@@dy brilliant mate. Feels good don't it?
Slow & steady wins the race.
Cheers
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Re: It's alive
« Reply #3 on: 09.09. 2025 03:12 »
Awesome!
Any pictures?

Can’t wait for that moment with mine!
But its far from being at that