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OK, I bought a barn bike today

Barn Bike Calipers

Hey Ken - nice hair do - Note Barn Bike semi-blue calipers, freshly rebuilt, on my Slash 7 R100.
 

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See post under Crazydrummer Dude never Ending R90 thread, please.
 
Nice to see you're out riding, Ron!

May your transplant recipient bikes reward you with many trouble free miles:thumb

Bob
 
Whatever you budget for your rebuild... double it. You'll pull things apart and see other things that just have to be done right or whose cosmentics bother you. Cracked tank emblem? "That'll be $40 please."

While I'm probably 70% of the way to show-quality I did spent over $9K, doing most of the work myself (about $3K was outsourced -- heads & cyl, stainless spoking, speedo repair, paint, powdercoat) and getting really low prices on paint & powerdercoat. I think I would have to spend another $2-3K to get cosmetic perfection.

Someone mentioned $400 head job last page? I paid a lot more than that, $1100 IIRC, including overbore, new pistons, and one exhaust port thread repair.
 
The RS lives on

Today, the left 40mm carb from the RS was used to replace a faulty one on my red/bronze 1977 R100S - and all is well ! This was a last resort troubleshooting method, as we had been through the left carb twice now, replacing O-rings, gasket, cleaning, inspecting, etc.

The sympton was stumbling off idle. Bike idled fine (on idle jet), and at lots of throttle - i.e. running on main jet, it ran well, but when on needle / CV jet, it stumbled badly. So, the needle and vacuum system are the prime suspects.

The RS carb had been rebuilt by Pete, but had not had gasoline in it since 1989, ...so fingers crossed - triple check everything, hit the starter switch ( I really do not miss kick starters that much) and ...and ...YAY !!! All is well.

The bad carb has been put in the time-out box where it can contemplate its sins and so on - for further troubleshooting at a time of our choosing. Or maybe make a boat anchor or doorstop out of it.

Now, back to the RS Barn Bike -- the frame and engine (block, cylinders etc) now reside with Mike B. in Terrell, Texas where it may once again some day come to life.
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The bad carb has been put in the time-out box where it can contemplate its sins and so on -

Have you considered WATERBOARDING that carb - make it come clean?

Oh, sorry! That's not PC. Scratch that idea. Do something more humane; immerse it in Gunk Hydro Seal! :whistle
 
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