Yay! I now have a kickstand spring.. that came with kickstand #3.. FFS
#1: Came with the bike
#2: Ordered on April 30th, arrived three weeks later without the bloody spring... Was dropped off for powdercoat today.
#3: Arrived today, with the spring
It's now in the tumbler.
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Removed two of the choke plungers from the spare carbs. Took a look in one of the float bowls... which was unsurprisingly cleaner than the carbs I removed from the bike...
In other news:
That spring was sitting in the citric acid but there wasn't much of a reaction going on, then I put the jar it was in, in the small ultrasonic & it really started cooking off.
I've barely scraped the surface... All I've done so far is strip, clean & make the carbs look spiffy, plus drop off stuff for powdercoat & buff the sidecovers & tail somewhat...
& fuck about with the gastank a bit.
& fit the new ignition doodad.
Last edited by ZRX61 on Fri Jun 12, 2026 2:47 am, edited 1 time in total.
Taipan wrote: Fri Jun 12, 2026 10:01 am
In all my years around bikes, I can't recall ever coming across a bike with non alloy finish (unpainted) carbs before?
Taipan wrote: Fri Jun 12, 2026 10:01 am
In all my years around bikes, I can't recall ever coming across a bike with non alloy finish (unpainted) carbs before?
A_morti wrote: Thu Jun 11, 2026 10:42 pm
From the first posts I thought this one was past (worth) saving, but you're certainly turning it around and quick
I could have bought a decent runner that needed nothing, but I'd rather bring this one back. Altho with that said, if this '81 GPz11 had shown up first on FBMP I'd have bought it instead... which I may still buy as well
