Newbie Project

[jseagan]

Alright,
A lot of work has been done to the bike since I last posted here. I removed the huge eye sore fairing and all three of the bags. I changed out the air and oil filters. I also decided to removed the gas tank and give it a new paint job.

With the bags off the back of the bike there is no where to mount the rear directionals. I was thinking about just popping some LEDs on there. I took the headlight bucket out of the windjammer fairing and ill be using that to mount the headlight to the ears.

I noticed that the bike accelerates whenever it is turned to the right. It is strange, I don't know if the throttle cable is getting pinched because its in the wrong place or what. Anyways, with the gas tank of I was hoping to take care of the throttle problem but Im not quite sure what to do about it.

Here are a couple before pictures of the gas tank. I put a coat of black on it last night and I will post pictures of the finished product later.

 

[Bevo]

Looks good!

Your cable is not pinched but is tight or wrapped around something, turn it so its tight and follow back to the carbs..easy fix..

 

[Steel Toed Tank]

Mine did that too a little but only in neutral, in gear it wasn't noticeable.
Somehow it fixed itself.

Prep work on the tank looks great, cant wait to see it finished.


Tank

 

[Agemax]

you need to slacken off the adjusters on the throttle cable so you have some free play on the throttle grip. make sure it is routed correctly too.
tank is looking good..........

 

[jseagan]

Thank you for all the input. I haven't had a chance to look at the wiring of the throttle cable just yet. I did however, have a little time to check out the finished product on my gas tank. Turns out, a giant fly landed on the right side of the gas tank after I sprayed the black. I am going to skotch brite it and try again.