As you can see the cabling is pretty extensive – Choke (x2), Clutch, Brake, Accelerator (x2). That includes splitters for the Choke and Accelerator.
When you are a hobbyist, there’s normally a gap between tasks. For instance these photos are from Feb 2014. I’ve made some progress since then (now Aug 2014), but as you’ll see in the next post labeling everything (and videos) help with the assembly.
In this case it is critical, because I have to replace with all new cables made and mixing them up and great a cable that is too long and having too much slack when routing it from the handle bars down to the carbs or transmission of course two short, even a little, would be fatal to the project – short choke cables will keep the bike from starting at all.
So on to the second part of the tear down of the exhaust on the Bridgestone Dual Twin. I have a couple videos to post, and pls keep in mind that I don’t have a ‘camera crew’ or an film editor (but I have download Adobe’s software to try — at some point– to edit my videos), nope just me and my Android.
So I showed last post how the exhaust was attached. Not much different than most other motorcycles, except for the rubber pieces that connects the header to the baffle.
You can see the header is a bit rusted but the bolts came off with no problem. The first header I removed was the left side and there was little to no room for a wrench much less be able to get a socket in there. So it was a bit more clearance if I were to remove the head. Which I’ve been meaning to do to get a look at the piston and cylinder so I did. Here are the pics and the videos:
This just shows the bolt on the inside (between) the left and right exhaust.
As you can see here’s no room go get a socket or even wrench in between the frame and back nut on the header.
So taking the left head off was going to gave me more room.
The heads are on with for nuts on studs in the head. These looked really rusted but it came off easily.
Here are couple of images:
Nuts and studs are indicated.
Here is the header removed.
Header, nuts and bolts and o-ring.
Baffle removed and my foot!! (At least it’s not my thumb!!)
Of course I have to include a shot of the pistons and cylinders and you see them in the videos as well.
Left Piston and Cylinder
Left Head Chamber
Right Piston and Cylinder. See the right head/chamber in the videos)
Videos show a bit of the exhaust and a few good shots of the piston/chamber/cylinders.
Club(s): (PNDC). Here are 2 I brought back from the dead when I was in high school. A 1979 Kawasaki 440 LTD and a 1967 Bridgestone 175 Dual Twin. The 440 sounded great and was a smooth ride. I bought it for $200 and …
