Weldangrind's New Lifan GY5

[SpudRider]

I'm glad to hear you are ready to test the bike, Weld.

[FastDoc]

This is going to be a great motorcycle, Weld!

[MICRider]

I can't wait to see some pics of it all put together, your doing an awesome job on it!

[Weldangrind]

Thanks guys.

I got a little more done tonight, after getting home quite late from work. I installed the front rotor, cleaned the master cylinder, flushed out the old fluid and bled it. I then tried two new CDI's that I picked up today; one (that I bought from Phil at Adventure West) worked great, while the other (that I bought at Saga) runs great but ignores the kill switch. To top it off, they won't accept returns of electrical parts. At least it would get me out of a jam, and i can always stall the motor.

I'm struggling to get the carb dialed in, since the slow jet I've installed might be too big (it's a 30). I'll try a 22.5 that I have and see if it helps.

I also used Spud's hose clamp trick to mount the USD fork guards. Thanks Spud!

[SpudRider]

You're welcome. If you are still up, give me a phone call.

[Weldangrind]

I took the bike on a maiden voyage last night!

I had a bit of a scare at the gas station, when I filled the tank and gasoline began to shoot out from one of the screw holes in the side of the tank! It was Son of Weldangrind to the rescue, because he quickly brought me an allen wrench and some teflon tape. I stole one of the side cover screws, wrapped it in tape and screwed it into the hole. Problem solved.

I have discovered that the main fuel path of the petcock doesn't work, so I hope to repair that today. It works fine on reserve, but I prefer to keep reserve in, *ahem*, reserve.

I'm using the Roketa speedometer, which is in MPH, and it indicated an easy 60mph. I doubt that it's correct, but it wasn't that far off, and that was at part throttle. It'll do fine on the secondary roads.

Pics later!

[SpudRider]

[Weldangrind]

Here she is, fresh from the journey to Bonneville. Haven't even washed her off yet. I'll be repairing the front wheel, replacing the battery and replacing the rear signals soon.

[cheesy]

Reading this entire thread made me miss my Hi-Bird.

BTW, Weld, where do you find all this time to do this?

[Weldangrind]

It was a struggle. I worked whenever I had a spare moment in the evening, although it always seemed like I was roped into fixing someone else's junk. If I had more time, I would have finished my TW and ridden that to Bonneville. That said, I'm very pleased that I've put 500 of the nearly 60000 miles on Spud's trusty Zong.

[Weldangrind]

Originally Posted by cheesy

Reading this entire thread made me miss my Hi-Bird.

BTW, Weld, where do you find all this time to do this?

Cheesy, perhaps you'd like to arrange to buy Doc's buddys's Hi-Bird. It's a low-miler, and it will go for a song.

[SpudRider]

You did a superb job on the Lifan. It looks even better in person than it does in photographs.

[katoranger]

Originally Posted by Weldangrind

Cheesy, perhaps you'd like to arrange to buy Doc's buddys's Hi-Bird. It's a low-miler, and it will go for a song.

I just need to get a one way ticket to Docland and ride that back to Kansas.

[cheesy]

Originally Posted by Weldangrind

Cheesy, perhaps you'd like to arrange to buy Doc's buddys's Hi-Bird. It's a low-miler, and it will go for a song.

It's a thought, but with Mrs. C retiring soon, Chez Fromage will be a one motorcycle household for a while.

[Weldangrind]

Originally Posted by katoranger

I just need to get a one way ticket to Docland and ride that back to Kansas.

Figure out how to do that. Totally worth it.