
As it seems more than a bit slow on the forum at the moment, I thought I’d just give an update on where I am with this.
Well, it runs although I haven’t had it on the road yet as the cowlings have gone for paint. I was going to use the cowlings in powder coated white but the white badly clashed with the other internals being painted “new white.” I also had the extra hole in the cylinder cowling welded up (see previous issue with poorly machined Uni mag flange).
I strobed it today and did have to move the stator plate. Of the three Vape static ignitions I have set up, this is the first that I have had to adjust post strobing.
As is usual, I have had a few gremlins on the way - short circuits, flooding carb, fettling two headlight rims before deciding on the Casa one and an incorrectly positioned kick start lever.
The biggest hassle has been fitting the side panels - 3 sets of rubbers and three different panel springs. All three panel springs have been “altered” by me in some way to get a better fit. The panels actually fitted okay from day one, it’s just that the panel handles weren’t exactly level and I was getting a bit OCD about it.
Pending getting the cowlings back, I’ll check it selects all 4 gears okay.