Just bought this. Been sitting for a decade or so waiting for me to rebuild/restore it.





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Jealous!
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Thanks Andy! Bike overall is in really good shape. Gonna do the leakdown to check the center crank seal and pull the heads to inspect the cylinder condition. may try to fire it this weekend

Anyone know if they make them in english and if so where might I find one?

Yes, they do them in english, they come up on flea bay, yahoo, and various sites in japan, try gecko imports, Dan Williams off this site, if i recall he had a few a while back. Nice bike by the way, proper, proper race bike, enjoy it.
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Lesviffer750 wrote:Yes, they do them in english, they come up on flea bay, yahoo, and various sites in japan, try gecko imports, Dan Williams off this site, if i recall he had a few a while back. Nice bike by the way, proper, proper race bike, enjoy it.

Tried emailing the guys at Gecko, No joy. I'll keep an eye on Yahoo auctions Japan.....
Thanks

Well, I pulled the carbs off and went through them, and they were very clean. Had to pull the pilot jets out and unplug them but overall extremely nice. checked the gearbox oil and it looked very clean/fresh. Pulled the plugs and though they were a bit sooty they looked ok. Had to clean the anti-slosh foam out of the tank as it was disintegrating. Put 1 gallon of 30:1 premix in it and tied bump starting it a number of times but no joy. any guesses?

PM Me your email address, I will send you a manual.

rhyshrc wrote:PM Me your email address, I will send you a manual.

PM sent. Thanks so much!

Got it running today! Turns out the kill switch was corroded enough that there was no continuity through it in the "run" position. All it took was bypassing it with a paper clip and well.....
https://youtu.be/GLQzPT7IO1Y

Rear brake was inop, so I rebuilt the master cylinder and tried to bleed the system only to find the brake hose plugged.... A little safety wire, brake parts cleaner and compressed air and I'm golden

Fantastic! And still jealous!
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Thanks Andy!
To add insult to injury I'm actually giving my near cherry 87 MC16 away! It's going to a good friend that gave me a place to stay for awhile.