I guess I should bring this thread up to date... last October I managed to get the car through the "out of province inspection" which then allowed me to license the car for the road. Originally the car was sold in Ontario, but sometime after 1984 it came out west in pieces so was never registered here in BC. Obtaining the title was relatively easy, but did require some back and forth with ICBC (the insurance provider/DMV/dumpster fire). I did get a few days of driving in before the winter took hold, and all I can say is wow it's fast!
In December I ordered some one piece side windows from the UK, as trying to make they myself turned out to be a bit more difficult than expected. They have a compound curve, which I couldn't replicate. Anyways, they arrived and I spent the better part of January fitting them (weekends only):
Next up was this months purchase, a new cam cover. The engine bay went from this:
To this:
Unfortunately, it added weight, but it looks better in my mind. Other than that, I re-plumbed the fuel system two weekends ago as the motorcycle fuel pump didn't like where I had mounted it. So it was repositioned to just in front of one of tanks, meaning it's always primed (or flooded). This has made it less noisy and seems to keep pressure with less effort.
This past weekend I renewed the insurance and started back to the road testing. I played around with the carbs and timing but I can't seem to cure an off idle stumble. I'm running carbs off a CBR900RR so it will take some time to figure out. I have some theories that will get tested the next time I'm in the shop. I also noticed a weep of coolant from the thermostat housing which appears to be coming from where they're glued together, so a new one is on its way.
Anyways, it's sure fun to be driving it again and hopefully in a few weeks it will be reliable.
Rod