I was able to accomplish more than I expected/wanted today.
The Mule restoration is proceeding ahead of schedule.
On today's list was the fuel pet cock rebuild. For some reason I was dreading this repair. Not sure why other than maybe I had never done a rebuild like this before. 3 rubber gaskets, a little watch back silicon grease, some Yama Lube gasket sealer and I think the cock is sealed. Preliminary test look good. The value even worked after the rebuild, WTF!
Next project on the list was the spark plugs. I had to take the fuel tank off anyway, thus easy access to the plugs, replace them. Glad I did the right bank was fouled, maybe a future problem, not sure will see.
I still have 20+ days to the DGR so I am trying to pace myself and not freak out on what really has to be done to ride the mule.
I had far less important side projects in the works on the mule. Because everything went so good today, I was able to replace the throttle grip, install the rebuilt front forks, install a repaired RKA tank bag (my baby), install the newly recovered custom King/Queen seat and finish the assembly of the Pannier frame being converted to an advertising platform.
As you work on an older motorcycle like this you notice other flaws and then have to classify the problem, bad, not so bad just cosmetic. I fixed what I could, and ordered the parts needed to make The Mule true blue...
If the build goes as plans, I should be able to go out and spank the mule without the hack, next week.
Then if it passes the tests I will mount the side car hack and have a very experienced friend MC mechanic come by and test ride The Mule with the hack on. That's the plan for now. Stay tuned!
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