Soul Restoration (New Video: She Roars Back to Life)

Yep... I bought a set of stainless socket cap screws for these carbs from a guy on Yamaha triples forum who bought a bunch to justify shipping and sells them to others for cost. I rounded his asking price up to $11.00 for the set... worth every penny.
 
I finished the polishing of the caps and bowls today all while not feeling well and combined with the drama of my wife's side of the family dealing with rough times. The family had multiple destroyed homes due to the hurricanes that hit Mississippi last night. Then... this morning her young cousin, our live in babysitter for the last four summers, crashed the car we gave her. She's in the hospital and is expected to be alright but she has internal bleeding and bleeding on the brain. Suddenly this motorcycle I've been obsessing over was no longer the most important thing on my mind. For those so inclined... prayers are definitely appreciated.

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The MRIs she had this morning show that the bleeding both internally and on the brain has stopped. As she had no other serious injuries they've discharged her.
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Thanks to all for the prayers and well wishes.
 
It's FINALLY time to reassemble these Mikuni MK2 Carbs and get them ganged together and installed so I can see if this bike is even going to run. With luck I'll be posting a video of the first start up tomorrow night.

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Well... no video of the first start up tonight as I ended up having more work to do before I could even begin reassembling the carbs. ← Link to YouTube video

Add to that the fact that some of the parts from the parts kit didn't fit and needed to be modified... wish I had known before about that "known problem." Also, I had promised my Son that I'd take him to see Captain America The Winter Soldier so I had to cut the day short (in retrospect I'm glad I did as we had a pretty good night out just the two of us).
 
I still have some work to do before it's running right as I have a float issue or something similar (gas ran out of the carb when the petcock was on without the motor running). Then I need to rejet these carbs to get the right fuel air mixture right and finally I'll need to synch them up. Before I can take it for a test ride I need to install the new throttle cable and the new clutch cable (here's to hoping there's nothing wrong with the transmission). Also, The choke lever needs a polymer bushing and the ball and springs for the detents. The rest is just a matter of spit and polish and bolting the parts back on.

She Fired up first try!
 
I don't recall any transmission problems being common to those bikes. Your clutch may stick a bit from sitting a while, but it should break free of its own accord.
Did you replace the needles and seats in the carbs and set float height?
 
Thanks y'all. There is a concern that with the float not shutting down the flow of fuel and that fuel coming out of the air filter that there's a possibility of a gasoil condition. For those who do not know, gasoil occurs when gas gets past the piston and mixes with the engine oil in the crankcase thereby breaking down the lubricating properties and destroying the motor by seizing bearings. Yesterday morning I checked and I couldn't really tell if the level had risen nor could I definitively say I could smell gas in the oil. However, out of an abundance of caution I went ahead and did an oil and filter change. Better to be safe than sorry.
 
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