More work to be done

So now that the fuel system is pretty much all brand new, on to the rest of it. Next to put a fresh battery in it, I bought a Westco 12V20P Battery to put in the bike, and love it, i think i paid about $86 shipped to my house and just paid attention to the size and CCA which was more than most companies were putting out with their batteries.

Next the headlight switch was very sad and non-existant. That was replaced by an R100 Switch for about $50 plus shipping used of course.

Finally i need to solve the headlight issue, Basically when i got it the ears were broken and the headlight was attached by zip-ties... So that the headlight mount is metal i had an idea to use JB weld on it to fix it and then paint it black and you would never know, the problem is that the ears weren't sticking very well and were not staying straight, so decided to toss that part seems how it was wrecked anyways... Looking for a stock replacement most people wanted to sell the whole assembly and its around $100 to $150.. So instead i decided to buy some aftermarket ones from Dime City Cycles for about $15, and then ordered new Aluminum clear single filament turn signals also $15, not bad eh? I cut the headlight mount because it was 1/2 a gauge mount as well, mounted the headlight and the headlight mounts have 2 holes at the end, one for the headlight and one for the turn signals, I did have to cut the stud on the turn signals due to the very tight space on the side of the headlight bucket. Very happy with the result, i feel like it cleans up the front of the bike also.

So the only complaint about this is.. There is no aftermarket gauge mount for the BMW r65, so using the stock mount, the gauges aren't secure anymore and have a bit of play. So two things i did to fix this for the time being, Basically mounted the headlight as high up as i can to have the plastic gauge housing rest on the headlight and then used the two holes in the bottom of the gauge mount and used black zip ties to forks. Works great and you can't see it either and its really stiff

here is a small video of the wiggle i was talking about

Moving Along, how about some Tune up stuff?

Spark Plugs were replaced with new Bosch plugs 7992.
Oil and filter was replaced, I went with AMSoil because I did some research and for the money and the results it showed to be the best oil you can buy. It gets to be about 100 degrees where i live and its an airhead relying on Air and oil to cool the motor, 20w50 was what i chose.
Stock Air filter was pulled and replaced with air pods that were $10 a piece, but i will probably go back to stock soon because i only wanted the pods to get the bike to run and see if the carbs were properly functioning.

Second, I have been having trouble with the bike running since i bought her. so the next step was go through other parts, such as Replacing the Condenser and the points. Buy from this site, its the cheapest and he has the correct parts (http://www.motoelekt.com/ignition.htm) Pulled the front cover and replaced those, I might want to suggest that when you put the front cover back on be sure to check and make sure that you are not pinching any wires... I did and it took a while to figure out why the bike would just crank and have no spark!

The first pictures were not mine, but pulled off another site but i thought they were very well informative.