After a looong day of mowing and building on the "apartment", I sat down with the Western Auto Stores Western Flyer Grand Trophy and started putting it together.
First order of business was to throw away the "manual" that came with the kit, then second was to whip out the Dremel w/fiber cutting disk and mutilate that vintage fender so the chain would clear, did a nice job if I do say so myself.
Got the engine mounted and wired up, throttle mounted to the bars (after much gnashing of the teeth and using a half round file to ream out the plastic throttle part so it would fit over the bar end).
Removed, "SealAll-ed" and re-installed the intake to jug gasket/manifold and tightened it down. I didn't have to "mate the surfaces" they were pretty smooth.
Realized the kill switch wasn't hooked up, so I undid all my fancy tape job and stuck it in the blue wire connection and re-taped it all back up. I mounted it on the gooseneck, not the bars, just to be different. Left a loop of wire so when the bars turn there is no pulling or binding, may re-do that later.
All that's left is the clutch lever/cable/chain/ect, gas tank, exhaust and the rear sprocket.
About an hour and a half total so far. Thought it would take longer.
Not the prettiest girl at the dance, but she's sure got character.
Photos to follow..........
