It's starting to look like a motorcycle now. A lot of things came in yesterday: new hand controls, the Motobits rear-sets, and the engine gasket kit from Thailand. I got the motor put back together and mounted all the new stuff. I shortened the stock throttle cable by about 2 inches by cutting the cable, cutting the sheath by the same length, drilling out the little end jobby and resoldering the cable back on. Also, I scavenged a sweet quick-disconnect fitting from a burned out UPS to use with the battery. Much cleaner now.

It turns out the MikuniVM 24-26 carbs I scored came off a 2 stroke Yamaha YDS so they may be a pain to tune. The YDS had an automix system for the oil so the carbs shouldn't have the extra oil hole and may work just with a rejetting. If it turns out to be a complete nightmare I'll relist them and pick up some Keihin PE24s.

Mostly back together

The stock headers line up so the exhaust would run right into the rear-sets. It looks like I'll have to keep looking for a high mount CL exhaust or cut the stock headers off at the flange and fab up something that runs under the frame.

Quick disconnect from a junked UPS - a benefit of working in IT