WOW ! were the first words that escaped my mouth, once i rode my BULL today.
Hardwork pays, that true.
From the last two weeks, i have been planning some things for my BULL. Today was the day everything got done.
Pictures will follow soon, as my BULL is pending a wash after the work i did today.
Work Done :
New Mikuni Carb ( from Mikuni India )
New 18" Continental Tyre
Adjustable Timing Pins
DAY 1
After running around for two weeks in the SUN, I got myself a 18" RE Rim, a 40 Spokes standard hub & a STD. Swingarm.
DAY 2
With very helpfull information from navpreet318 i went to a fabricator, who adjusted my swingarm to fit a 18" ( 120-80) tyre. Took the hub & Rim to the Spoke guy, who wamoured the two into perfection.
The day was about over when i got a call from the courier company that there is a package awaiting.
DAY 3
First thing in the morning i went to the courier guy, was too curious to open my new carb. The guy told me that he was about to leave for my place
. Went home and opened my package and got a well sealed and covered BOX packed Mikuni carb. Now the question was how do i fit it ? There was a lot of searching on the internet and asking some bullet gurus i know, everything went in vain. Then i thought to ask a mechanic what to do. The guy told me that i will have to buy the standard intake for 500 and customize it to fit in my bike. So i went and bought the intake. With that i got myself 5 packings.
opened up my carb & tried the new one on. near the air filter box side it was a perfect fit, had to just tighten the air vent seals. But on the other side was the biggest puzzle of my life, how do i fit in the Carb there with the Intake seal thingy ?
the screw holes were a mystery. I had to make the holes bigger. It took me 5 hours and a lot hurt hands that the file gave me.
DAY 4
Finally it was time to fit on the new carb. Ah, another mystery awaited me. the screws were small in lengthand didnt went through. I went to the market & searched if i could find the fit. Nothing helped but the mechanic advised me to use the Seat-holding screws, and really that did the job. now the only question was to fit the accellerator cable. This was where i got stuck. the VM28 uses the lengthier cable. I had no idea how to get the cable.
DAY 5
Went to the market and searched through every possible location i could get a 500 acc. cable, but the luck was not with me. went home and thought everything without the cable was a loss. didnt had the mood to even eat that day.
DAY 6
I called up my mechanic & told him where i was stuck. He gave the biggest good news of the day, he knew a trick to use the same STD 350 cable that was used in VM 24. I went to him with the new carb and my bike. He took out my cable and did something to it secretly and wow, there was the perfect cable in front of me. He insisted me to let him fit the carb. as i might screw up.
DAY 7
As fixed with my mechanic i went to him today @ 10 AM. he was waiting for me & i think was cursing me for being 20 mins. late . so it took him another 3 hours to put the carb. in. For that the tank screw was changed, the PAV unit was sealed and the Air pipe from the Air Filter Box was removed. The mechanic tuned my carb. didnt open it, didnt do anything else. I also got installed the timing pins that are adjustable and came pre-fitted in electra and the new bikes. I got my rear tyre installed and came home thumping.
DAY 8 ( tomorrow )
MY bull is pending a wash and a carb. tuning by me. The current performance of the BULL was that as i sat on it and gave a slight go ahead , it ran out like a horse. I didnt push my BULL today as i was worried of doing something bad in over joy.
So tomorrow i will give my bull a wash and polishing.
Shantanu