The starter has been cleaned. It is in very good condition and have not had any problems previously, so it will not be taken apart.

I’ve been searching the internet for an easy way of removing carbon deposits on the valves and in the cylinder head and on the top of the pistons. The first results just in: Soaking in WD-40 is no good! The carbon that you see has come off came off when I put the valve spring [...]

The airbox has been put together again. Parts has been cleaned, some polished and some has been painted. Three screws has been replaced with new ones, and the broken rubber air intake has been secured with two chassis screws.

Well, before cleaning I have to remove the valves. But after that I can start to clean this big and intricate part.

I decided to change the liquid I had in my parts washer with White Spirit, Mineral Spirit in USA. I am glad I did. White spirit is so much better as a cleaning fluid than the environmentally friendly organic degreaser fluid I had been using so far. I just have to tolerate the smell and [...]

Cleaned the brake disks. The only thing I will do to these is to make the black areas shinier.

I’ve finished the front rim today. Now it is cleaned, polished and cleaned again. I didn’t take a note of how long I used on this, but I would guess I used about 8 to 10 hours on it. Maybe because I was trying different methods in the beginning. The rear rim is actually looking [...]

The final drive gear is cleaned and polished, there is a lot of nicks and scratches in the surface. But since I did not take this apart, I will leave it like this for now.

The final drive gear is much better now, It isn’t totally clean, like new clean style. But hey, now I can touch it without getting dirty fingers.

The bolts that hold the bottom cups of the front forks was good, so I polished them. The discs will be changed, because I always change locking discs or damaged discs.