Hi all,

Just finished my 1000 km run-in after a top and bottom rebuild. The oil change was as I imagined it should be, a little darker and had some metal silt(?) in the oil filter.

A couple of problems have shown up though which I'd like to hear your opinions about.

1. There is quite a lot of soot coming out of the exhaust, I’ve cleaned the air filter and it's coated with a filter oil. The manifold rubber parts (between cylinder and carb.) have been changed. I haven’t tried the fuel/ air mix, could someone explain how to do this ? Any other ideas?

2. Vibration. During the rebuild I had the crankshaft rebuilt and changed the main bearings (Kedo changed the left side, the right side I bought and was a C3 bearing). I didn't change any other bearings. The vibrations are worst at low and high rpm(low more than high). Funny enough in 4th gear at 3500 rpm there is next to no vibrations. I changed the 5th gear during the rebuild. all the engine mount bolts are checked... Any ideas?

3. Clicking / ticking sound coming from instrument panel (inside speedometer or tachometer) the speedo needle "hops" at slow speeds. the cable is fine and has been oiled. Can the speedo be serviced(by myself) or is it sealed?

My last question is about security, This weekend some f**ker's tried to steal the bike *twice* by some stoke of luck both times they were disturbed. I used the handlebar lock (not hard to break) and a disc brake lock (which they took off with a hammer). I'd like to hear what people do to stop thieves. I little piece of mind would be nice whilst visiting friends / touring...

Cheers, Aubrey.