I fooled around and got the front wheel and the exhaust installed. Forgot to take some of the pictures, but you get the idea.
I set the initial timing in preperation for installing the electronic ignition.
The rotor for the ignition gets installed into the end of the new camshaft.
This is the stator, or pickup plate, for the ignition.
The ignition wiring comes in through the cases.
This shot shows the stator plate installed. The ignition is now complete.
I sat down for a while and set all the valves. Turned the engine over a few times, and checked and adjusted them again.
This is my new billet custom head steady from Old Britts. It replaced the two rubber cushions that connect the head to the frame.
This is the baseplate mounted on the head.
The complete head steady installed.
It took some time but I untaped my wiring harness. It had 30 years of oil and dirt in it. I zip tied it at every junction and cleaned the oil off of it. It is a lot nicer to work with after the oil was removed.
Lastly, I cleaned up the old Amal carbs. These things are some kind of primitive. The large chrome buttons sticking up on the sides allow you to flood the bowls on a cold start. They are finicky and wear out their innards easily, but I like running them cause I am kind of preverse. All thats left is to install the carbs and get the wiring back in place.
For any of you that have followed along this far, I apologize for the length of this post. If you did this on a dial up, my hat is off to you. With any luck, there won't be a lot more pictures posted to this thread. Thanks for checking out my project.