Sonrisers 55'

[kartjockey]

James,  How is your simplex coming along?  Are you burning gas yet?

[Sonrisers]

Not yet, I had to walk away from it for a while, I was about to scrap it and take the money and run. I was planning on working on it this weekend, but I ordered the right bearings for it and haven't got them yet. I am going to replace piston and rings , and thought I should put the right bearing in it while I have it torn apart. I have a lot of little things to get buttoned up on it, but I think it should be running in the next couple of weeks.

[Sonrisers]

Here is what I have been working on since I walked away from the simplex...a headboard for my brother who has spent a lot of time helping me on the simplex.

[pd]

I take it your brother is single or he spends a lot of time in the dog house .

Nice work on the head board .

Pete .

[oil-lamp]

Well you are not alone on walking away from the bike. Its been a week and i have not even turn a bolt on mine. The weather has been just great here and I'm getting a bunch done around here. Maybe this Sunday I will get it done. I hope.   

[pd]

Got ya beat , Reese . Haven't even seen my bike since the first of September . And , I'm not sure how long it'll be 'til I see it again .

Pete .

[Sonrisers]

Tore the engine apart and put the new bearing and new piston  and rings in and got it put back together, but ran out of time, still not running, but shouldn't be long now.

[Sonrisers]

IT RUNS!!!!! Thanks Rick, shouldn't be long now.

[Ricks]

Did you get to ride it yet?  Post a picture!

[Sonrisers]

Haven't had time to put it back together yet, but did go and pick up the motor. Shot a video of the first time I got to see it run. Not much to see, but I am pretty excited. No gas to it yet, just sprayed carb cleaner and wd in the carb.    .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi5l4-eYy1Q&feature=youtu.be

[oil-lamp]

Congrats you matched the right spark, fuel, and air to make RPMs.     

[Sonrisers]

Reese, I didn't have the coil grounded, I thought one of the coil wires needed to go to kill switch. After hashing it out with Rick, we discovered that it needed to be grounded. Still haven't put gas to it, but  at least I was able to hear it run. Hooked up points, and that is what I'm gonna stay with at least til I get to ride it.

[pd]

Maybe this will help :

[Sonrisers]

Worked on the bike tonight, got the motor back in the frame, hooked up the throttle, should be ready for gas next time I work on it. I need to know how to route the wiring. Anybody know the best and cleanest way to run the wires to head and tail lights? Pics would be awesome!! I think I'm just gonna hook up a toggle switch on the top motor mount for now, til I can afford to get the right stuff.

[pd]

Here's a flier pic . You can make out the wiring going nearly straight up from the stator to the upper motor mount plate .



This is my bike . I routed basically the same way . I noticed that my tank support U rail had a couple of good sized holes about where the wiring would come up . I speculate that originally the wiring was routed through the rail , both forward and back .