Day 1 of my new project

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Day 1 of my new project

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I'm sharing this gallery where you'll find pics of my new old '79, as I got it (actually after I cleaned up the area a little). A proof of madness or a future reference for all that hard work pending?

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Francis, from the looks of it you have a decent starting point.
I like the wood floor in your garage.

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Well, project has been on hold during the harsh winter that seems to spread out until Summer... so here is where I'm at now. almost disassembled completely the '80 I got on top of the '79. I'll be swapping engines as the '80 starts but has a hard pinging sound (looks like the wrist pin or similar). I received some parts (cable, fork seals, new keyswitch, starter relay and other goodies). The '80 was in "survivor" shape so fully original but lots of grease / unknown fluid stuck pretty much everywhere. Frame is almost all cleaned up and ready for touch ups. I'm working on the fork (see my other post) seals and found a damaged slider internally.

So here is Jucy Lucy in its naked form!

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Excellent Francis, glad to see you back at it. Let's dig in!
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And I don't even want to do my carbs - sheesh!

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Update, 3 years later, giving Juicy Lucy some attention here and there...

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As of today, ready to receive fuel and exhaust :
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Can't wait to hear her sing

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OMG that pipe is NUTS!

What's the story with that??!! It's amazing!
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Nils, it looks like an old DG muffler, the one with the serpentine head pipes.

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steve murdoch icoa #5322 wrote:Nils, it looks like an old DG muffler, the one with the serpentine head pipes.
Ahhhh, got it. Thanks Steve.
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Cool ! Nice project ..it takes time to bring these ole bikes to road worthy . 2 years this week on my 79 ..and she is done finally,,Now need my boys to help me get it up 5 steps out of the basement lol :lol:

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Yup it's an old DG 6/1. Many people mistake the inlet and outlet of the pipe ;-)

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Managed to fire her up yesterday, only #3, 5 to go! lol
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NobleHops wrote:OMG that pipe is NUTS!

What's the story with that??!! It's amazing!
They are gorgeous. It's often repeated that they have a midrange flat spot that's very difficult to tune out, but that might just be bro-science lore. The PO of my bike said that he had one on for a while and loved the look and the sound but gave up on getting it to run right and went to the 6-into-2-into 1 setup for better midrange.

Given how good they look, it might be worth it to just work the shifter and keep the revs up. :D
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Pics of Perry, my '79.

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not_bob_3 wrote:Managed to fire her up yesterday, only #3, 5 to go! lol
Nearly 17% done - that's the spirit! :D
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