We are settled in Montana for a time so now have a garage to work in. Installed clutch, throttle cables and went about double checking wiring and connections....could not get oil pressure dummy light to function so rigged a separate oil pressure light.
Rigged a small old syringe for a fuel feed as I wanted access to the electrics while running the bike up. Tried to kick start the bike but compression is such that kick starting proved difficult. Plus it is 14 degrees outside and around 50 in the garage. The electric start was not working so jumped the starter relay to turn over...engine fired although was not hitting full time on left cylinder. Ran it up a few times and engine sounded good...have good compression and spark so carbs will need a little tweeking. Swapped out the starter relay for another I had on hand and starter worked just fine......got the stock oil pressure light working too......
Received some vintage Bates Saddle Bag mounts via EBay so fit them to the bike.....
These "old school" mounts utilize the muffler for support the lower mount.....
never thought I'd find these mounts in a million years....EBay find for $9.99.....I had bought another set of mounting frames for $9.99 but they were damaged and did not fit....
Lower mounts in place.....Bags are solid....had to make up some spacers for the sub frame to center the bags to the frame...........
The protection of this fairing is great and also has a lot of storage in it...it was originally on my /5 Toaster but I removed to access the headlight electrics and never reinstalled it....I was going to sell it for $50.00 but shipping was a hassle so kept it.......glad I did now....
I love the old school look of this fairing...I have never seen another one although I'm sure they are out there......The stock gauge assembly will eventually be replaced by a modular electronic gauge which contains all functions in one unit......The fairing will need to be removed for the remaining electric work necessary........
I installed the "new"muffler / header shields...took me a while to hunt down the 9mm Euro hose clamps needed.....also won a front / rear set of "Henrys" floorboards for $80.00 on EBay....... 
Still have a lot of small issues to sort out but will continue with one issue at a time......might be on the road this spring.(?)
Rigged a small old syringe for a fuel feed as I wanted access to the electrics while running the bike up. Tried to kick start the bike but compression is such that kick starting proved difficult. Plus it is 14 degrees outside and around 50 in the garage. The electric start was not working so jumped the starter relay to turn over...engine fired although was not hitting full time on left cylinder. Ran it up a few times and engine sounded good...have good compression and spark so carbs will need a little tweeking. Swapped out the starter relay for another I had on hand and starter worked just fine......got the stock oil pressure light working too......
Received some vintage Bates Saddle Bag mounts via EBay so fit them to the bike.....
These "old school" mounts utilize the muffler for support the lower mount.....never thought I'd find these mounts in a million years....EBay find for $9.99.....I had bought another set of mounting frames for $9.99 but they were damaged and did not fit....
Lower mounts in place.....Bags are solid....had to make up some spacers for the sub frame to center the bags to the frame...........
Had old early 70's period Califia Fairing in storage so went ahead to check for fitment with the earls fork....fairing fit just fine and hopefully the sidecar mounting lugs will clear the fairing mounts.....
There is a gap in the fairing mount which appears to be large enough for the upper front sidecar mounting lug......
There is a gap in the fairing mount which appears to be large enough for the upper front sidecar mounting lug......
The protection of this fairing is great and also has a lot of storage in it...it was originally on my /5 Toaster but I removed to access the headlight electrics and never reinstalled it....I was going to sell it for $50.00 but shipping was a hassle so kept it.......glad I did now....
I love the old school look of this fairing...I have never seen another one although I'm sure they are out there......The stock gauge assembly will eventually be replaced by a modular electronic gauge which contains all functions in one unit......The fairing will need to be removed for the remaining electric work necessary........
I installed the "new"muffler / header shields...took me a while to hunt down the 9mm Euro hose clamps needed.....also won a front / rear set of "Henrys" floorboards for $80.00 on EBay....... 
Still have a lot of small issues to sort out but will continue with one issue at a time......might be on the road this spring.(?) Was able to get all "dummy lights" functioning on the instrument panel so now I know wiring is ok. I will likely order the "Acewell" gauge soon.......
Spent some time setting timing and discovered that the spark plugs in use were bad....swapped out plugs and engine purred......Installed some fuel pet cocks on cop tank & mounted. Added a bit of fuel for tweeking things while running.
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