Subject: Re: Another Loop ready for the road
Author: todd nordwig
Date: Mar 31, 2003, 4:37 PM
Post ID: 1712454614
Cool!! I love it when a basket case comes
to life........gives me hope.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Adkins" <ianad-@linkamerica.net>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 11:08 PM
Subject: Another Loop ready for the road
| Well folks....I was privy to an awesome event today. The rebirth of a |
Ed picked this bike up in pieces and resurrected it from a torn down |
| Most would have parted it out but Ed decided that having two Loops in his garage wasn't enough and decided to bring this one back to life. So this morning we double checked everything and fired the ol girl up. The interesting thing was that initially she would only run on one |
| As we went through the basics we determined that the cylinder was |
| gas. We decided to swap the plugs and now the bike would not run at all. |
| took plugs from one of his other bikes, installed them and on half a turn the bike roared to life and ran strong. A little tweaking with the carb balancers and she was idling perfectly. Ed says that if all goes well she will do her maiden rally to Virginia in June. |