another one back on the road

drp

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Here are before and after pictures of my Atlas. This is the first time since 1974 that it's been on the road. A refugee from the 60's chopper era!

Dave


another one back on the road



another one back on the road
 
Nice!
Britcycle has a k&n filter that will snap right on there. Its a tight fit but it goes. Much better and cheaper than the 92 parts and hefty cost of the factory filter.
Glen
 
Thanks. I have both air filters (factory & K&N) but was adjusting the carbs when I took the picture. K&N is on it now.

Dave
 
I don't know man, I'm partial to green and I'm from that era too :) -- but,nice job drp, well done !
 
If you need lights on, buy a stock of headlight bulbs. At N-V, we reckoned headlamp bulbs lasted about 5000 miles, whether you turned them on or not. Engine vibration would shake the filaments off the terminal posts inside the bulbs.
 
When I worked for SkyWay Airlines, we found that if the taxi light bulbs were installed with the filament vertical,
we got a noticeable improvement in bulb life. Went from once a week to once every 2 or 3 months.
 
The Atlas runs very well. I put a early commando distributor on it with a Boyer, a higher output alternator, a TLS front brake, and replaced the Monoblocks with some concentrics I had. I like the Monoblocks but I like the concentrics better. I haven't done anything to the engine because it only had 12k on the clock and both the tach & speedo still work. It's time to ride it daily (back and forth to work, 50 miles per day) and shake it down.

Thanks for the comments

Dave
 
frankdamp said:
If you need lights on, buy a stock of headlight bulbs. At N-V, we reckoned headlamp bulbs lasted about 5000 miles, whether you turned them on or not. Engine vibration would shake the filaments off the terminal posts inside the bulbs.
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Rubber mount the headlamp shell and they last forever.
 
Well done with your work, you done a great job now take it out and ride it :)

Ashley
 
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