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<\/p>\nI have a week off work so I should have a week of quality wrench time with minimal interruption!<\/p>\n
There has been little active progress with Buzz since my last update. I have also acquired a VW trike which has taken a good bit of my tinkering time. Of course, I am always looking at the trike and making plans to MegaSquirt it, too. LOTS of potential there. In fact, if I were so determined, I’m certain I could have it running well before Buzz, with only one semi-major purchase.<\/p>\n
In any case, my plan is to see how close I can get to having Buzz running by the end of the week.<\/p>\n
There is a long list of things to do. Some of it is parts fab and I imagine those things will take the biggest part of the time.<\/p>\n
I need to get together a mounting plate for all the electrics. There will be relays, fuses, connectors, the controller itself and the EDIS module. I have ideas in my head; I’ll have to see if they will translate to reality.<\/p>\n
Since I’m putting all this in the space where the airbox was, I also need a fender to keep dirt and perhaps more critically, water, out of the area. I would like to keep it as light as possible. Maybe I can use aluminum flashing. I once made a replacement fender for an RV using flashing and pop rivets, sealed with silicone.<\/p>\n
Another kinda major fab I must do is the return line to the fuel tank. I think I will try to leave the stock petcock as is and add a fitting, perhaps sealed with epoxy. If I can satisfactorily make it safe to do so, I will braze the fitting in place instead. It will be much more secure.<\/p>\n
I need to put an oxygen sensor in the exhaust. For the short term, I will use a narrow band sensor for cost reasons, but I hope to upgrade it. You can do so much more tuning if you know the exact O2 reading, as opposed to the go\/no-go reading from the narrow band device. The wideband sensor could open the possibilities for running Buzz on alternate fuels, even propane. <\/p>\n
The final big fab isn’t so much a big fab as a complex one. I can even skip it for a while if needed, but I need an ignition trigger wheel. I have in mind a pretty simple way to make one using my drill press and hand tools. It needs to be precise but not so precise that I can’t pull it off manually.<\/p>\n
All I need after that is a longer throttle cable and to put all the stuff on the bike.<\/p>\n
Well, for good results, the bike needs valves adjusted and oil changed and I’m sure the battery has gone bad in all these months of sitting idle.<\/p>\n
For today, it looks like I might need to have plenty of MAPP for my torch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have a week off work so I should have a week of quality wrench time with minimal interruption! There has been little active progress with Buzz since my last update. I have also acquired a VW trike which has taken a good bit of my tinkering time. Of course, I am always looking at … Continue reading Time to Play!!<\/span>