Spritepost 15

Now I have ridden 2 trials on the Sprite as shakedown tests, the list of things that need to be done has been compiled and I have left the bike with my Dad along with my wish list of tasks as follows;

• The carb manifold needs sleeving down to 26mm as it has quite a large bore and reducing the size should provide a better fuel/air mix to give a better bottom end power
• The carb sits at quite an angle of lean forwards, this needs adapting to move it more upright
• The clutch is not as light as I would like, so some work needs to be done to address this - it could be as simple as removing 3 of the clutch springs without affecting the perfomance of the clutch
• The rear of the primary chain case is leaking at the seal so this will need some silicone to seal the leak
• Now we know that the exhaust is working ok, the 1st one can be used as a pattern and a final one can be made from stainless steel and welded up to replace the 1st attempt.
• The bike seems to run just as quietly without the rear silencer, so it will be removed and a bracket made to secure the back of the pipe to a fixing point somewhere around the top shock mount.
• The seat needs cutting down to make it a little narrower, shorter and thinner with harder foam
• Finally, from a cosmetic point, the rear frame loop needs re-bending to lift the rear mudguard higher and provide more clearance at the rear wheel

I will post more photos of the finished article when complete.