... in short that sucker is done.
First thing that had to be tackled - the (seized) speedo drive had eaten the gear.
Sawed the gear off, flipped it and glued it back on with superglue. (As I couldn't find a speedo-drive for reasonable money.) To my own surprise this seams to work flawlessly.
A shortened first hose from the overhauled (again as the first diaphragm gave up) petcock to the filter helped immensely with the routing and stopped the hose from kinking.
And then there's this one thing you do with small fours: you absolutely and totally rev' their nuts off and ride them like a bl**dy lunatic.
Shift at 11,500rpm, because at 12,000rpm the rev-limiter kicks in and cuts the power at 12,500rpm.
If it were my bike, I'd probably overhaul the front brakes and do a proper service on the forks, but to be fair this is going to be a stop-gap-learner-bike for lil' Raffi, so I guess it's just fine.
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