removal of carburetors, seat and fuel tank plus preliminary engine dismantling

Today i made my first real progress on this project. I'm weeks behind, but at least I got something done tonight. I removed my carburetors, seat, fuel tank and both the passenger and driver foot pegs.

I also went through some preliminary steps to remove the engine from the frame. Unfortunately, I didn't bring my Dremel to the garage and - since my gear shifter is welded to the shaft - I was not able to remove the sprocket cover which prevented me from actually taking out the engine.

After I got home, I took apart my right side carburetor.

I'm going to head back to the garage either tomorrow or Tuesday to dip this in my chem-dip and reassemble it. I'm going to use the left side carburetor as a guide to make sure I put it back together correctly. Once it's together, I'll take apart the other and dip it as well. While the dip is working it's magic, I'm going to Dremel off my gear shifter and try to get the engine out of the frame.

I did a final compression test with the engine cold and each cylinder consistently read 160-170 psi. I'm going to have to do some research on this because it concerns me. If compression is too low, it indicates that air is leaking out from the rings or valves or from between the pieces of the engine block. I'm not sure what to do with compression that's too high. The compression should be in the range I'm seeing with the engine hot.

Since I haven't done much in terms of documenting my process, I decided to make a video last night and show off everything I know about carburetors. Admittedly, this isn't very much.