brunson67
12-10-2018, 05:30 PM
Hello there,
I just registered and browsed a bit, what a great site/forum!
I had a 185S when they first came out, my Step Dad bought for us. We eventually sold it as time passed. Fast forward about 35 years and I've recently decided to start taking my family to the desert with a group of close friends. The first desert toy I bought is a 1977 ATC 90. Found it at the local Auto repair shop I take my vehicles to for smog, oil changes, etc. The owner of the shop got it from a customer, he then got it running and I bought it. IT was hot rodded a little bit way back, it is painted yellow, has a hooker pipe on it, and some super wide gold anodized Interam solid aluminum bars. It runs great, and has been trouble free for the last few months until we took it to Ocotillo over Thanksgiving. The tank is pretty rusty inside, so I have an external filter, but the primary jet I believe is now clogged, once we unloaded it would only run with the choke on. Then my buddy was riding it and the throttle stuck and he manually pulled back the thumb throttle and its now broke. So a few questions:
1. What's the best way to clean the tank and remove the rust? I'd like to save the bright yellow paint if I can.
2. Carb wont be a big deal, remove it, and clean out the jet.
3. Cables - Since the bars are about 35" wide, compared to stock at about 29" wide, I need a throttle cable and a brake cable that are about 3-4" wider than stock. I'm using the stock brake lever, and the stock thumb throttle. Is there an off the shelf cable that will work that is longer, or do I need to have Motion Pro make me custom cables?
Thanks,
Rob
256108
I just registered and browsed a bit, what a great site/forum!
I had a 185S when they first came out, my Step Dad bought for us. We eventually sold it as time passed. Fast forward about 35 years and I've recently decided to start taking my family to the desert with a group of close friends. The first desert toy I bought is a 1977 ATC 90. Found it at the local Auto repair shop I take my vehicles to for smog, oil changes, etc. The owner of the shop got it from a customer, he then got it running and I bought it. IT was hot rodded a little bit way back, it is painted yellow, has a hooker pipe on it, and some super wide gold anodized Interam solid aluminum bars. It runs great, and has been trouble free for the last few months until we took it to Ocotillo over Thanksgiving. The tank is pretty rusty inside, so I have an external filter, but the primary jet I believe is now clogged, once we unloaded it would only run with the choke on. Then my buddy was riding it and the throttle stuck and he manually pulled back the thumb throttle and its now broke. So a few questions:
1. What's the best way to clean the tank and remove the rust? I'd like to save the bright yellow paint if I can.
2. Carb wont be a big deal, remove it, and clean out the jet.
3. Cables - Since the bars are about 35" wide, compared to stock at about 29" wide, I need a throttle cable and a brake cable that are about 3-4" wider than stock. I'm using the stock brake lever, and the stock thumb throttle. Is there an off the shelf cable that will work that is longer, or do I need to have Motion Pro make me custom cables?
Thanks,
Rob
256108