Over the years, I’ve collected quite a few Mikuni Tools and documents. and  I wanted to give you a quick overview. Especially, since I now have all the set complete. I have bought one or another thing a whlie ago, but it was only when I found this vintage TKW (Tokiwara Corp.) advertising a while ago. On the lower section, you can see the tools and documents which they offer, too. On the left, you can see this TKW Solex branded tool pouch, with some special adjustment tools for the Mikuni Solex PHH Carbs: In the center of the ad, you can see the official service and parts manuals. I…

Last weekend, I met my Carb specialist, and was able to hand over all the missing parts (and some goodies) to the man. So he immediately started with the assembly work, as everything else was already prepared. Using the tools, which he recently acquired during a visit to one Mikuni specialist in Japan: He started to assemble everything. the body was glass-bead blasted. some metal parts got nickel-plated, and all the other parts remained origina brass, or the original blue-zinc or yellow zinc as they came from Mikuni or the aftermarket suppliers. You can really see here’s a specialist with a racing background, as he tests everything multiple times –…

Time for a very long overdue update on the project. I wasnt silent because of no progress. Quite the opposite, actually. I was so busy with all the small things that I simply found no time to post here. And also you don’t want to see every bolt I spent an hour on cleaning it. So instead of boring you with all the small details, I rather post a little summery. So what happened in the last few weeks? In the last post, I thought I had everything disassembled. Well, turns out there was more stuff to dismantle. for e.g. the windows: I also decided to disassemble the window regulators,…