AT LAST !
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:27 pm
I bought this bike on Ebay last year unseen as a " project ". The seller seemed pretty straight and I got it at a good price or so I thought.
Then the fun started when I decided to have a ride on it and it handled realy badly. I found the cause to be a very loose back wheel
To cut a long story short I ended up replacing most of the engine and fitting a clutch that worked and putting right so many bodges that I lost count.
Four helicoils needed in the head ? A new clutch pushrod instead of an old piece of bar filed round ? Wrong number and type of clutch plates ? Wrong pistons ? Teeth broken on kickstart pinion ? Valves and guides shot and piston rings cracked meaning a rebore needed....big ends shot...speedo shot.......
Any way £1500+ and 100s of hours later this is the result. I have done about 200 miles on it now and it rides fantasic
Then the fun started when I decided to have a ride on it and it handled realy badly. I found the cause to be a very loose back wheel
To cut a long story short I ended up replacing most of the engine and fitting a clutch that worked and putting right so many bodges that I lost count.
Four helicoils needed in the head ? A new clutch pushrod instead of an old piece of bar filed round ? Wrong number and type of clutch plates ? Wrong pistons ? Teeth broken on kickstart pinion ? Valves and guides shot and piston rings cracked meaning a rebore needed....big ends shot...speedo shot.......
Any way £1500+ and 100s of hours later this is the result. I have done about 200 miles on it now and it rides fantasic
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