Classic Japanese 2 Stroke Crankshaft and Engine Reconditioning Service?

[Syd]

Can anyone recommend a motorcycle service outlet or person in NZ who I could contact who is experienced in servicing old classic 2 stroke 60's & 70's Japanese motorcycle engines ie; strip down and rebuild crankshafts and do a quality engine reconditioning service?

[sidecar bob]

Peter Sales at Total Motorcycles, Palmerston North.

[jellywrestler]

Peter Sales at Total Motorcycles, Palmerston North.

Bob's right on the money

[F5 Dave]

And that was the very chap I was to mention.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Can anyone recommend a motorcycle service outlet or person in NZ who I could contact who is experienced in servicing old classic 2 stroke 60's & 70's Japanese motorcycle engines ie; strip down and rebuild crankshafts and do a quality engine reconditioning service?

Any motorcycle shop with mechanics that are actually motorcycle mechanics should be able to do two stroke cranks. If you're stuck for people down there, send it to us here in Welly. Mark Boyle and John Carney (our two top mechanics) are crank wizzes.

Pete

Boyle Kawasaki

[F5 Dave]

Problem is the youngster's experience is MX cranks. Clearly Mark etc are old hands at this marlaky.

[Grumph]

If you don't want to go out of ChCh, try Wallace at Marshland Engineering.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Problem is the youngster's experience is MX cranks. Clearly Mark etc are old hands at this marlaky.

Nah. A crank is a crank etc etc. Lil John can do multis easy as. He's a very skilled mec an ik.

[F5 Dave]

Vertical vs Horizontal split. Locating pins, rings, oil shields queer oil feeds odd bearings. A 60s/70s multi is not an mx crank.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Vertical vs Horizontal split. Locating pins, rings, oil shields queer oil feeds odd bearings. A 60s/70s multi is not an mx crank.

Yep. Ya not wrong there. But the lad has be taught by the best in the bizz.

[F5 Dave]

Jimmy Steadman taught him?

[Crasherfromwayback]

Jimmy Steadman taught him?

Was Jimmy taught by a guy that beat factory bikes with his 500's? :innocent:

[F5 Dave]

No but I know a guy who probably rode them:lol:

[Crasherfromwayback]

No but I know a guy who probably rode them:lol:

Hahahaha...one of them was on the front page of the paper the other day. Big fall from grace.

[jellywrestler]

Hahahaha...one of them was on the front page of the paper the other day. Big fall from grace.

that's been not a big fall Pete, they've called him theif Turner since the seventies for good reason, can remember him on fairgo or the news in the early eighties.

[Crasherfromwayback]

that's been not a big fall Pete, they've called him theif Turner since the seventies for good reason, can remember him on fairgo or the news in the early eighties.

Yeah true enough. I was meaning the fall from 500GP Star to common thief though. That's a big fall! And fail.