Mechanical/restoration supervision sought

[psyguy]

to be continued... (yes, I cought the resto bug and can't shake it off... )

[jellywrestler]

to keep you updated...

engine completely stripped
casings ready for vapour blasting and polishing
gaskets, oil seals, pistons and rings on order from the usa


with time passing things slowly slipping from memory and i find myself looking at certain parts and wondering what they might be and where they might fit

i'll need some luck putting everything back together, i think

why did it need pistons? how worn were they?

[psyguy]

in the first instance i couldnt get the oversized piston kit so went with honing and new rings only - the compression afterwards was around 100-110psi and bores were out of factory specs, by 0.01mm (from memory)

while the bike ran ok, the new pistons / overbore made a noticeable power and cold start difference and is also now ok for another 100k kms

[pete376403]

It's great to read of a job that gets finished. Looks really great. I shoudl go out and do something similar with the 1100. A sidecar woudl be good, too.


(You still got my valve shim changing tools? I don't need them back right now, but do like to keep track of things, y'know?)

[psyguy]

hey pete...

yeah my collection of shims and shim tools has grown, lol, so if you'd like to pm me your address i'd be happy to return your borrowed-for-five-years (ahem) tools


and let me know if you might need any shims, would be happy to send them your way if i have the right sizes

[actungbaby]

Yes thats what i used to get my clutch basket of my vt 250 motor that and rear axle of xr 200 throught the end hold the cresent to
get enough ommphhh oh the shame .... yes not ideal using them but sometimes you have to make do when your own budget.

it's a funny story. i bought a 32 pce spanner set and got two spanners size 15 but no size 14! ... so when it came to a situation with a nut and a bolt size 14 i had to got for the adjustable spanner, so yeah they can be useful

[Icemaestro]

where did you get the front nose/fairing from? I'm living in avondale too, trying to figure out how to go about making/getting a front fairing to keep the wind off for my Bros 650 :-) Thats an awesome restore you've done there!

[psyguy]

Thanks for the kind words.

That's Maier fairing:
http://www.maier-mfg.com/catalog/sma...ound-headlight
They come in two sizes, this is the smaller one (IIRC).

They come with mounting kit (see the link above) but that clutters the handlebars a bit so I fabricated some brackets out of 2.5mm steel corner bracket (from M10) and fiberglassed them to the fairing.