Float like a butterfly...

[F5 Dave]

Guess on reflection its easier to load up supplied digitised parts fische. But it is dumb.

[roogazza]

Yeah High Street I walk most days. Certainly dont walk hutt road. Slip of the finger.

There have been several Boyles in wgtn. Dickie Boyle who reputedly was a 2 stroke tuner of merit. I remember Lawton&Boyle. And of course the current Mark and John Boyle but I rarely get into that end of town.
But everything thing else is before my time.

Sadly High Street place- it appears to be a TAB now.

You mean Dickie Lawton,legendary tuner ? RIP.
(Way,way ahead of his time ,father of Peter).
ps Steve Dundoon (WMCC) was his apprentice many moons ago.

[F5 Dave]

Ahh shit yer right, too many moons and too young at the time.

[F5 Dave]

Striped the other engine down a Fair way, but need to get a rotor puller, tomorrow job. Hour or so scrubbing engine in kero. Needs another hour so when its soda blasted it doesn't spread grease around which would make the paint fail.

Have a few missing bits from the fist engine included in the 2nd one.

[husaberg]

Striped the other engine down a Fair way, but need to get a rotor puller, tomorrow job. Hour or so scrubbing engine in kero. Needs another hour so when its soda blasted it doesn't spread grease around which would make the paint fail.

Have a few missing bits from the fist engine included in the 2nd one.

I seen in the fiche that they can have two different generators as well.
Were the bits sfuffed in the engine?

[F5 Dave]

Actually both internals look pretty good so far. But a selector got tight on the shaft when removing it for some reason. I have two spares.
All 3 gens seem to be the same but have read that there are two types.

. I will effectively build 1 good engine out of two and half engines and not lose any sleep over dismantling the 2nd engine.

[F5 Dave]

Hmm, well I seem to have 3 different types of rotors. Never mind I'll sort out the match later.

About 5 hrs in to cleaning the cases I notice the broken stud. Nothing much to grab. Try weld onto it, no dice, twists off. Carefully drill. It works! No need for a helicoil.

More cleaning so its ready for soda blasting. Don't want grease in the mix.

Then I notice the piece missing. A casualty of chain break. Shit. Do I start on the next really filthy cases? Actually no. I've got a 3rd set which have several things stuck in them. I'll cut of the piece, get it welded underneath and finish with devcon before paint. Kinda hidden anyway.

[F5 Dave]

Hmm, wish I'd paid ATTN to which rotor matched which stator. Either Nippon or kokusan. Never mind will all be easy enough to work out later.

Dropped the ally parts to the blasting guy to find he'd not fixed his fan and got guilty about taking so long and undercoated it just as I arrived. Said he could take it off 2 pack it which I'd prefer although the black enamel looked pretty OK.

Spent an hour in front of the wire wheel buffing bolts for plating. This could get tedious quickly.

[F5 Dave]

Another couple of hours wirewheeling bolts.

Oh lookit. The service manual in the garage document pile. Forgot I had that. And it identified the rotor to stator match.

Hmm might as well check the coils. One good. Other appears to have an open 2ndry. Bugger, Rusty had the only set of genuine coils (is not bodged car ones).

Clean up. Hmm. Been putting off looking at the forks. Oh well. Have to remove a few bits to see.
One with rust on the surface the seal runs on. . .poos. Other OK. What's the chances Rusty will be able to donate a usable leg? - . . .and she does! In fact its pristine. And the other is rusty under the shrouded area but OK on seal area.

Oh Rusty I'll never regret buying you.

[F5 Dave]

Well effectively I'm now down to six bikes. The Bucket Stinger is dead. Long live Rusty. Who would have thought?
Wish I could text my old mate Keith and tell him that the disaster pile he picked up for me 8 years ago is the one that will actually make it to the road. Wheels didn't even turn and I think he thought I was quite mad for buying such a junker. I raise my beer to you mate and may this bike always remind me of you.

You know? I'm kinda glad it worked out this way.

[F5 Dave]

Last engine is apart. The dirt was obscuring the last bolt. Will work out what seals I need and prolly take me the crank to a trusted friend in Palmerston to rebuild. Just what I do for mains is unknown at this stage.

[F5 Dave]

So I went to pick up the bits that had been blasted and the frame s/w stand and footrest had been 2 packed.

He warned me that the other parts should be painted soon esp the iron barrels which he redid just I was there to be sure. Directed me to the flue shop down the road that do dome better than vht paint in a can. They had matt black for the barrels and a silver for the heads. But they were $35 ea. ouchy. To make it worse the silver was matt grey when it went on, unlike the lid which looked a good match.

So I kinda felt pressured into a quick job before it rained tomorrow, I bunked off at 5 and blew and prepsoled the bits. I also had a wheel paint that was for the cases and hubs and an enamel for the triple and oil tank.

I made a pigs ear of the oil tank, that will need sanding where it ran. The silver stuff I had time to do just 1 and a bit coats to stave off corrosion and judge the colour before it started to get less than warm outside and I moved it all back into the warm garage.

But as I inspect his job of the frame I notice a few areas I would have preferred filled and sanded now I see them coated. And then notice some missed areas and thin areas. Oh well, time to think.

[husaberg]

Photos to go here soon.

Looks great
Funny how the steering stem is so much more beefier than the swingarm.
Id look at whacking plenty of clear coat on the engine and hubs like the Japanese used too.

[F5 Dave]

Yeah but the top triple isn't clamped, just through bolts.

[husaberg]

Yeah but the top triple isn't clamped, just through bolts.

I was just meaning the stem dia only. ps you have two stems, are you doing two?