It's got the standard weeping head gasket. Budget an engine strip and at least a cosmetic rebuild.
Love the valve caps. Last advert for them I saw was 1970's.
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It's got the standard weeping head gasket. Budget an engine strip and at least a cosmetic rebuild.
Love the valve caps. Last advert for them I saw was 1970's.
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I know nothing about what would be required to get it road worthy again, of course too hard to tell from what we see, but I really like it.
Anorak
Originally Posted by Grumph
Oh, i had never seen that style only these sort...
Even sidecar steve never had those flasher finned covers with cross pattern recessed ends.
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Nice F1 - what are the wheels? Morris or Lester or something?
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Chambrey spelled better i will link his thread. edit CAMPBRAY
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...post1131133709
https://www.triumphrat.net/threads/m...-wheel.646802/
Nice page for period wheels
https://www.powerhouse-mc.com/blog/?p=4700
Morris is a convex like spoke lester like a concave
Kawaski mimicked morris with a lot of models like say the gt750 pretty sure some morris wheels were even optioned on some kawasakis the turbo?.1976 KZ1000 limited
croz sells them https://www.graemecrosby.co.nz/shop/...cat/00367.html they are $4400nzd in the uK
Yamaha rd and xs wheels looked a bit like the lesters. Lesters i thought were factory on TSS and TSX Triumph's of the early 80's but google says morris and all the pics on the web seemed to agree?
Last edited by husaberg; 27th June 2023 at 21:57. Reason: well they are morris on the trumpys
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I was looking at a Mule Street tracker build and I am pretty sure they used XS wheels but cut the flanges off and welded on wider ones. Kosman did it.Nice page for period wheels
https://www.powerhouse-mc.com/blog/?p=4700
Kawaski mimicked morris with a lot of models like say the gt750 pretty sure some morris wheels were even optioned on some kawasakis the turbo?.
Cool as. Not a cheap thing to do either.
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Thorpe Bros Engineering in ChCh used to do it too. Tony's still going but solo now, would probably do it if wanted. I've seen a couple of fronts on race bikes widened where they were orphan hub widths or strange disc bolt patterns. Needed to be a really good reason to do it. $$$
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A long time ago I was looking for another wheel for the back of my speedway bike - they used (still do) a fairly narrow rim for a 3.50 x 19 tire and Yamaha cast front wheel seemed to fit the bill, however upon finding of one at the bike shop in Pretoria Street, Lower Hutt (it was that long ago) revealed that it was quite heavy. Closer inspection revealed the words "malleable iron" so I put it back, and got a 40 spoke Honda CB750 rim laced onto the hub instead. I figured I was slow enough already without cast iron wheels.
BUT much later (about 5 minutes ago) - I found this "Yamaha didn't make the wheels. They were made by a company formerly known as Asahi Malleable Iron (look carefully it's cast into some of them) now known as Asahi Tec. They appear to be a Tier 1 OEM supplier to both the automotive and motorcycle industries. https://www.asahitec.co.jp/english/product/wheel.html If anybody would know the type of aluminum alloy used, they might."
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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I like their beer too.
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Good malleable cast iron - and good beer - both depend on knowing exactly at which point to piss in the mixture.
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You are clearly a man of many talents!
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In the riders seat
Better than any of that shit that comes in green bottles
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
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Bike Spot. Alistair Heini?(sp) , and I think Mac (new lord and master MNZ) had some share I think.
Used to be a great place to get parts.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Anorak
Funny thing is its turned full circle with people building Cafe racer RD400 using late model triumph wheels.
these triumph ones are i would wager lighter and in modern sizes.
Koosman used to do a lot of that sort of thing with Suzuki GSXR etc wheels it was cheaper than new aftermarket rims.
it was mentioned in Cycleworld with a build of a endurance 7/11
Koosman used to also make the plasma coated alloy disc as well as a lot of flash adjustable yokes etc.
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"channellling the Pleideans"
Thats brilliant - the entire front end could be grafted - the forks are OK if you work over the cartridges, the brakes are pretty good stock and can be improved, the forks are long enough and like you say the rim sizes have modern tyres available. I believe there are a couple of VFR400's around with Triumph wheels in them (675 not Bonnie). I think I saw one on Glenn Hayward's bench a while back.Funny thing is its turned full circle with people building Cafe racer RD400 using late model triumph wheels.
these triumph ones are i would wager lighter and in modern sizes.
Koosman used to do a lot of that sort of thing with Suzuki GSXR etc wheels it was cheaper than new aftermarket rims.
it was mentioned in Cycleworld with a build of a endurance 7/11
Koosman used to also make the plasma coated alloy disc as well as a lot of flash adjustable yokes etc.
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