KennyS

Hi,
I’ve got the engine out, wasn’t as bad as I thought.
Started to take the cams out, number 5 bearing cap was on the wrong way round, arrow pointing backwards, alarm bells.
The head came off quite easily, which was more than could be said for the barrels. They came up reasonably easily until the threaded part of the stud, then it was brute…[Read more]

My original plan was to just run the purple bike while I rebuilt the other one.
Then the plan goes astray and the engine has to come out.
And now you’re teasing me with photos of a shiny big bore piston.
Are the pistons easy to get hold of and what capacity does it take it up to. Is it just a case of a re-bore and new pistons. Are the cylinders…[Read more]

Yes, I would have thought if the con rod had snapped it would leave the piston at the top. There are no nasty noises either when you kick it over, it sounds fine. I did think I was getting better at kicking it over, my last one was a lot harder, but then it did have two pistons.

I’m back at work for 2 weeks so can’t play with till then. My gauge rod ( piece of stick ) went into the cylinder as far as it did on the good pot with the piston at the bottom. So it looks like it has a piston in there, just not connected to the crank.
Yeah, I did realise my post about the camshaft was nonsense after I had posted it, just random…[Read more]

Thanks for the tips. I have to go back to work now so play has stopped for 2 weeks. The engine coming out wasn’t really on the original plan, I was hoping to ride this one while I sorted the other one, but hey ho, that’s life and it will give me an insight as to how the other engines go back together. Are gaskets, bearings and stuff easy to get hold of.

Engine nearly ready to lift out, it’s a heavy lump, or am I just getting weak. It doesn’t have a centre stand so I’ll need to support the bike some how, while I wrestle the engine out.Must remember not to wear trainers.

Worse than that I suspect. OK, here’s one for the clever people. Did a quick check today and it seems to be an errant piston. It’s not fulfilling it’s primary obligation of going up and down.
Well, not strictly true, it’s gone down at some time, but refuses to come back up.
The right hand piston moves, so it’s not a broken cam chain. If it was…[Read more]

New to the site and only just seen this. Really like the style of it and looks well done.

New to the site and only just seen this. Really like the style of it and looks well done.

The starter never did work on my last one, just got used to kick starting again.

I’m in Norton,in Teesside/Cleveland.
Not too far north of the republic.
I picked them up from Kent, but the guy had bought them as a job lot and I don’t think he had done anything with them. I’m not sure when they were last on the road.
I have always liked the style of these but am in no way a purist. If it looks good and goes OK, that’s…[Read more]