So an uneventful 8 hour round trip to the coast and back yielded this little haul.
It's as rough in spots as you would expect but all there. The frame and forks are in good condition, the silver engine I am guessing is the original, and is missing quite a bit of ancillaries (carbs, mounts, clutch and alternator covers and exhaust) and has been stored unprepared so its pretty rough. The other engine appears to be from a Midnight Special (hence the black paint) and is better. Firstly its not seized but has had some use! I am missing the clutch cover, but the seller is going to look for it after the move.
Been through and cataloged all the parts today. The carbs are trash - one butterfly is seized and there is corrosion in the other float chamber. The plan is to replace the carbs with Mikuni VM34s. The starter motor (it is the early version - a know weakness on this engine) is banana shaped! I laughed my arse off - it sits at the front of the engine and must have had a hell of thump but there s no damage to the case mounts on the engine. I have set myself an upper budget on the engine is so plan A is a replacement original starter, plan B is the later model upgrade. This will depend
There is a little evidence of water in the oil and one of the timing belt guides is broken. The cam and top end bearings look OK. The front cylinder needs honing at least, so new rings required. I'll replace all the gaskets, and case bearings might be a good idea. For the bottom end, I want to pull it down first and inspect.
So the plan is to rebuild the engine; and there the story will wait for a bit. I am about to relocate to Darwin and this will be my project while I'm there. The month break will give me time to chase some essential parts for the engine, sort out a few specialist tools (clutch spanner, v brackets to check runout, etc).
Back in a month!
Been through and cataloged all the parts today. The carbs are trash - one butterfly is seized and there is corrosion in the other float chamber. The plan is to replace the carbs with Mikuni VM34s. The starter motor (it is the early version - a know weakness on this engine) is banana shaped! I laughed my arse off - it sits at the front of the engine and must have had a hell of thump but there s no damage to the case mounts on the engine. I have set myself an upper budget on the engine is so plan A is a replacement original starter, plan B is the later model upgrade. This will depend
There is a little evidence of water in the oil and one of the timing belt guides is broken. The cam and top end bearings look OK. The front cylinder needs honing at least, so new rings required. I'll replace all the gaskets, and case bearings might be a good idea. For the bottom end, I want to pull it down first and inspect.
So the plan is to rebuild the engine; and there the story will wait for a bit. I am about to relocate to Darwin and this will be my project while I'm there. The month break will give me time to chase some essential parts for the engine, sort out a few specialist tools (clutch spanner, v brackets to check runout, etc).
Back in a month!
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