classic motorcycle forum

No - it's a very recent repro, if I understand correctly.  I think Jake Robbins may have made the forks.

I don't believe that's a Harley.   Have reached out to Jake Robbins at Elk Engineering to see if he knows.

When I hear back from him, I will post his response.

Have you tried Mike Tomas at Kiwi Indian?

Www.kiwiindian.com

Thanks, 33d6.

Wilfried and I have exchanged emails.  He has done amazing work, especially given that much of the time he has not been working from plans.  He has pulled all his own dimensions, shaped his own patterns, and then done the final machining on almost every piece.  He is an amazing craftsman.

He has had quite a lot going on the last few years, though, and his projects are pretty much backburnered while he takes care of business.  Still, I look forward to his future work - he says that maybe early retirement is the answer (something we're all dreaming of).

Thanks for the good wishes.  I will keep y'all posted.

'67 Mustang fastback ground-up, '34 Brewster partial.  Primary lesson of both: never again polish a turd.

Doing it all myself - touching every single part that goes into that bike - is important to me.  I would probably do it this way even if I could afford to buy the parts off a shelf.

I have been talking with Paul at MFC.  Those folks are great - highly professional, great response times.  Their castings still need to be machined, though.  And you can either go to someone like the folks at Merlin (who do amazing work) or do the machining yourself.

No matter how you slice it, it's going to be one hell of an adventure.

Well, gents, against the best advice of marriage counselors everywhere, I am starting my first British bike build. 

I am starting with a JAP JTOR.  I live in semi-rural Central Oregon, and there are none to be found around here.  I can't afford one of Cameron's repro motors, as beautiful as they are.  I am going to have to machine the thing myself.

So, I am looking for blue prints and working machinist's drawings of every part and piece.  I have been talking with the folks at the VMCC and BSC, and about to join both (and probably the Morgan club, too) in the UK, and the AMCC here in they US.  They have all been really helpful, and they've got a lot of drawings, but there are gaps.

I can not pay you, but I can offer you a trade.  I am building a digital model of the entire motor, and will return to you a file for any drawing you can share with me, so you can send out to have the part CNC'd.

Hope this post finds you well.  I am excited about this project, and about this forum.  Any guidance or suggestions you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

Matt