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Japanese Bikes / Re: honda cbx 750 f
« on: April 29, 2018, 02:04:24 PM »
Don't know the specific bike but often if you remove the bolts securing the airbox it will move back far enough to get the carbs out. It's often tricky though, and just wait till you try to get them back in......

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European and Other Bikes / Re: Terrot MT 1, 100cc 2 stroke: non-starter!
« on: April 26, 2018, 05:00:51 PM »
Yes, the crankcase compression will be very poor.

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British Bikes / Success at last
« on: April 23, 2018, 02:58:28 PM »
Having chopped the main spindle ("bearer bar" in two, I was hoping I'd be able to make a new one myself but my tiny Chinese lathe doesn't have the capacity.

So I turned to someone who goes by the name "divie" on the Real Classic forum. An ex-toolmaker of many years experience, he has a very well equipped small machine shop in his garage. He very quickly made me a new spindle out of EN16T which fits to perfection and now the back end is all together.

Onwards and upwards!



You can just see the top of the new bearer bar peeking out here:


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British Bikes / Re: V2 Matchless
« on: April 11, 2018, 03:10:54 PM »
Yes, but it's a much better class of nutters here than elsewhere.

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European and Other Bikes / Re: Terrot MT 1, 100cc 2 stroke: non-starter!
« on: April 09, 2018, 09:58:10 AM »
Quote from: cardan on April 09, 2018, 04:51:34 AM
A small engine re-conditioner - if there are still such places - will advise.



I had my Ariel Arrow rebored by a company called Nametab in Redditch. The owner, Simon Bateman, was very knowledgeable about 2 strokes. If they're local to you maybe worth a visit?

http://www.nametabengineering.com/

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European and Other Bikes / Re: Terrot MT 1, 100cc 2 stroke: non-starter!
« on: April 06, 2018, 02:32:02 PM »
The amount of time you (and everyone else!) have spent on this, you'd have been better stripping the whole thing and checking crankshaft seals etc. It'll only take an hour at the most to have it reduced to its kit form.

You do seem to be clutching at straws....

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British Bikes / Re: Norton plunger suspension seized.
« on: April 03, 2018, 12:15:17 PM »
Yes, I think those companies would much prefer manufacturing in large quantities.

Actually, I've looked more closely at my existing springs and have successfully dressed out the minor marks made by my inept angle grinding without thinning the parent metal significantly.

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European and Other Bikes / Re: Terrot MT 1, 100cc 2 stroke: non-starter!
« on: April 03, 2018, 10:45:57 AM »
Possibly when you close the throttle the mixture is going very rich (high inlet depression sucking excess fuel through). This may be flooding the crankcases hence its refusal to start. Your wet plug reinforces this view.

Why not set the carb so it does have a tickover position (via the cable adjuster if you have nothing else). With a 2 stroke even if you have the right mixture going into the crankcases, what actually arrives at the combustion chamber may be quite different.

And what the bodger suggests makes sense.

Mind you I am by no means a 2 stroke expert......

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British Bikes / Where to get springs?
« on: April 03, 2018, 10:40:59 AM »
I now need a pair of main springs making. In the (fairly) distant past I've used Paul Savage in Redditch but his phone number is now coming up as unobtainable. Probably he's of an age to have packed it in.

Any suggestions - preferably in Redditch, centre of the spring and needle making world?

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European and Other Bikes / Re: Terrot MT 1, 100cc 2 stroke: non-starter!
« on: April 02, 2018, 12:43:41 PM »
Sell it to him quick......

Tell him "needs slight adjustment to the timing".

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British Bikes / Re: Norton plunger suspension seized.
« on: March 30, 2018, 02:26:23 PM »
The recommended Norton technique actually works quite well (long threaded rod) but I had to move the whole lot much further out as the rod had to go up the middle of the bearer rod, which was thoughtfully provided with a through hole at Bracebridge Street. It meant there was only 1/3 or so of the shroud engaging with the frame. I did consider the bedsheet......

Anyway, I've now successfully got the very rusty remains of the rod out of the slider so can start planning the rebuild. Sadly the bearer rod is a bigger diameter than I can get in my Chinese lathe so will need to find a helpful person to make that for me.

I'm so relieved to have managed to get it all apart however.

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British Bikes / At last some light.....
« on: March 30, 2018, 12:04:36 PM »
Successfully chopped through the bearer bar as the cutting disc just fitted between the spring coils. It was a little fraught getting the remains off as I had to slide the assembly a long way sideways to get my compressor in and I was waiting for the whole lot to take off past my ear.

I now have the remains of the bar starting to move in the slider after a lot of heat and more penetrating oil so am feeling very pleased with myself. As I suspected it's very rusty which is what was seizing it into the slider.

Now all that remains is to get the shroud welded up, get a pair of springs made and to make a new bearer bar. Final photos will follow.

Many thanks to all here for helpful suggestions. Unlike the NOC where I got none.........

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British Bikes / Re: Excelsior Knee Grips
« on: March 30, 2018, 11:59:37 AM »
Try Jeff Hunter - jeffalanhunter@aol.com

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British Bikes / Re: Norton plunger suspension seized.
« on: March 30, 2018, 10:18:27 AM »
My local Norton dealer seems to be right out of them but I can make one.

I'll have a go at cutting through it today. If I disappear from the forum I'll have cut through my hand as well........

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British Bikes / Re: Norton plunger suspension seized.
« on: March 29, 2018, 04:01:22 PM »
Shroud cut (not very elegantly) giving access to the spring. The gap between the coils looks enough to get the angle grinder direct to the bearer rod without cutting the spring (which is a bit frightening given it's under compression). We'll see......


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