project bandit

[mt bandit]

Another weekend of tinkering with the project,
Mrs Bandit getting a bit cheesed off at the moment , she thinks i love the mt more than her

i'm nearly there now,, i bought another amal carb and decided to completely refurbish it , in order to give myself the best chance of having a good starting machine ,, nothing really wrong with my amal , it run ok on minters test bed,



completely finished all the electrics now, and it's looking like it's a bike again, once the new amal is on, i can put on the tank and seat,
can't wait for that,








hopefully the next post on this thread should be the completed project

[Bonnielad]

Hurry up Mick, the tension is killing me!

[mt bandit]

today was a massive turning point,,
i fitted the tank, and the fuel line, then i just couldn't help myself, i started her,,
still hanging from the ceiling , without wheels , but made it secure and went for it,,
got it on about the 4th kick,, more luck than judgement i think,, i know the carb needs tweaking,, although it's set to the book,,and i've got an overrun when i shut the throttle off,, even tho the adjustment on the cable is at max play,, i think the cable is not releasing as it should,, may need to check the routing of it .
then once she was nice and hot, she conked out on tick over,struggled a bit to restart her, lost the knack i think,,
shut it down after a good running ,, went for restart, boo hooo no luck,
but this is not the bike, it's me learning the technique, and not on her wheels so i cant really kick it proper, if you know what i mean
so close now

[Lardmarc]

Well done for getting it started, I told you it was a doddle, didn't I ?

I'm almost embarrassed about the state of mine compared to yours, of course I'm not

Good job.

[MarkW]

Excellent job! It took me a while to get the knack of mine but once you have, it is generally well behaved!

[mt bandit]

cheers mark, yer it,s not easy to let rip on the kick in the state it's in at the moment,,
but i know it's knack not power,, it'll come

[mt bandit]

at last, i have finished, well nearly, still gotta put the head light in and secure the front brake cable with the p clip,,
but basically i'm there,










just got to sort mot and insurance

[Lardmarc]

About time, I thought it was a figment. You've made a lovely job of it matey and almost original.

[deadgrass]

that's a beauty bandit ,well done .
Dave.

[Minter]

Well done Mick.. Looks brilliant!