Bike Built for Turkey

digger
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Re: Bike Built for Turkey

Post by digger » Fri Aug 06, 2010 5:50 pm

Apophis wrote:Coming on well John i thought i was looking at your last build pics untill i read the posts
that swing arm from simon must have come from the same bike as the bash plate on stig
and the frame is on Diggers 604 project I wonder who else has parts from that silver MT Frame :lol: :lol:
Funny you should say that Craig, as soon as I saw the pic I thought that :lol: :lol:
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Re: Bike Built for Turkey

Post by digger » Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:35 pm

Bunker wrote:As a club, we have the replacement sleeves and spring separator for those shocks, for sale.

Digger had standard gaiters on his shocks at one point if I remember rightly
Thats right Simon, they fit easily, I,ve fitted them to both bikes :D :D .
As an update on the build, (I,ve got other projects on the go :) :) ),I,ve got to fit tyres ,chain and sprockets a bit of wiring, get a hose for the front brake and paint the tank that the powder coater wouldnt do :?: :?: and a thousand other small jobs :lol: :lol: .
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When you grow up you grow old. Top tip, " never grow up"

MT 500 "Inky" (short for incontinent), not now Minter,s sorted it :D :D
1936 Bsa R4
1961 Triumph Trophy
1966 Norton N15CS
1971 Laverda SF

mtt.tr

Re: Bike Built for Turkey

Post by mtt.tr » Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:07 pm

That paint is really nice im liking it :D
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Re: Bike Built for Turkey

Post by Mr Kay » Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:58 pm

The silver frame, bash guard and swinging arm came from the 350 I'm building for my wife. I kept the bike in one piece while I painted another frame and swinging arm from Simon, then swapped the other bits onto the freshly painted frame.
The bent forks mentioned will be from a different bike as my wife's bike is wearing its original forks (the sliders are original, I've swapped the stantions with my 500 as I needed more ground clearance).
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Re: Bike Built for Turkey

Post by Sheriff_Fatman » Tue Aug 10, 2010 6:43 pm

Hi everyone,

As John has said, I bought my bike 12 hours after the offer to join the rideout. Can't be accused of being too keen! :D Just lucky that someone was selling a suitable bike less than 4 miles from where I live, for a decent price. What can I say? It's fate...

Got the tax yesterday and have now arranged a visit to see John and give it the once over. Looking forward to a long ride out down south!

I'll post some pics when I start work on it. Even though it's fairly sorted, a little TLC wouldn't hurt.

Ride safe all...
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johnl350

Re: Bike Built for Turkey

Post by johnl350 » Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:29 pm

Bit more done, air box, battery box and loom in place, lower yoke on, rain stopped play today :cry:

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Re: Bike Built for Turkey

Post by mtt.tr » Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:33 pm

Your getting on quickly looking good :)
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Apophis

Re: Bike Built for Turkey

Post by Apophis » Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:53 pm

getting on well with it
do you have a parts needed list ??
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johnl350

Re: Bike Built for Turkey

Post by johnl350 » Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:34 pm

Thanks for the comment Gents, The bike is now a rolling project and got the engine fitted today. Thought I had taken some pictures of the bike but not on there ( getting old!).

Had a bit of a shock before fitting the engine. Doing some basic servicing I opened up the cam cover for the first time to reveal this
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Idler and tensioner were seized and both cam and crank pulleys need renewing, corrosion had got that bad that it had even damaged the crank seal, anyway it now looks like this, Bizarrely the rest of the engine is spotless
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More pics of the bike to follow when I remember to take some!
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Green Goblin

Re: Bike Built for Turkey

Post by Green Goblin » Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:44 pm

What engine are you using?
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