June 30, 201311 yr Moderator is there any danger that enthusiastic use of that brake will bend the forks?
June 30, 201311 yr Definatly need to chamfer the shooe edges on them front brakes so they dont snatch the brake on when pulled lightly Lookin good sir
July 1, 201311 yr Author Moderator Definatly need to chamfer the shooe edges on them front brakes so they dont snatch the brake on when pulled lightly Lookin good sir thank, it coming along nicely is there any danger that enthusiastic use of that brake will bend the forks? possibly, but top speed is 40 to 50 so pretty remote,esp with 1 finger braking
July 9, 201311 yr Author Moderator well I just modified the z400 rear tail bracketr and also bought a new Moto guzzi lamp from Germany and had to mod that too. looking pretty good now just needs painting silver to match the rest of the bike
July 9, 201311 yr The best for silver spray is "Motip Chromespray",,,,,,,,rattle can It actually looks like real chrome
July 9, 201311 yr All lookin good this has been a very interseting build to watch. As tommy said I realy wouldn't have looked twice at a 50 to restor/build better than just make it run right and stop. But with that beauty seat and the tank the new head lamp with speedo hidden inside this is going to be one looker of a 50,that will stop on a dime. May I ask why you chosed that bike,was it dirt cheap to start with? or just something that you had in the back of you mind to do some day? If I am correct this is for your son to learn on right what a lucky lad,personaly i would never put that much work into a bike then hand it over to a rookey be interseting to see how long it stays nice,hopefully forever for both your son and the bikes sake Keep up the great work I'll be . watching.
July 9, 201311 yr I quite like the black, but I can't see the whole picture yet, but it might look bigger all silver, to me the black breaks it up and also gives it that classic look
July 9, 201311 yr Author Moderator I quite like the black, but I can't see the whole picture yet, but it might look bigger all silver, to me the black breaks it up and also gives it that classic look the Tank, sidepanels, swingarm, chain guard and forks are painted silver and the original tail is silver too. Pat, I have two rattle cans of wheel silver for free so I have given them a once over to see how I like it All lookin good this has been a very interseting build to watch. As tommy said I realy wouldn't have looked twice at a 50 to restor/build better than just make it run right and stop. But with that beauty seat and the tank the new head lamp with speedo hidden inside this is going to be one looker of a 50,that will stop on a dime. May I ask why you chosed that bike,was it dirt cheap to start with? or just something that you had in the back of you mind to do some day? If I am correct this is for your son to learn on right what a lucky lad,personaly i would never put that much work into a bike then hand it over to a rookey be interseting to see how long it stays nice,hopefully forever for both your son and the bikes sake Keep up the great work I'll be . watching. cheers, i got the bike cheapish a few years ago but love the Italian styling. If he don't take to the bike I'm not too worried as its been great working on it not spent too much on it either.
July 23, 201311 yr Author Moderator just had a quote to stellite and grind the selector fork from SEP.....£70 + VAT
July 23, 201311 yr Author Moderator can you not anneal them yourself? that price is a bit steep for a selector fork! its not about annealing, but refacing the wear. Stellite is a chrome based weld which is so hard only grinding can remove the material.
September 11, 201311 yr Author Moderator I am, can't wait as pay day is in a few weeks and get the rest of the gear ordered
September 25, 201311 yr Author Moderator damn and blast, had the day off today to build the bottom end and the crank with bearing on won't go in the case without a press. I've tried heating the case and freezing the crank and it didn't work I've asked kev if he knows any one in the Bolton area who could do it but if anyone local to me (manchester) can do it let me know cheers Drewps
September 25, 201311 yr Drewps " i made a puller . to pull crank thru On TS250. . out of a 60mm core drill , cut it down till crank threads stuck thru, then bolts and washers ,, pulled it in to case,,
September 25, 201311 yr Author Moderator Drewps " i made a puller . to pull crank thru On TS250. . out of a 60mm core drill , cut it down till crank threads stuck thru, then bolts and washers ,, pulled it in to case,, do you have a picture as I can't visualise it.
September 25, 201311 yr Moderator damn and blast, had the day off today to build the bottom end and the crank with bearing on won't go in the case without a press. I've tried heating the case and freezing the crank and it didn't work I've asked kev if he knows any one in the Bolton area who could do it but if anyone local to me (manchester) can do it let me know cheers Drewps you need to be careful here mate, the bearing should be in the case and not on the crank before any attempt at assembly, the same thing sometimes happens to DT's whereby the bearing stays on the crank during disassembly but It's not supposed to be that way!
September 25, 201311 yr Author Moderator it is on the Gilera as per Gilera manual one side the bearing is in the case and the other is on the crank, looks like it pulls the crank through
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