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Buzzer 
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 Posted: 07 Jan 2023 at 17:48 |
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Time to start the fabrication of the back end. I decided to use some rose joints as I like the look they bring to a build. Experience has taught me to tack everything up first before welding fully! its going to be a very stubby back end, I have also used three 10mm LED as a stop and tail light. they are amazingly bright     |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2023 at 09:38 |
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While I love the look of a nice velocity stack they are not really practical for the road, hence while I make them for the photos I take, I like to use foam filters on the road. this of course means I need some suitable adaptors, which although you can buy them are REALLY expensive. these took a while to machine out of billet! I sometimes get asked where I get my material from for the lathe and miller. I am really lucky that there is a scrap yard locally that lets me hunt through the bins! They take scrap in from some of the aerospace companies so there are sometimes some nice bar ends in the skips. What is great about that is the bar ends are often etched with the material specification! I don’t usually pay as I take my scrap in there and he writes the value in the back of his desk diary, and then as I take stuff, he takes the value off! he has done this for me for over 30 years! A few years ago I went in early in the year… he was no longer there as he had retired and I learned that his grandson had taken the company over. We chatted and I mentioned about the diary as I had a few pounds credit… The lad said he knew all about it and it was in the back of the book!   |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2023 at 15:41 |
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You found an old fashioned breakers with sheds, how quaint! I didn't think they existed any more.
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Buzzer
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Posted: 04 Jan 2023 at 10:04 |
I must have been a late starter... my Dad didn't give me a micrometre until I was 15  As I wanted this to be different to the other builds, I tried several other tanks… I had an ST4 tank and a Monster tank that had too many holes to repair, so I cut these down… while I liked the ST tank, I couldn’t get the seat to tie in… I didn’t like the monster tank… So off to the bike breakers… he gave me the key to his storage unit... and said "say hi to the ghost!" I walked around looking at the hundreds of tanks in there, discounting the plastic ones, of which there were many… the slope of the frame makes the choices limited... Nothing took my eye. Its a VERY old building though, and I have to say it spooked me somewhat being in there on my own, lots of creaking noises, and scuttling sounds which were probably rats... I didn't stay longer than I needed! In the end I went back to the 999 tank I have used before. Another with some holes in the bottom where its rusted out.  |
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Posted: 26 Dec 2022 at 18:44 |
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This thread and photos convinces me that I am right in my belief that all male babies in UK receive a set of machine shop tools on their 1st birthday and become masters with them by their teens.
Ralph (who struggles with mastering his drill press, proudly having learned under what circumstance to employ the use of a Phillips head screwdriver.) |
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Posted: 26 Dec 2022 at 18:00 |
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well my Guzzi build has come to an end, and is now in the back of the workshop waiting for some good weather. So onto the next project which I bought 3 months ago... this will be Ducati number 10, but I want to do something a bit different this time. It came with a pile of tasty parts, some brand new... there are lightweight forged wheels, big front brakes, Ohlins suspension, which will go to making a quick and light bike. I have ordered a load of stuff, but due to strikes and the time of year nothing will be here till the new year… so the first job on this build was to make the throttle of all things. I made similar for the Guzzi build and it worked well, so this is an enhanced version of that with a slightly smaller cable wheel as the Guzzi throttle is a little too quick… I refined my silver soldering technique after watching the repair shop, and I have to say it worked rather well!    |
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Posted: 15 Dec 2022 at 18:16 |
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The front under the headlight didn’t look right, so I made a plate and etched a Guzzi badge on it, I am still amazed how well the etching works! Here is the video of it running, followed by some photos that tell the story of its build… Its -5 this afternoon on the drive, so It wont be up the road for a while!  Edited by Buzzer - 15 Dec 2022 at 18:28 |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 16:57 |
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I can understand that. I cannot resist putting my own mark on my bikes. I do n't have either the facilities or the skill to do much other than change/modify parts and paint them, but it keeps me happy! I always keep original parts and don't do anything that can't be reversed so that if I ever come to sell one the rivet counters will be happy.
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Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 15:08 |
it was going to be a keeper... but every time I went into the garage, I came out on one of the orange bikes!
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Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 09:29 |
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I think that red Monster is a design classic to rival the 916. |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:01 |
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I am totally won over with Orange
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krglorioso
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Posted: 09 Dec 2022 at 01:02 |
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Very nice 1960 (?) Velocette Venom Clubmans! I had one.
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Posted: 07 Dec 2022 at 17:21 |
Thanks! I have done a Laverda in the past... it was my first orange and silver bike! I had that many many years... A couple of years ago I did a Monster 900 restoration, and while I enjoyed doing it, I missed the fabrication side. Earlier in the year I went to a house sale where there were quite a few restoration projects. (in terms of hording it was an eye opener! big house, one room full to the ceiling of newspapers... just newspapers. you could only get 3 foot into a small square in the room! you couldn't go any further as the floor boards had collapsed!) It was invite only and there were about 100 people invited, and some very tasty bikes from the 50, 60's and 70's. It was closed bid, put your name and number on an a card and into a sealed envelop, highest bidder on that bike won it. A strange way to sell, but hey ho. I wondered around, there was a 500 Vincent, sunbeams, 70's triumphs, BSA Gold flash amongst about 20 bikes... As I wondered around I began to think what would I do if I won one... I wouldnt ride it if I restored it, and I probably wouldnt have enjoyed the restoration that much. So in the ned, apart from a couple of very low ball offers, that was it. Made me realise the bit I do enjoy is the fabrication / making things. here is the Laverda, the monster, and a few other restorations over the years...           |
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Dave P.
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Posted: 07 Dec 2022 at 15:15 |
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I'm not big into custom machines primarily because many of them are purely an exercise in aesthetics and can make the bike less ridable. However, when a bike is rescued from oblivion and the engineering is first class, as in this case, then I say well done even if the styling is not necessarily to my taste. So well done sir, and given your stock of orange paint, how about a Laverda?
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Posted: 07 Dec 2022 at 08:49 |
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Thank you Buzzer... I have enjoyed watching the progress with your rebuilds very much so thank you or keeping us up to date with progress.. The workmanship has been stunning to watch and admire.. Do post details when you get the Guzzi on the road, it looks like it will be a great bike to ride.. Interesting about problems with ECUs and Ducati , so much for progress I guess, best to keep it simple!! To be honest I never did like the look of the Multistrada....  I too know someone who allegedly has 47 bikes, most of which I have never seen. In his defence though he rides as often as he can and isn't a rivet counter.. Take care, All the best, Adrian Bristol UK |
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