Excellent! What a bargain, but I bet there'll be more money required. I look forward to watching. (Not a fan of the music while you're talking. Praps turn it down a bit.) Jolly good luck to you. Liked and subscribed! 🙂
Hi Martin, great feedback, I agree totally about the early music but concentrating on the next episode at the moment. I will be sharing the budget and costs as I go along, there will be a lot of work and parts required to do a proper job but the condition and low mileage justifies the effort. At present I plaan to keep it as original as possible but of course there is lots of interest in custom versions. There are also a lot of performance options to explore including pulse jet ignition that is simple to do but seems to be mixed experience on the impact: pulse-jetignition.co.uk/
Love the content so far and looking forward to the next episode. Will you be moving the brake cylinder to the handlebars as was the option back in the day?
Hi Steve, you will see in the video when I cover the brakes that the original master cylinder was so seized that it could not respond to any attention, eventually I hammered out the piston. A new pattern one is £390. I didn't really want to move the master cylinder to the handlebars as the kits for this when available are only second hand and I like the cushioned dash that would otherwise have to go. Luckily a fellow forum member who had bobberised his R100 sold me his functioning MC and I am rebuilding that and adding Goodrich hoses and a new cable. I get that you lose something having a hydraulic cylinder operated by a cable but it is very clean styling.
Did the bike you describe have a supercharger? They never made 55 hp and could barely reach 110 MPH. Yours has some nice but non original features including duel disks, and cast wheels, unless they were Euro standard
Hi Steven, thanks for your comment, yes the bike was supercharged. As for mine, it was supplied by Motobaldet who were known for dealer specials. I believe the snowflake wheels were stock for UK bikes but certainly the twin disks and the full Keihin stainless exhaust were additions. My next video will be up shortly on rebuilding the damper rods and stanchions followed by assembly of the front end and making sure there is no stiction. I will also be positing a full brake restoration, carb sonic clean and rebuild as well as tuning and the separation of the gearbox in situ to clean and lubricate the input splines. Glad you are enjoying the videos.
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Great name and great content, look forward to the next episode! Thanks for sharing.
Hi there thank you for your kind words and glad you enjoyed the video, the next episode is on the way very soon
Looking good can't wait for the next video!
Excellent! What a bargain, but I bet there'll be more money required. I look forward to watching.
(Not a fan of the music while you're talking. Praps turn it down a bit.) Jolly good luck to you.
Liked and subscribed! 🙂
Hi Martin, great feedback, I agree totally about the early music but concentrating on the next episode at the moment. I will be sharing the budget and costs as I go along, there will be a lot of work and parts required to do a proper job but the condition and low mileage justifies the effort. At present I plaan to keep it as original as possible but of course there is lots of interest in custom versions. There are also a lot of performance options to explore including pulse jet ignition that is simple to do but seems to be mixed experience on the impact: pulse-jetignition.co.uk/
Love the content so far and looking forward to the next episode. Will you be moving the brake cylinder to the handlebars as was the option back in the day?
Hi Steve, you will see in the video when I cover the brakes that the original master cylinder was so seized that it could not respond to any attention, eventually I hammered out the piston. A new pattern one is £390. I didn't really want to move the master cylinder to the handlebars as the kits for this when available are only second hand and I like the cushioned dash that would otherwise have to go. Luckily a fellow forum member who had bobberised his R100 sold me his functioning MC and I am rebuilding that and adding Goodrich hoses and a new cable. I get that you lose something having a hydraulic cylinder operated by a cable but it is very clean styling.
Did the bike you describe have a supercharger? They never made 55 hp and could barely reach 110 MPH. Yours has some nice but non original features including duel disks, and cast wheels, unless they were Euro standard
Hi Steven, thanks for your comment, yes the bike was supercharged. As for mine, it was supplied by Motobaldet who were known for dealer specials. I believe the snowflake wheels were stock for UK bikes but certainly the twin disks and the full Keihin stainless exhaust were additions. My next video will be up shortly on rebuilding the damper rods and stanchions followed by assembly of the front end and making sure there is no stiction. I will also be positing a full brake restoration, carb sonic clean and rebuild as well as tuning and the separation of the gearbox in situ to clean and lubricate the input splines. Glad you are enjoying the videos.
Very interesting but unnecessary annoying background music!