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God help my grandkids
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 6:18 pm
by Horsley-Anarak
This will piss off any potential daughter in law:)
Will be worth the effort, even having to sort out a cooling system.
Re: God help my grandkids
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 6:44 pm
by tambikeboy
Re: God help my grandkids
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:49 pm
by Oyster 49
Re: God help my grandkids
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:46 pm
by Raya
When he grows up, he might like this bike.
Re: God help my grandkids
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:02 pm
by Rob Ripley
That looks like an aircooled Eclipse, I used to run a 5HP twin ...... until the conrod separated at 7500RPM.
Re: God help my grandkids
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:55 pm
by Charles uk
Then why the radiator?
Re: God help my grandkids
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 2:15 pm
by Rob Ripley
I was commenting on the first image.
Re: God help my grandkids
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 6:53 pm
by Charles uk
Sorry!
Re: God help my grandkids
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 12:28 am
by Rob Ripley
Not as sorry as I was to sell it after it was rebuilt.
The rod let go at the big end, and folded up in the piston, there was a small chip to the bottom of the barrel liner, otherwise no (at least visible) damage. I made a wooden blank of the surviving rod and a foundry cast another for me, and did most of the machining and balancing for me. I learnt how to scrape the big end to fit. Many months later (this was around 55 years ago) I fired it up and ran it. By then I many more attractions that took my time (and money) so I sold it.