Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Going cranky!

This instalment’s missive is all about the engine and the faults, the issues and the subsequent rebuild.

Those readers who haven’t yet lost the will to live may recall the chaos that was the top-end of the original motor and the spare pair of cylinders. There was a hope that they’d only need a light hone, remember? And then we found out that the wretched things were considerably worn. So worn in fact, that they needed to go out to maximum oversize at 1.00mm.

Well, I’d like to report back to say that everything

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