M Hailwood replica

[Spitfire]

Glorious sound, thats great.

Cheers

Dennis

[allankelly1]

Hi all

Bit more tinkering in the garage

Refitted the air box and installed a new air filter.

Also fitted temporarily new throttle cables as the originals were seized solid.

Certainly runs more sweet than my original start up attempt (note carbs not yet balanced) but she also is a bit smoky too maybe from it sitting idle for 10 year plus, but for now happy it just runs.

https://youtube.com/shorts/_0bGhqxYg6g?si=Pxu7WQhb9YH3svlC

Next stage before we completely tear it down is to come up with a better solution for the rear sets and some other mounting points for the seat etc while the bike is complete as may need to sort out new brackets and don’t want to start modifying a freshly powder coated frame plus looks like the area where the Center stand mounts will need a repair too as centre stand sits very “over centre”

Catch up again soon

Best wishes Al


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[Johnny4428]

Lovely rasp from that pipes!

[TrickyMicky]

Can we be sure that it was the bike and not the washing machine we could hear???

[allankelly1]

Little bit of time in the garage this morning.

Before I strip her down been playing around with some aftermarket rear sets to replace the original ropy ones.

After a bit of tweaking with the arm shape and the mounting brackets not too bad a fit.







Will need to sort out linkages later but think we will not need to add any new bracket work for the pegs

Have a good afternoon all

Best wishes Al


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[Laverda Dave]

Looks good Al and saves a load of measuring, fabrication and general all round hassle👍

[allankelly1]

Hi all

So the tear down begins

Like any old bike the more you look the more you find questionable







One thing that will need sorting is maybe a replacement centre stand as the one fitted looks a bit shot as it’s travelling too far over centre that allows the back wheel to sit on the deck.




The frame mountings look ok so looks like I will be on the lookout for good secondhand one if anybody has one tucked away please?

Next step is drop the motor out then a bit of frame checking for straightness but recon it’s going to be a trip to motorliner just to ensure all is good before I start the rebuild

Catch up again soon.

Best wishes Al.


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[Bryanj]

Make sure you lable the front lower engine mount bolts, too long ones crack the crankcases!

[allankelly1]

Make sure you lable the front lower engine mount bolts, too long ones crack the crankcases!

Will do as know this issue well.

My main concern is the straightness of the rear of the frame and where the PO added a hoop to carry the seat hump.

Nothing is impossible to sort just takes a bit of time, but time well spent to ensure frame is straight and true.

Best wishes Al


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[Athame57]

The frame mountings look ok so looks like I will be on the lookout for good secondhand one if anybody has one tucked away please?

I had this problem to the point where there was a split in the leg. After buying a stand sold as a CB400F stand on Ebay that didn't fit so wasn't of a CB400F and so had to be sent back I went to a car repair shop that did welding, they cured that and did some heat treatment before hammering into shape again. That was years ago and no trouble since, all I got asked to pay was a fiver. Nice guy!