Originally posted by Colin Sparrow
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Looking through my diary, an expansion chamber exhaust was only £6 direct from Greeves. A gearbox to replace the original duff kidney type from Stevens in London was £9.00. A 3 gallon tank from the same company was £5.00. Two wheels rebuilt with new 18" rims was only £12.00!
It had Ceriani forks fitted when I bought it. I couldn't afford a new set so I just shortened the springs to get close to the correct angle. Despite that modification they still had a slightly "Easy Rider" look about them. It handled well despite this. It would do eighty with very little effort with a 46 tooth sprocket fitted. It was very prone to seizing though. I could never get it settled. I reckon the exhaust port was too big. It was originally an ex works bike I was told and had been modified (for the worse!). It was radiused at the edges but It ended up at +60 on the piston eventually and ran on the single dykes top ring as the lower ring kept breaking in the port.
Great fun. Sorry for rambling on...
David.
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