Eric66 34L Resto

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Got a bit bored today and was keen to pull apart the motor in the $200 bitza 34L i bought a while back.
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I had been nicking a few bits off it for the 3AJ kick start conversion when I realised that there was very little wear on most of the engine :sherlock: I was hoping that when the chain had come off and broke the side case that maybe that was all the damage, I know oil pressure would have been lost as the feed had been smashed but surely the rider would have shut the motor down :scratch: So I ripped the motor out and plonked it on the bench, it was then I saw black silicon protruding from the rocker cover :bigyikes: Man they had gone to town with the black shit, I also found it on the clutch cover as well even though it had a gasket :rage: Pulled the head off and and it has the original piston and the valves look new, slid off the barrel and the first signs of oil starvation are obvious with some heat marks on the piston and some wear on the little end of the conrod.This is what happens if you go bananas with silicon or any gasket goo, it basically melts down with the oil and blocks up the pick up!
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The oil pump looks new. :funkynanna:
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As does the clutch, the motor has never been split as the locking washers were original.
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The gear box has a tiny bit of pitting on 3rd gear but everything else is good.
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I am going to take the broken case in to my mate to see if he can weld and re-machine it.
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I am thinking about building a rat bike with this motor, basically making a complete bike out of all my spares with out spending much money, no powder coating ,zincing etc ,just all my old stuff bolted up and it will look 31 years old :lol:
Regards Eric
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Eric66 wrote:just all my old stuff bolted up and it will look 31 years old :lol:
Regards Eric
So your going to build a pile of shit. :shades:

Like your style Eric.

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It may look like a pile of shit and that is my intention :birdgrin: but it seems like I have a lot of ghosts of bikes from the past and maybe I can make those spirits happy by combining them and releasing them for one more life :nordie:
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Eric66 wrote:It may look like a pile of shit and that is my intention :birdgrin: but it seems like I have a lot of ghosts of bikes from the past and maybe I can make those spirits happy by combining them and releasing them for one more life :nordie:
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Project Spectre :dance:


Your on page 99 now Eric & 42,205 views :omg:

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Some sick puppy disease i have-- just love the old weathered slightly beaten up look of these Teneres smile:
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Well I've been waiting on the stainless spokes from Kedo for about 3 months but still they can't tell me when they will be in stock :scratch: Luckily they have a Kedo Australia supplier and I ordered the rears off him (which are the same as XT500) but he had no front ones either :rage: Ordered them Wednesday and they were on my doorstep Thursday :star: My brother has a set for the front he will lend me until they are back in stock. Anyway I laced up the rear today in about 1 1/2 hrs and got it down to about 10 thou run out :dance:
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Eric66 wrote:and got it down to about 10 thou run out :dance:
Impressive :congrats:

(that`s three human hairs for those who don’t know what a thou is) :biggrin:

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Finally found a new OEM yellow front disk cover for 24 euro in Italy but they stung me 42 euro for shipping :bigyikes:
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Eric66 wrote:Finally found a new OEM yellow front disk cover for 24 euro in Italy but they stung me 42 euro for shipping :bigyikes:
Regards Eric
I got one from Holland shipped for 12€, but ofcorse shipping is shorter to where I live.
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Eric66 wrote: I am thinking about building a rat bike with this motor, basically making a complete bike out of all my spares with out spending much money, no powder coating ,zincing etc ,just all my old stuff bolted up and it will look 31 years old

Exactly what I'm gonna do with my old 3AJ stuff Eric, been thinking about it for a while.... put a good engine & carbs, etc in the frame then just chuck all the old stuff I've got laying around at it.... good bike for off roading & fucking about on & reliable too...
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