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Offline Daggless888

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Time to go racing.
« on: February 15, 2019, 08:45:47 PM »
A donor 500 turned up on the doorstep a wee while ago just crying out for some tlc. The plan for this one is a gentleman’s racer.
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Re: Time to go racing.
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2019, 08:49:14 PM »
Was advertised as a genuine barn find!!!  Unfortunately the barn burnt down and landed on the bike. Only had to drive for 10 hours to pick it up. How lucky was I 🤩
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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2019, 02:52:11 AM »
Easier to restore a barn find than a “weeds find”. The most expensive bikes to restore are given free  ;D
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Re: Time to go racing.
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2019, 08:29:03 PM »
Quote from: calj737 on February 16, 2019, 02:52:11 AM
Easier to restore a barn find than a “weeds find”. The most expensive bikes to restore are given free  ;D

Cal, yours is looking pretty mint next to mine. I actually paid someone a small amount of money for the privilege of taking this one off their hands. I’m positive I heard snickering when I drove off.
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Re: Time to go racing.
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2019, 08:36:36 PM »
Dropped the motor out of the frame and started to take some covers off. Had to cut the front engine brackets as the bolts refused to move. I put the spanner on the back top bolt and it just disintegrated. Bolt is fused into the engine. 😱
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Re: Time to go racing.
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2019, 09:38:36 PM »
Any water in motor? Seized ? Scored ?
 The motor mount holes are tapered and have clearance, so heating the case around them and tapping them may break them loose.
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« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2019, 11:12:58 PM »
Thanks for the tip 754. Applied heat and with a tap bolt came out. Sent cases away for vapour blasting. Barrels are well buggered. No 4 piston is well seized. All rods and pistons won’t move. Have sourced another. Looks like it was full of water at some stage.
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« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2019, 11:19:32 PM »
Have modified the top case to take a benelli slipper. Just needed minor grinding to get it to fit. Moved the bottom nut to fit onto the Honda head.
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« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2019, 11:28:22 PM »
Top case mods
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« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2019, 11:30:17 PM »
More pics.
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« Reply #10 on: March 08, 2019, 12:36:51 AM »
Things are moving along slowly. Just waiting on bits to arrive. Whipped up a starter blank. I am removing the kick starter as a Davies Motorsport direct primary is going in. Do I need to blank off the kick start hole in the case?
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« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2021, 12:49:21 AM »
Went off grid for a while. Evaluated what was useable on the donor and decided a different direction was needed. Davies Motorsport no.36A now residing in the garage.
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« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2021, 06:09:24 AM »
Well that's pretty yummy!
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« Reply #13 on: June 06, 2021, 12:51:03 PM »
 NICE .. a CUSTOM Framed 500 ... dont see many of them..
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« Reply #14 on: June 06, 2021, 01:05:02 PM »
The only problem with heading down this pathway is that Davies have a full catalogue of shiny parts. So down the rabbit hole I went.
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« Reply #15 on: June 06, 2021, 02:01:43 PM »
Don’t they have a 6-speed, dry clutch product too? Or did a few years back. Mated with a Nova trans from memory...
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Re: Time to go racing.
« Reply #16 on: June 06, 2021, 02:11:25 PM »
Reminds me if when I found a guy I knew a XS 650 for like 250 bux..
 A few years later he had 15 K into it. ,!
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Re: Time to go racing.
« Reply #17 on: June 06, 2021, 02:36:32 PM »
Quote from: calj737 on June 06, 2021, 02:01:43 PM
Don’t they have a 6-speed, dry clutch product too? Or did a few years back. Mated with a Nova trans from memory...
Yes Cal nova still make the dry clutch for the 500 along with 6 speed. Unfortunately our rules don’t allow the clutch but we are allowed the 6 speed. Engine internals are completely open but have to keep a silhouette of the engine. NZ pre72 rules are mirrored on the uk CRMC rule book.
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« Reply #18 on: June 06, 2021, 02:40:50 PM »
Quote from: 754 on June 06, 2021, 02:11:25 PM
Reminds me if when I found a guy I knew a XS 650 for like 250 bux..
 A few years later he had 15 K into it. ,!
As Cal mentioned earlier in the build the most expensive bikes to build are the ones given free! Wise words indeed.
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Re: Time to go racing.
« Reply #19 on: June 07, 2021, 02:20:38 PM »
Wow! Those Davies parts sure are pretty.  I have one of their fairings I am still planning to use on a project.
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Re: Time to go racing.
« Reply #20 on: June 08, 2021, 01:01:15 AM »
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on June 07, 2021, 02:20:38 PM
Wow! Those Davies parts sure are pretty.  I have one of their fairings I am still planning to use on a project.
They certainly are. Not only pretty but you can tell they are made for a purpose. Good guys to deal with as well.
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Re: Time to go racing.
« Reply #21 on: June 10, 2021, 06:06:41 AM »
Making sure everything fits before final assembly. Need to fit some brackets for exhaust and modify steering damper bracket slightly. Easy stuff. A few holes to drill for cable routing and will make up a rear splash guard and tacho dash out of fibre glass. Made the 2 long engine bolts from some titanium bar. Want to keep the weight down as much as possible.
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« Reply #22 on: June 10, 2021, 06:28:08 AM »
Onto the rear splash guard. I decided to make this in fibreglass. So I made up a plug from an old front guard cut down to size as I liked the profile. I then screwed  it to a piece of wood and put a couple of layers of silver tape over it. I watched a heap of YouTube to become an instant expert on laying fibre glass. Polished it up with a heap of mould release thinking this is all looking good. Plug came out really nice. Then polished that up to give a reverse pattern so I would have a lovely flat surface on the side you will see. Laid the final piece and let’s just say it stuck really tightly in the plug. Bloody YouTube. A bit of swearing and poking with a flat screwdriver and eventually came out. The plug is no more but on a positive the guard came out pretty nice. A heap of rubbing down and a couple of coats of rattle can black and tah dah. The flat piece for the dash was just a flat sheet that I could cut to shape. Second photo is the plug after the I got the piece out! 
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« Reply #23 on: June 10, 2021, 06:33:45 AM »
Finished guard painted and attached.
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« Reply #24 on: June 11, 2021, 10:53:35 PM »
Attached fairing. Looks fast. Fairing is Davies classic model.
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