greetings all. coupla briefin shots of the status quo that shouldn't be doing much in the way of moving forward anytime soon. in the tray of my ute is a good chunk of what should in the longterm become a motor for my dads old 750/4. out of the two sets of top and bottom ends is bound to be enough parts to create one good donk. what excites me is i haven't got the starter motor or the valve collets. or the air cleaner or numerous other bits. why be happy bout that? cos theres a very good chance that somewhere in another bucket will be my missing parts hopefully including a good set of rockers and a mint cam as what i have now is rusty, crusty, and delapidated. in the interim will be the soaking of a large quantity of fiddly intricate parts in diesel and mollasses to determine whats salvable and what'll be spending eternity as doorstops and dust receptacles.
while i'm sure none of you will gaze upon the contents of the following with my levels of anticipation, rest assured that since i stopped seeing a large two-tone blue with gold striping behemoth in the front garden around 9 years of age, i've been looking forward to the day when i'd hear it bellow into life through it's hanco 4 into 1 system and revereberate off walls, houses and saunter on down the road. the big difference is, this time i, intend to be on it feeling the smooth thrum of four torquey pots doin their thing as opposed to just seeing and hearing it float into the distance. 22 years apart, there's gonna be pitfalls but short of my uncles rapide, this is the bike i've most longed for to see going and rideable. sure, i have bikes that are faster, rarer, more expensive and/or more usable day to day but this is an evocative sound waiting to happen that has snapped my neck to hear for 2 decades.
as always, i am hoping to get through this project without spending an exorbitant amount, and using as much as comes with it as posible but am willing to splurge wherever demanded to resurrect her back to the "reliable as a nail, everyday" beast of burden she was for her first life, but a litte more reverered and pampered. she'll be a welcome addition to my fleet and should hopefully bring a smile back to my dads face even if he stands by the view that it handes like a brick and brakes only marginally better than his 62 norton dominator. i already have timewarp bikes that take me back to 49, 81, the mid 50's that is a 71 model built behind the iron curtain and access through mates to current roadburners but i'm probably more longing for what this one can provide than any of the others. the beginning of an era, disc brakes OHC's electric starters and the start of reliable 200 kph roadburners that didn't breakdown or cost the earth. it has many imitators and heir apparents but was where it all began.
wish me luck people.
