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Two things are for sure: You'll never get your money out of a restoration unless you got the donor bike dirt cheap, have excellent resources, and do the work yourself and I'm thankful that there are people out there willing to pay somebody to do restorations and overhauls, otherwise I'd be on the street.

Quote: Originally Posted by Plewsy BOO! I've just been given a 125MZ to tinker with, and waiting for a set of valves for the Bonnie. Brrr! its freezing and wet over here It's no better here Plewsy! I arrive at work p*ss wet though and then just when I've dried out it's time to go home and go though it all again! MZ eh! Should make a good winter hack, I used to work with a guy that owned 2 ETZ 250s and he swore by them, he...

Hi Caulky Gearing is a personal thing and depends on your riding style. I prefer higher gearing for the economy aspect and a decent top end My other "three" gears are fine for town work. 4000 rpm is a nice place to be for the motor, I pull around 70 -80mph at these rpm.

Quote: Originally Posted by Plewsy Hi Caulky 4000 rpm is a nice place to be for the motor, I pull around 70 -80mph at these rpm. A man after my own heart Plewsy. My '72 5 speed, with a 19 g/box sprocket, in 5th, runs 659rpm at 10mph. So at 60 we are ticking over nicely at 3954rpm. At 70mph I'd need to squeeze a bit more 4613rpm, and 80 (who can hold on at this speed ???) the old darling is really licking her lips at 5272rpm (look...

As I`m up to my earholes in gears, chains, clutch and related stuff, I was wondering if the 650 engined model was different to the 750. The rear sprockets are similar 47 teeth. As are the motor sprockets 29 teeth (V models triplex) The gearbox sprockets are 20 teeth (V models) and 19 teeth (T120). Mine has 20 teeth. The primary chains are both 84 links (V triplex) The rear chains are 107 links (V) and 106 links (T120) Now the clutch...

Gee, I would think that any standard Jap two bolt clamp type mount would work if the stud were long enough. As for keeping the vib mount, just cut a bushing the length of the iso mount to prevent you from crushing it. I'm in the process of bringing an old Honda Super 90 back to life. I have an extra set of mounts that I can compare to my T140V and see if they look like a decent fit. They are isolated mounts as well. If you are building a...

Quote: Originally Posted by GrandPaulZ If I were you, I'd pull the rotor off and flip it around. Looks like you have it on inside-out. Good idea !!! But I wonder what else is backwards on this bike?

Quote: Originally Posted by Woody1911a1 the Ceriani front end on that is alone worth $750-1,000 ! cheers Woody No tellin what's inside it either! I bought a BSA that was rusted from sitting in a metal storage shed. $75/1988, it had new engine rebuild and never started. I tore it apart, cleaned and miked, sold this & that .Swapped this & that, and had a excellent runner, within 1 year. OLD is in. Look what HD has done with...

Depending on how bad the threads are, you might try using something like the brass metal brush that you screw on the end of a gun cleaning rod. The 22 guage for the screw holes and maybe a 410 for the tank petcock threads. Threading/screwing these in the holes would clean the "crude" out of the threads, and then you could see if you need to do any thread repair as others have discussed. Good luck.

Quote: Originally Posted by rmak I don't know how much restoration experience you've had with these older bikes, AG. I had none because I owned and fixed up later 70's bikes before. Now that I have this 65 I realize it will cost big $$ to get a decent looking, decent running bike. You can't even run to the hardware store for a bolt because the threads are different. It looks like a cool project, but unless you're...