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Post by spondonturbo on Feb 18, 2013 23:47:09 GMT
Oh dear - am I in trouble now for buying a Harris!!! and a 2 stroke too! Sorry - could not resist as this is where it all started for me in my youth - on fettled 2 strokes Cazzy R - here we come...mmmmmmmmmmmmm...... Attachments:
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Post by Gamma498 on Feb 19, 2013 15:52:49 GMT
bloody hell! Coooooooooool!
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Post by spondonturbo on Feb 19, 2013 18:50:03 GMT
Hi Ste, Im like a big kid at the mo - mid life crisis and all that, needed to get back to my early years on two strokes! Bought this off a friend of mine who built it up from parts a long time ago and has had it stood in his garage for ages. Really pleased he agreed to part with it as it got everything I want in the 350 yam world - couldn't quite afford a 500 stroker! cant wait to meet and we can talk cassy R and spannies!
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Post by mpb on Feb 19, 2013 21:51:28 GMT
Very nice!! Whats your plans for it?
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Post by spondonturbo on Feb 21, 2013 18:16:47 GMT
The plan is to completely strip and rebuild and register as a road bike as it is currently a race bike although the last owner has started the process by putting ypvs loom on and a headlight and tail light, neither of which are likely to be kept. I am going to try and keep it era correct although not sure on this. Motor one of Stan Stephens own race motors - I think out of his sidecar outfit? so not going to change this, just tidy up. Most of the rest of the stuff is the bits I would put on anyway like the Astralites, Swarbricks etc. I'm going to try and get it going this weekend to make sure it runs OK, then will start to strip. Just need to pinch a battery off something!
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Post by mpb on Feb 21, 2013 20:57:42 GMT
Sounds good, and something very different!The YPVS is a good engine, plenty of parts available and relatively cheap too! Keep us updated with the progress.
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Post by Gamma498 on Feb 21, 2013 22:20:02 GMT
good thing with batteries for little 2 strokes Chris is they cost next to nowt. A gel battery for my gamma is only 20-odd quid
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Post by spondonturbo on Feb 21, 2013 23:51:56 GMT
cheap sounds good Ste as Ive told the missu it wont cost me anything to sort this bike out..................
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Post by spondonturbo on Feb 21, 2013 23:54:04 GMT
sorry - should have read missus.. will put some more pics up as I go along.....lets see if it gets done before the spondon - hahaha
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Post by jalsteve on Jan 10, 2014 12:36:18 GMT
Put it back on the track were it belongs!
Or at least keep faithful to a race bike i.e. daytime mot no lights. It will make a great roadster is the engine breathed on or standard?
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Post by spondonturbo on Jan 15, 2014 19:57:08 GMT
Hi Steve, I agree with the racebike look. I am looking to do a daytime mot with no lights and keep is more racebike than roadbike. The motor is one of Stan Stephens own race engines so highly tuned! Its basically an F2 class racebike. I have only just started stripping the bike this week as I have been spending my time rebuilding the Spondon, which is now mostly done. As its now coming apart theres not much to photograph. I'm planning on getting the frame coated in the next couple of weeks and then start getting other parts done as soon as possible with a view to doing a "light" refurb and getting it back together within a few months - for the people that know me well, that means 15 years!
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Post by jalsteve on Jan 15, 2014 22:55:17 GMT
I've had projects like that too, got a Guzzi lemon sitting in the corner which hasn't moved in three years.
Hope the bike is usable in the power. Always surprises me how docile strokers can be, they will ride like a commuter until you get into the power. Rode a TZ750 a bit last year ex British Championship winning bike which would pootle around the track at 6-7k but give it a handful at 7k and you are quick shifting to keep the bike on the ground and stop the engine hitting 10 and a 1/2. Rode Tr750s too which are similar but with much more torque or rather the one I was riding seemed that way (side car porting) rev limit 9k and trying to lift the front in every gear. Bloody scary in the middle of Gerrards.
Good luck with the build. Do you know the squish figure?
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Post by spondonturbo on Jan 16, 2014 15:16:22 GMT
Steve, Don't know squish yet as not tested anything as yet. I got it running in the garage after I bought it, but its been stood since. Will all be checked out when I get to the engine. Would guess the whole motor will be on the limit of all tolerances if its one of Stans own!
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