I traded a buddy a bike I was going to part out(fox spoiler) for this roadster figuring I would just part this one out instead as he wanted the fox.
Been on the fence about doing that as it is pretty clean. After taking it apart and cleaning stuff and realizing just how complete and clean it is I'm gonna give it a shot as complete original survivor.
its a 1970 and I say matching numbers because it came with the original paperwork and check off sheet from the factory. ( I had made a thread in the general section showing that paperwork)
So there were a couple of little things either missing or not correct. Nothing real major, brake cable throttle and grips etc.. I have been keeping an eye out of original or NOS stuff I did just pick up the original rear cable I needed, and also an NOS set of correct footpegs, And last night when I met member Dbadgley to give him some wheels I media blasted for him, he hooked me up with an NOS headlight ring still in the package as the one on the bike is scratched :thumbsup:
To make it "complete" everything else I need blackwidow and Ruppparts has what I need if I dont see any good original parts in the next week or so.
here is what I started with:
how it came along during cleanup:
some of the stuff I had to repair so far:
The tank mount was broken off the bottom of the tank and the tank was also filled with gummy goo. cleaned out the tank by soaking it for a few days in rust 911 then I flushed it out with POR15 prep clean and some drywall screws and alot of shaking. Its now useable. I then welded the mount back on.
there was also some damage to the muffler and the rear fender from being dropped.
the muff was basically the mount strap cracking at the weld, very common for these. This one was not broke off...yet
so I dremeled around the cracks crimped the strap back in place against the pipe and rewelded trying not to be too sloppy
I blew through it and can still hear it leaking though, which is between the inside of the strap and pipe, So I think I am going to mix up some JB weld and inject it in from the side and fill that gap. I should have taken the strap right off but they can be a bugger to line back up and I did not want any excessive welding
Luckily on the fender the crack is not all that visible when the bike is assembled. the fender itself has beautiful original chrome so I want to at least retain it till another comes along or something like that. I did not want to risk making it worse so I used a strap to help keep the shape of the fender and tweaked the cracked area as close as I could to correct shape and zipped a little weld at the lip after a quick grinding. Hopefully that will keep it together without having to damage the chrome to fix it.
before the welding
Putting it back together I found the jackshaft seemed to have a little slop between the bearing retianers. It actually looked like they either messed up the weld or did it on pupose at the factory on one side of the tube that the assy fits into on the frame to help fix the slop. After everythign was cleaned and bearing replaced with new I still had the slop. So I took the old retainer clip off the old bearing on the driven side and slipped it onto the new bearing right behind the retainers on them to make a shim, it was a perfect fit, and the gap now on the extra retainer ring was a great fit with the factory puddle weld and kinda keeps it in place.
So I have the framework put back together right now after soaking and scrubbing the chrome, and also detailing the frame up. the paint is pretty worn on the tank so I may have to redo it, but I'm gonna see how the bike comes together first.
the condition of the motor is unknown but it does not look bad, there is an issue at the exhaust outlet though the accident that cuased the damage to the pipe and fender jarred the threaded nipple on the motor and it cause it to hobble out the threads. OS I am going to use a black widow style exhaust outlet. One bonus would be I just opened up the flow of the exhaust :laugh:
I'm pulling the flywheel today and will detail the motor reset points etc.. and hopefully get it back on the bike. so i can work on fitting the header/muff together. The carb has gotta come off and be redone still too.
Been on the fence about doing that as it is pretty clean. After taking it apart and cleaning stuff and realizing just how complete and clean it is I'm gonna give it a shot as complete original survivor.
its a 1970 and I say matching numbers because it came with the original paperwork and check off sheet from the factory. ( I had made a thread in the general section showing that paperwork)
So there were a couple of little things either missing or not correct. Nothing real major, brake cable throttle and grips etc.. I have been keeping an eye out of original or NOS stuff I did just pick up the original rear cable I needed, and also an NOS set of correct footpegs, And last night when I met member Dbadgley to give him some wheels I media blasted for him, he hooked me up with an NOS headlight ring still in the package as the one on the bike is scratched :thumbsup:
To make it "complete" everything else I need blackwidow and Ruppparts has what I need if I dont see any good original parts in the next week or so.
here is what I started with:
how it came along during cleanup:
some of the stuff I had to repair so far:
The tank mount was broken off the bottom of the tank and the tank was also filled with gummy goo. cleaned out the tank by soaking it for a few days in rust 911 then I flushed it out with POR15 prep clean and some drywall screws and alot of shaking. Its now useable. I then welded the mount back on.
there was also some damage to the muffler and the rear fender from being dropped.
the muff was basically the mount strap cracking at the weld, very common for these. This one was not broke off...yet
so I dremeled around the cracks crimped the strap back in place against the pipe and rewelded trying not to be too sloppy
I blew through it and can still hear it leaking though, which is between the inside of the strap and pipe, So I think I am going to mix up some JB weld and inject it in from the side and fill that gap. I should have taken the strap right off but they can be a bugger to line back up and I did not want any excessive welding
Luckily on the fender the crack is not all that visible when the bike is assembled. the fender itself has beautiful original chrome so I want to at least retain it till another comes along or something like that. I did not want to risk making it worse so I used a strap to help keep the shape of the fender and tweaked the cracked area as close as I could to correct shape and zipped a little weld at the lip after a quick grinding. Hopefully that will keep it together without having to damage the chrome to fix it.
before the welding
Putting it back together I found the jackshaft seemed to have a little slop between the bearing retianers. It actually looked like they either messed up the weld or did it on pupose at the factory on one side of the tube that the assy fits into on the frame to help fix the slop. After everythign was cleaned and bearing replaced with new I still had the slop. So I took the old retainer clip off the old bearing on the driven side and slipped it onto the new bearing right behind the retainers on them to make a shim, it was a perfect fit, and the gap now on the extra retainer ring was a great fit with the factory puddle weld and kinda keeps it in place.
So I have the framework put back together right now after soaking and scrubbing the chrome, and also detailing the frame up. the paint is pretty worn on the tank so I may have to redo it, but I'm gonna see how the bike comes together first.
the condition of the motor is unknown but it does not look bad, there is an issue at the exhaust outlet though the accident that cuased the damage to the pipe and fender jarred the threaded nipple on the motor and it cause it to hobble out the threads. OS I am going to use a black widow style exhaust outlet. One bonus would be I just opened up the flow of the exhaust :laugh:
I'm pulling the flywheel today and will detail the motor reset points etc.. and hopefully get it back on the bike. so i can work on fitting the header/muff together. The carb has gotta come off and be redone still too.