Subject: 69/70 ambo project fun
Author: Allan Bagley
Date: Mar 4, 2002, 9:53 PM
Post ID: 1709777240
<<Managed to move the spare block from parts storage to the bench and begin
<<tearing it apart. Amazing how heavy those %$#@! get when you are
recovering
<<from sprained wrists and a separated shoulder.
Who are you using for your frame? What type of powder coat? I just finished
stripping parts off mine yesterday. All but the head bearing races. (which,
unfortunately are in bad shape) Does anyone do anything to protect the swing
arm threads in the frame at the coaters? I need the muffler/passenger peg
tabs welded up on mine. Any one have a source for decent passenger pegs? I
suspect as this project goes on I will have many questions....
And, yes, the motor is quite a heft.
I bought this ambo in 1989 and rode it year round, rain or shine, until late
1998. Since then it has sat awaiting a major refit. She has deserved it for
a long time as a reward for being so good to me. No serious problems (I
think) other than a chip out of a cylinder wall (ran for years that way).
Lots of cosmetic issues. I am looking for an unscraped left crash bar, and
front fender strut, maybe a really straight front fender. I am trying to
decide what to do with the tank, which has fairly bad chrome and multiple
dings under old bondo. I have two front ends and two complete wheel and
brake sets as well as multiple tool boxes and side covers, etc and will have
some parts to trade, donate, or sell after all is sorted out in a month or
so. I am eyeing home cad/zinc plating kits and stainless hardware other than
the usual valve and timing cover hardware which was done stainless long ago.
Any good online sources for stainless and metric hardware?
thanks guys
Allan Bagley
70 Ambo (build date Oct 69)
Seattle