Subject: Re: My Loop takes its first roll
Author: Robert Hawkes
Date: Mar 9, 2002, 6:52 PM
Post ID: 1709815337
Darrell,
Nice job. Why do you have grab bars on the back? Are you adding a pillion
seat? Bob
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From: Darrell Dick <ddic-@juno.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Cc: <tammy_-@hotmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 8:28 PM
Subject: My Loop takes its first roll
| ============================================================ Crack of the Bat, Click of the Mouse. Taking someone out to the ball game is great, but when you can't make it to the park, Baseball Weekly is the next best thing to being there! Sign up here! http://click.topica.com/caaacQ2b1dfltb1FlG8a/TopOffers ============================================================ Well my project is really starting to shape up now. This week's part infusion seems to have gotten it to the "real" bike stage. I had the MG Cycle boys send me a set of petcocks and cables. Voila! no more fuel leaks and the cables are the right length. Thanks, Rick and Gordon. The bike lit up nice and runs steady. I think the the motor is going to be sweet. Thanks, Brad Kopp. I should have done it before, but I noticed the headstock was notchy, so I tore it down and washed the 30 year old grease out of the bearings and re-lubed. Nice and smooth, now. I rode it a few hundred yards too. It is a little too muddy around here to do more. Some background.. I bought the hulk of a '71 Ambo back a couple of years ago. It was very rough and butt-ugly, but mostly there. After a while I pulled the motor. When I lifted the heads, I found the cylinder were in sad shape(serious chrome flaking) as well as the pistons (broken rings). I found the sump was loose, so I decided to pull the lower end down too. Well, now the rear main journal was slightly undersize. So I started shopping for rebuild parts. I happened to connect with Brad Kopp through this list who was breaking a V700. He said the motor was in good shape so I bought it for much less than what a rebuild would have cost. Turns out the V700 motor is in real nice shape. I bought another Ambo parts donor a little while ago to replace some of the other worn or missing stuff. It looks like Kev Graff is going to resurrect the remains of that beast. Well I just got the sheetmetal back from the painter and it looks great. Since this bike is a real Frankenstein creation, I didn't feel compelled to go for an restoration. Instead, I made it the way I wanted it. It has BMW maroon metallic paint with silver accents. John Prusnek supplied the decals (Thanks, John). I bought a Harley Shovelhead seat off Ebay and added that to the mix. There was nothing left of the electrical system so I rewired it my way. I built an aluminum switch panel and mounted it on the handlebar clamps. I used automotive style switches, push-pull for the lights and spots, push buttons for horn and dimmer. I put everything on heavy duty automotive relays. I used the stainless steel Ford tailight I was talking about recently. The horns are Fiaam look alikes from the local tractor store. The mufflers are left overs from my BSA Lightning. I'm real happy with the way it turned out. As usual, I'll have more invested in it than I anticipated, but I sure had a lot of fun. I still have a lot more to do before it's road worthy. I need tires and there is a lot of details to be sorted, but it's a bike now! Take a look, http://communities.msn.com/GuzziParts/ambofirstpix.msnw?Page=Last. The pictures aren't very good. When the weather is better, I'll do a better job. Thanks for listening! Darrell Dick Imlay City, MI ======== An American Classic =========================== There's a good reason why Reader's Digest has long been one of America's favorite magazines. Find out why that's true by trying a risk-free subscription now! http://click.topica.com/caaacQ3b1dfltb1FlG8f/TopOffers ================================================= |