Subject: Re: My Loop takes its first roll
Author: Halchuk
Date: Mar 11, 2002, 8:28 PM
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Where'd you get the stainless tail light?
Tom in Boston
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From: Darrell Dick
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Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 8:28 PM
Subject: My Loop takes its first roll
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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
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<DIV>Where'd you get the stainless tail light?</DIV>
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<DIV><BR></DIV>============================================================<BR>Crack
of the Bat, Click of the Mouse. Taking someone<BR>out to the ball game is
great, but when you can't make<BR>it to the park, Baseball Weekly is the next
best thing to<BR>being there! Sign up here!<BR><A
href="http://click.topica.com/caaacQ2b1dfltb2RRS5a/TopOffers">http://click.topica.com/caaacQ2b1dfltb2RRS5a/TopOffers</A><BR>============================================================<BR><BR>Well
my project is really starting to shape up now. This week's part<BR>infusion
seems to have gotten it to the "real" bike stage. I had the MG<BR>Cycle boys
send me a set of petcocks and cables. Voila! no more fuel<BR>leaks and the
cables are the right length. Thanks, Rick and Gordon. The<BR>bike lit up nice
and runs steady. I think the the motor is going to be<BR>sweet. Thanks, Brad
Kopp. I should have done it before, but I noticed the<BR>headstock was notchy,
so I tore it down and washed the 30 year old grease<BR>out of the bearings and
re-lubed. Nice and smooth, now. I rode it a few<BR>hundred yards too. It is a
little too muddy around here to do more.<BR><BR>Some background.. I bought the
hulk of a '71 Ambo back a couple of years<BR>ago. It was very rough and
butt-ugly, but mostly there. After a while I<BR>pulled the motor. When I
lifted the heads, I found the cylinder were in<BR>sad shape(serious chrome
flaking) as well as the pistons (broken rings).<BR>I found the sump was loose,
so I decided to pull the lower end down too.<BR>Well, now the rear main
journal was slightly undersize. So I started<BR>shopping for rebuild parts. I
happened to connect with Brad Kopp through<BR>this list who was breaking a
V700. He said the motor was in good shape so<BR>I bought it for much less than
what a rebuild would have cost. Turns out<BR>the V700 motor is in real nice
shape. I bought another Ambo parts donor a<BR>little while ago to replace some
of the other worn or missing stuff. It<BR>looks like Kev Graff is going to
resurrect the remains of that beast.<BR><BR>Well I just got the sheetmetal
back from the painter and it looks great.<BR>Since this bike is a real
Frankenstein creation, I didn't feel compelled<BR>to go for an restoration.
Instead, I made it the way I wanted it. It has<BR>BMW maroon metallic paint
with silver accents. John Prusnek supplied the<BR>decals (Thanks, John). I
bought a Harley Shovelhead seat off Ebay and<BR>added that to the mix. There
was nothing left of the electrical system so<BR>I rewired it my way. I built
an aluminum switch panel and mounted it on<BR>the handlebar clamps. I used
automotive style switches, push-pull for the<BR>lights and spots, push buttons
for horn and dimmer. I put everything on<BR>heavy duty automotive relays. I
used the stainless steel Ford tailight I<BR>was talking about recently. The
horns are Fiaam look alikes from the<BR>local tractor store. The mufflers are
left overs from my BSA Lightning.<BR><BR>I'm real happy with the way it turned
out. As usual, I'll have more<BR>invested in it than I anticipated, but I sure
had a lot of fun. I still<BR>have a lot more to do before it's road worthy. I
need tires and there is<BR>a lot of details to be sorted, but it's a bike now!
Take a look,<BR><A
href="http://communities.msn.com/GuzziParts/ambofirstpix.msnw?Page=Last">http://communities.msn.com/GuzziParts/ambofirstpix.msnw?Page=Last</A>
. The<BR>pictures aren't very good. When the weather is better, I'll do a
better<BR>job.<BR><BR>Thanks for listening!<BR><BR>Darrell Dick<BR>Imlay City,
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