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All looks good
Posted by JERRY on November 7, 2024, 4:05 pm
Just been over and totally cleaned and given full service to my new toy. So far all looks amazing. Seems the original UK owner spent a lot of money getting it up the it's present condition. I have added a few more stainless fastener but apart from that I still cant believe what I have bought. Only bad thing I have found is when changing the oil it sure hadn't been changed for a long time. The book recommends changing it at every 1,500 mikes and as it only holds 2 litres that is a good thing to do. It sure starts so quick on the button and ticks over perfect with a very quiet mechanical engine. Only thing now is to get the wheels changed to stainless steel spokes and lucky the rims look very new. One happy old rocker who now owns a classic bike that Ican get onto the centre stand easily. The oldest rocker in town!
Re: All looks good
Posted by 6TDen on November 7, 2024, 4:14 pm, in reply to "All looks good"
Did you change your mind and put the carrier back on then? Den (looks lovely by the way)
Re: All looks good
Posted by JERRY on November 7, 2024, 6:48 pm, in reply to "Re: All looks good"
Old picture Den rack now off and may stick it on Ebay. The oldest rocker in town!
Re: All looks good
Posted by Andy C on November 7, 2024, 4:15 pm, in reply to "All looks good"
All good then Jerry - see you still have the rack on it.
Have to admit to being very pleased with the Morini that I bought recently, just some minor fettling is all I have done to it so far.
Looking forward to putting some miles on it.Who needs a signature anyway......
Re: All looks good
Posted by Lannis on November 7, 2024, 4:18 pm, in reply to "All looks good"
Good bike for an old ton up boy; that 9200 rpm redline is really 10,500, and in top gear laying on the tank you'll crack the ton on the way there.
A walk in the park for that motor, they love to rev.
Lannis I don't take health advice from people who think the world is overpopulated.
Re: All looks good
Posted by geoff the bonnie on November 7, 2024, 10:38 pm, in reply to "Re: All looks good"
My CL 360 would hit about 85mph and was really buzzing. Quite fast acceleration due to its light weight. In the time i owned it, it cost me nothing in repairs. I paid £300 for it and sold it at £300. The repaint was left over paint from doing my T120r back when i had a proper spraygun and compressor.
Re: All looks good
Posted by Nigel B on November 8, 2024, 10:48 am, in reply to "All looks good"
That is a nice example Jerry
WRT respoking the wheels - I could be wrong about this, and it probably depends how "anorak" you want to get about "originality", but check the type of spokes originally specified.
In the spares that I purchased from Mark Dicker's estate was a complete K4 front hub and TLS brake assembly - a popular "upgrade" for the MZ SLS drum. Not in a rim, but with some spokes attached that kind of looked "original". These are "single butted" not parallel - the lower section including the bend where the spoke threads into the hub is thicker section that the top 2/3 (ish), which is reduced section to allow the spokes to cross without touching.
The Thai made "pattern" K4 spokes supplied by Wemoto that I have used to lace the hub into an MZ alloy rim are parallel not single butted, so not like-for-like with the spokes that came with the hub. They fit OK in an MZ rim and were cheap (under a tenner a set including nipples), well finished & do the job for me. But if they are not the same type as OE then the rivet counters would be sure to point that out to you !
I did unintentionally ruin a GT750 restorers day many years ago. I bought a substantially complete GT750J from a small ad that lead to a very large house on the outskirts of Leeds. In the outbuildings there was a large collection of immaculately restored bikes, the latest of which was a GT750J - the bike I had gone to look at was one of 2 or 3 "donor" bikes that had been bought to feed the restoration with parts & were being sold on as the resto was finished. I just happened to notice that the unrestored bike had double butted spokes on the double sided front drum brake but the restored one had been rebuilt with parallel spokes & innocently commented on this. The guy I was dealing with was not the owner but someone he employed full time to restore the bikes & his face fell when he realised that the restoration was not "as original" and commented that the wheels would have to be rebuilt again with the correct parts. The difference hadn't been noticed before I mentioned it.
During the course of collecting NOS parts for the money pit , I happened upon two sets of genuine Suzuki NOS spoke kits (one front, one rear) which were double butted spokes. Both sets found ready buyers on Ebay when I finally gave up on the lost cause.
If you were in any doubt about the wisdom of buying a really nicely rebuilt bike vs. a "doer up", have a look at David Silver or CSMNL for the price of NOS parts for your K4. Be sitting down when you do so !
Nigel B.
Re: All looks good
Posted by JERRY on November 8, 2024, 11:17 am, in reply to "Re: All looks good"
Thanks Nige hadn't realised wheel building could be so complex. I was thinking of taking my wheels to Hagons but at least now I can walk in and pretend I know what I am talking aboutThe oldest rocker in town!
Re: All looks good
Posted by Greeves Rider on November 8, 2024, 11:02 pm, in reply to "Re: All looks good"
Its easy enough to respoke yourself if you remove and replace one spoke at a time. I have done it on T80 Yamaha wheels with no problem and the wheels ran true. Did have to open up holes in rim as new nipples were slightly larger diameter.
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Posted by JERRY on November 9, 2024, 10:22 am, in reply to "Re: All looks good"
Not sure how to do that, surely you would have to bent the spoke to get it through the rim?The oldest rocker in town!
Re: All looks good
Posted by Greeves Rider on November 10, 2024, 11:48 am, in reply to "Re: All looks good"
It worked ok on the T80 wheels cant recall having to bend the spokes to any degree. I suppose it depends on the type of hub.
on November 7, 2024, 4:05 pm
