This bloody bike. 1976 3CE

I also re-read. This bike would ostensibly be a parts candidate if you hadn't rid the poor thing of gaudiness. Yellow over gold frame? Really? Red accent? How're we going to 'unsee' that? There's was the safety aspect of high visibility I suppose.
Now resplendent in a rarely seen colour, I would hope all here are pulling for the miracle this bike now deserves.
 
rocketonarail said:
Well best of luck .... I believe Ged has a good reputation , so hopefully it will be sorted properly this time after all these disappointments and you can draw the line at £15 grand .........

Then you can use and enjoy it ...... and if you paint it red and polish those rims then maybe you will get a fair return if and when you decide to sell it on ........... it`s a nice looking bike .........
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Your situation pushes the boundary of "shit happens". I guess you have to decide if you want to have a bike that ended up costing you a lot more than you thought or a bunch of money spent on a lot of aggravation that's only evident in your bank balance.
 
Robin Webster said:
The owner told me it had. And it never in my ownership has been capable of reving over 5500rpm and 70mph so something has happened to it before I bought it.
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It's all very odd Robin, knowing the owner well and riding with the bike I find it hard to believe he said that,and wouldn"t help a sale.Just an outsiders perspective that"s all not being involved in the sale.Originally a Scottish bike with Caithness plates where the awful chroming of engine parts and colour scheme was done beforehand,the one thing it did have was a good running engine in the time I knew it.
 
rowdypat said:
Are you sure there hasn’t been an unspecified engine swap in between great bike/shit bike period?
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Zackly what I was wondering, Pat.

What's that 70s or 80s Aussie film about the shonky car dealer and the kids who swap his engine for a shitter? I think they were actually getting their own engine back!
 
we all know that, what I am trying to say is, OK F1 cams, are these fitted, have the cams been reground to 4C, which was also done to F1/120-'s back in the day, as was F1 on A11's, and 4C on All's the big question, what cam PROFILES (never mind the stampings) are installed and are the CAM SPROCKETS correctly drilled to suit?
CLEM
 
I know A11 cams were standard fitments for the triples, except jotas with 4C.
My comment was referring to Clems comment
"Are they (120 type) A11 cams"
Which would not work in a 180 motor.
It was a bit tongue in cheek but some people take every comment serious
 
motoddrob said:
I know A11 cams were standard fitments for the triples, except jotas with 4C.
My comment was referring to Clems comment
"Are they (120 type) A11 cams"
Which would not work in a 180 motor.
It was a bit tongue in cheek but some people take every comment serious
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Don't forget A12s were also standard fitment. As for some people taking tongue in cheek comments seriously, this forum teaches you a lot about that.
Paul
 
motoddrob said:
I know A11 cams were standard fitments for the triples, except jotas with 4C.
My comment was referring to Clems comment
"Are they (120 type) A11 cams"
Which would not work in a 180 motor.
It was a bit tongue in cheek but some people take every comment serious
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Of course they would... on one cylinder. :ROFLMAO:

FWIW, 120° A11 cams were fitted to the Jota 120 in the markets that would not allow the C4 cams. These bikes also had flat-topped pistons, so basically a 3C re-phased to 120°. As far as I can tell from the parts list supplement, even the valve sizes remained the same.

Later 120° engines got the F1 cam, a completely different beast.

I'm truely astounded, with all the knowledge and tips to be found here in the forum, nobody is capable of re-timing a set of cam wheels???:rolleyes:

piet
 
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