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I did ride a 76 Harley AMF 850 Sporster for a summer and loved it, Lots of torque and smooth but did not have the high end of a Breganzie ;o)

Gotta say one thing about the Harley Shovel, although not noted for dependability (Neither were Breganzies), they were the last of the hands on Harley (Most Nuts and Bolts I've ever encountered in a Motorcycle). The Chopped Harley Captain America Pan Head in particular in the classic Flic is "Easy Rider". I think his buddy was riding a Custom Pan Head in that movie.

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Nothing wrong with a Harley; except, they are totally different then an Italian Cafe Sport Ride . It's like comparing Apples to Oranges !

Through all my years of motorcycling demise and if you want to advance you had to ride a Harley in Ontario Canada but I stuck with with a Breganzie 750SF and taught Harley riders a thing or two.

Over rev a Harley Shovel you are broken - Over rev a Breganzie you live to ride another day.
 
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Beucars said:
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watched part 2&3, which is interesting. Don't understand why the gentleman didn't change the clutch cush rubbers (rivets still in place when assembling the clutch drum) and the Jap oil filter element will not filter much of anything. Did enjoy the calm background tunes along with filming a lot of detail work.
 
I like the engine drawing graphic at the start of these videos. Does anyone have it, in a good quality file, to share? (Noting due copyright or whatever the rules are).

Would make a nice poster for the man-cave...
 
I was most intrigued by the oil filter- I’ve been looking at a stainless micro mesh filter for the old Kawasaki air cooled fours which seems the right size but sunny Jim has gone down the pleated paper route.
I’ve never fitted pistons quite like that before, seemed to go quite smoothly . Good series of videos , worth a look just to refresh your memory.
 
Paul Marx said:
Timing statically at full advance is unusual.

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Hmm, yes. That is a bit odd. It would only make sense if he jammed the points cam advance mechanism in the fully advanced position beforehand.

In the photos of the "finished engine", it wasn't finished. Head nuts were still loose, even though he showed them being tightened down to 5kg (whatever that means) during the video.

Otherwise, nice video.
 
From the look of the main bearing seats in the cases, condition of cam etc it is an extremely low mileage motor. I wouldn't have used a triplex, and would definitely swap out the clutch cush drive rubbers, and no way used that oil filter as has been discussed here. There is a lot of detail not shown but the video does show how basically simple these motors are, and why any motor sitting for ages should be stripped, there was heaps of sludge in there.
 
If you sum the times of all three videos up, he re-built it in - what - less than 30 minutes? Why are OCT and other dealers take years then...? :unsure:

(just to make sure: this is a joke! At least most of it... ;))
 
Cheeky :)

It's a good job he's quick at it - with that paper filter on the draw/inlet side of the oil pump, it could be just as short a time period until he needs to do it all over again :)
 
Watched all three - very interesting - dumb question - are there circlips either side of the gudgeon pins ( ie on the inside) ? - i assume you have to put the inside ones in before you slide the barrels on ?
 
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