My Malaga 1200

chrisk said:
You've got the patience of a pope Pat ........ oh.

What part of Spain did it come from? Anywhere near BFN?
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I bought it from Ourense in Galicia but it had a delivery label from Malaga stuck on it. I think the guy was building himself a bike using a brand new frame but gave up when he discovered his spares bike had a different electrical system and the ignition unit and wiring wouldn't fit.
 
Fitted the rebuilt rear master cylinder today, bit of a pain and I spent ages in my garage looking for the linkage and a suitable hose. On the plus side it bled quite easily when I was expecting a real fight after reading about other peoples attempts.
The stop lights work too so woo hoo and all that.
Right we have functioning secondary electrics and functioning brakes, it's time to think about an engine.
I was thinking of using it as a test bed for any engine I rebuild but also I can rob its functional parts (like the brakes) if required.
Tyres are a problem, I hate buying tyres. I have bought so many bikes with ancient tyres that have done no miles but are hard as hell. I will have to keep a lookout for a bargain. Ged gave me a decent rear BT45 someone didn't like but a front would be nice as well ha ha!
 
There's a surprise around every corner with these Spanish bikes. After I'd put new seals in the Marzocchi Stradas I thought hmmm, they look a bit short compared to that Ceriani shock I've been using as a substitute and guess what they certainly were, about 20mm shorter in fact. I never even thought to check.
Oh well at least I learned how to rebuild Marzocchis.
It must have handled very strangely with those little shocks and a broken fork spring in one fork I would think.
 
Torqued the head down ok, timed up fine, need to polish the cam cover and sprocket cover and reassemble. All done as cheap as possible so far. I'm going to try and work out how much this has cost when I finish but even being as tight as possible it would definitely be better to buy steverocker62's Jarama off ebay. Still I am enjoying doing this bargain basement resurrection in my own weird way.
 
Love your foxy brown! That must be rare for a wild fox to come wandering in? We had a maggie (magpie) tootle in through our sliding door last week - he ended up walking around the ledge on our high windows until I could convince him to head back into the wild - he exited, then hung around outside the doors waiting for a tidbit!
 
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I think it would have liked some grub and a place to stay for the night. Just up the street there is a residential home for disabled people and it wandered in there.
 
piranha-bro2 said:
Love your foxy brown! That must be rare for a wild fox to come wandering in? We had a maggie (magpie) tootle in through our sliding door last week - he ended up walking around the ledge on our high windows until I could convince him to head back into the wild - he exited, then hung around outside the doors waiting for a tidbit!
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There is a Magpie in our courtyard garden which is surrounded by tall buildings and it hasn't developed wings properly and can't fly, it can sort of do flying hops. It is trapped in the courtyard but on the other hand there are no cats or dogs or even foxes to worry about and It has two siblings who visit for a bit of a chinwag.
Those two fly around from tree to tree and the other one follows them on the ground jumping up onto low walls etc to get close to them. Anyway by last week it had learned how to get itself to the top of the trees so it could be with the others. It has taken all summer to manage that but it was fascinating to watch.
 
pf1 said:
Torqued the head down ok, timed up fine, need to polish the cam cover and sprocket cover and reassemble. All done as cheap as possible so far. I'm going to try and work out how much this has cost when I finish but even being as tight as possible it would definitely be better to buy steverocker62's Jarama off ebay. Still I am enjoying doing this bargain basement resurrection in my own weird way.
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A hint Piet once gave me (and I hope he does not mind me sharing it): let the engine sit for at least one night, then re-torque the head. The head gasket somewhat compresses over night and if you do re-torque the next morning, you a) have done that on the bench, which is more comfortable than doing it in the frame and b) the chances of avoiding a leak at one of the gaskets is much lowered.

I have two engines he re-built, no oil-leaks so far. Re-torqued the head after 500km and 1.000km, all running fine.
 
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