SF 1 infomation

It takes more than 1 lap of the block to learn the foibles of any bike. But without rego and in suburbia that was never going to happen. Another Sunday and a few suburbs away in Wollstonecraft I awoke to the sounds of another race bike. One of the locals owned an apparently ex GP 350 Ducati single he was preparing for some race meet. Great sound but he only did a couple of runs and then hid it away, phones again would have been rung to the cops for sure.
 
The latest version of the DAM extended clutch arm is a very neat thing and avoids cutting the outer cover, but if you decide to buy an extended arm where the cover needs to be cut, then save money and buy the kit from Malcolm Cox, its stainless as well!, don't try to cut your own slot with a hacksaw, get it done by a machinist on a mill, with only a 4mm slot, rounded at the inner end is useful as well, because the hacksaw method invariably leaves a square end in an already weak enough cover, I am currently repairing a very badly cut (by hand) cover, where the slot is about 25mm wide and not square, tapers to about 18mm, with the bottom end of it just snapped off, not even dressed with a file, and the top face of the cover has cracked as well, so I am filling in the "slot" and filling in the rubber bung hole (don't need it) and then will get a mate to mill a new and correct sized slot.

CLEM
 
Or drill a 4mm hole then mark and carefully saw in to meet it if you are handy and don't have a mate with a mill. But you are right Clem, some people should leave the work to others.
 
Ernesto said:
Wouldn't it be better to swap the cover against one that has already been cut?
Would save another "unharmed" original cover.

Ernesto
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Yes, I've sold all of mine.
Though I might have one left that took a bit of a bash and might be fit for sawing.

Paul
 
when I have re-finished my cover it will be for sale, that is why I am doing it, to return it into the "being used category", there is no profit in so doing.
CLEM
 
Does anyone have an early SF model with Smiths clocks. I am looking for images of what should be there. Mine has a little box with some indicator lights on it, It looks home made but I want to see what it should look like, the clocks seem fine and looks to have original mounts
I am happy to keep some of the "lived in" bits to retain the bikes history, I hate doing away with a bikes past but when there are new parts available like the silencers from Malcolm Cox, it is tempting, I enquired about getting them re-chromed but the plater said he would not put silencers in his nickel bath as he has had experience of carbon / oil etc poluting the bath requiring the contents to be replaced - not heard of that one before

Thanks chums
 
The only lights on machines with Smiths clocks are in the headlight. The big Bosch headlight "? la BMW".
A lot of platers refuse exhausts for those reasons.

Paul
 
Fitz said:
Does anyone have an early SF model with Smiths clocks. I am looking for images of what should be there. Mine has a little box with some indicator lights on it, It looks home made but I want to see what it should look like, the clocks seem fine and looks to have original mounts
I am happy to keep some of the "lived in" bits to retain the bikes history, I hate doing away with a bikes past but when there are new parts available like the silencers from Malcolm Cox, it is tempting, I enquired about getting them re-chromed but the plater said he would not put silencers in his nickel bath as he has had experience of carbon / oil etc poluting the bath requiring the contents to be replaced - not heard of that one before

Thanks chums
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hi, i blast my silencers and give them a mild citric wash and then Niphos at Crewe will replate. It's not the quickesss turnround in the world but they do a great job ex rolls Royce.
Regards Andy 😁
 
laverdas said:
hi, i blast my silencers and give them a mild citric wash and then Niphos at Crewe will replate. It's not the quickesss turnround in the world but they do a great job ex rolls Royce.
Regards Andy 😁
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...... and with the older silencers you can remove the guts before any procedure ...... or at least the set on my SF is that way.

Jim
 
helicopterjim said:
...... and with the older silencers you can remove the guts before any procedure ...... or at least the set on my SF is that way.

Jim
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if there's any guts left they will be solid and not ruin the bath. Blasting should get rid off all the loose and if you need to cut and repair nows your chance.
Regards Andy 😁
 
Just picked up a set of Jota pipes from Micheal at Blu Chrome in Sydney after re-chroming.
I did nothing to them except drop them off, asked if it would have been cheaper if Id cleaned them out?
Micheal said no, same price.
Could not have been easier and they always do a top job.
Cheers
Tom
 
Hi Tom, yes Jota pipes are ideal for re - chroming as there's nothing inside to contaminate the bath. Nice and throaty 👌.
Regards Andy 😁
 
Thanks all, very helpful as ever, especially the view of the clocks - exactly what I wanted

I bought a set of tools to remove the swing arm bushes, that eventually worked but now I cant find anyone that has the bronze bushes and scrolled shaft, am I being forced to go needle roller or does anyone in Europe have them. I checked at Laverda Paradies but their system shows that these parts are not available. The scrolled pin and bronze bushes seemed like a reasonable solution especially when people have said they still have wear problems using needle rollers
 
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