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primary saw a lot of moisture from temperature change which causes condensation
steel and friction plates are trash
bike torn down and ready for restoration
what a mess! (not really. everything is actually very organized and will be further organized when it gets cleaned up and ready for reassembly)
ready to tear down engine
night and day difference
ugly old rocker boxes and cam cover
nicely polished rocker box
rocker boxes and cam cover cleaned up and polished.
weighing pistons for balancing
balancing the flywheels
assembling and truing flywheels
unusual marks on piston indicating problems.
new vs old piston. Old must be 7to1 compression and new is 8to1
signs of over heating are clearly seen
the result of over heating is valve stuck in guide and guide moving in head. This is the cause of the unusual marks on piston.
heads cleaned up ready for repair and fresh valve job
rocker boxes rebuilt and assembled
pressing sprocket shaft bearing on to flywheel assembly
pressing left hand case and bearing on to flywheel assembly
boring cylinders for new pistons
flywheels are set in cases and cylinders are painted and bored
lower end assembled and ready to be prelubed before top end is put on
dirty transmission
cleaned up, rebuilt transmission
another night and day picture
fork legs polished and rebuilt with new seals and fluid ready to go
frame cleaned up and being striped for new paint
completely striped frame ready for paint.