The timing cover was carefully inspected and cleaned before mating up to the crank cases. The rare works racing tachometer drive and an NOS gearbox were installed. The drilled and dull chromium plated FT3/2 is now in place and looking superb: The keener amongst you will have observed the plethora of original fasteners employed. Herewith …
Bert has gone through the motor carefully, thinking through every aspect of its running. Any anomalies uncovered would have necessitated it being stripped down for inspection and attention to the affected area. Oil is flowing through the crank, as it should and the motor turns smoothly with no untoward play or issues. The bore has …
There has been a bit of a delay in progress as I have been busy with a time-consuming project and Bert has been engaged with other pursuits. The engine is in “last raced” condition and we want to leave it as-is so long as we can be sure that there are no issues that will …
The engine has not been stripped down and we have no plans to take it apart unless deemed necessary. This venerable unit has seen a hard life but was in perfect mechanical condition when the bike was sold to Japan in 1989. Whilst in that country, the bike was only used a few times so …
Externally I can see that a considerable amount of the original motor remains. Certainly the cylinder head was replaced. As mentioned earlier in in a comment by Bill Hoddinott: “The original cylinder head of the GF was an unpainted Black Lightning/Shadow front head with standard size but polished valves and the inlet port opened to …
Grey Flash 2751 