Mechanical art at its finest

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yves norton seeley

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Hi there,
Here are the last news about the Sunburst’s evolution:
I am still waiting for the E-start built by Jean-Noel Gindrat from the Yellow Peril Team, it should be finished by next week I hope.
If you look at the fotos posted by Bruno, you can understand why this takes time and money: this real mechanical art, the parts are made with the best materials on the market, evrything is CNC machined and very light, the belt will be a 40mm to replace the 30mm from Kenny Cummings, the clutch plates are from a Ducati 916 and the starting motor is strong enough to start a Caterpillar Bulldozer.
Jean-Noel is also building new engine plates, and I will need to find a place for the battery and the oil filter.
You will ask why not a CNW or Alton Estart? Well, with a CNW or Alton you must do a lot of grinding on the Maney cases, and this make the cases weaker.
So waiting for the Estart, I fill my days with re-polishing all the aluminium parts, dangerous work in my case with only one good leg, if you fall forward it’s my body that will be polished to blood red.
I hope to have the Sunburst finished in two or three weeks and I pray the Seeley Gods that my leg will be OK enough to ride.
About my leg: I still have a wound with infection and this will need a chirurgical intervention by the end ot the month.
I can walk the whole day without any help, but it is still painful, night and day.
Every morning one hour with the physiotherapist and ten minutes with the nurse for de-infection of my wound.
I know the nurse for more than thirty years, I did try to go out with her, but no way! Time gave me my revenge, thirty years ago she had long legs and big tits, today she got long tits and big legs...

I’ll keep you posted (about the Sunburst, not the nurse!)
Yves
 
Yves, are you able to upload your photos directly to the thread?
I can’t find them in your link.....
 
Those pictures of the clutch reminds me of Chapman's philosophy "Simplify, then add lightness"
 
i can link them all here if ok with yves?

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Hello all,
I went to visit Yves in his workshop this afternoon, his health is now improving steadily even though he is still in pain and has minor knee surgery scheduled for this Friday.

He has now received the bespoke electric starter kit built by Jean-Noel Grindat of the Yellow Peril French team fame.
This is truly a phenomenal piece of kit, going on a gorgeous bike...the built is moving along well, probably a just few weeks from completion yet.
Words are not enough, so here are a few pictures to make this forum crowd drool upon:

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Mechanical art at its finest


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Thanks for your visit and pics Bruno.
As you can see on the former pics, the support bracket for the start engine act also as a outrigger and there are two bearings in the clutch basket.
There was a J. Comstock reed valve below on the crancases, but with the valve in place no way to slide the box inside the plates, I remove the valve and put the gearbox in. Then I try to put the valve back, no place enough! So I decide to put a block off plate on the crancases and to use the Jim Shmidt valve from my former engine, I put it on the side from the distribution cases.
The other problem is the oil tank, I must cut a part of it to save place for the start engine.
Becouse the JNG start system use a 40mm belt and the original Kenny Cumings belt was only 30mm, I must make tree spacers, 1cm longer to hold the Alton stator used by Kenny Cumings and make a new spacer between the belt pulley and the Alton rotor.
Becouse of my hip and knee, I can not work more as four hours a day, 6 days a week.
Friday I must go to the hospital for a surgery on my wound on my knee, it is till infected
And next week wensday I will go to the court to see how mutch money they will allow me
Keep you posted
Yves
 
Great to see you getting after it with your wonderful replacement bike, Yves!
 
Hello all!
Great news...Yves is getting near the end of his Sunburst mods, starter motor, alternator, battery tray and oil tank all in place.
Electric connections almost completed, oil hoses will be installed on Monday, then the twin FCR’s...
I think there is a good chance that Yves will be starting his Precious before the week is over...

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Very impressive work, both the starter system and the rest of the bike. And Yves, of course:).

Ken
 
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