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I want to see your top speed. not on salt! Just down the high way!

When i was in the states, i hired a v6 ford. got pieed off following semi's at 55. had it over a 100 then remembered you speeding laws..is 100 jail in a 55 limit?
I was very lucky...only 5 miles on was a state trooper sat with is speed gun!
The Egli looks the biss[part] a bit mean looking ..i had a Bob Dunn 1200 shaddow in a real Fritz frame..sold it for a song...tissues out! Only Vincent i have is two comet engines and a 36 HRD meteor . Mayby i should trade it in for a real one?
I have a liking for a new peter Williams monocoque i am making dampers for them ..so mayby a bargin to be gleened? anyway. whats 90000 bucks? {£65k] glad the wife dos;nt know :roll:
 
So the exhaust is together and complete but needs about 10 hrs of work polishing plus making the welds disappear.
I am tired of working on it for now, so decided to work on the other side of the engine, mounting the carbs, which turned into a two day affair.
First off, the rear intake stub needed extending to get these big 41 mm Dellortos to clear the frame and the monoshock. I made up an extender sleeve on the lathe and welded it to the stub. The stubs are likely from RTV 1200 days and were at 34 mm, so they had to be ground out to 38 mm and blended to the head and sleeve. After a couple of hours of grinding then some handwork with varying grits of emery, that was done.
When making the intake stub extension, a 3 mm wide semicircular groove was made near the end of the extension.
This corresponds to a raised ring inside the Dellorto rubber connector sleeves. The Carb already has the same groove cut in, so the rubber ring really SNAPS home on both the intake stub and the Carb. Even before the clamps go on, the Carb is very much locked in place, unlike a similar setup with the Mikunis, which like to bob around even with tight clamps.

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The Dellorto rubber sleeve


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Day one saw the intake stub modified and rear Carb mounted. Day two and part of day three were spent on the front setup, which is even tighter than the rear. Most Eglis require a fairly big notch in the fuel tank to clear the front Carb. I have never cared for the look and prefer a nice unbroken curved bottom edge.
When I built the fuel tank, enough clearance was found by twisting the bottom section upward toward the inside. This way the bottom edge of the tank follows the planned smoothly curved line, but where the Carb top sits there is about an extra inch of height created by the twist, all hidden of course.
This worked for the little amal 28 mm concentrics with the stock engine, but I was unsure if it would clear with the bigger Dellortos on this Prince engine. By squeezing every advantage, the Dellortos do fit under the tank with about 1/8" clearance.
The face on the Carb stub had to be remilled at an angle to get it all to work. The front Carb does sit horizontal, but has to be tipped about 5 degrees on it's vertical axis. According to Dellorto, up to 15 degrees of vertical tip is OK.
The rear cylinder had to be notched for the front Carb. Terry forewarned me of this. With 20% more fin area than stock on these cylinders, the bit of removed fin won't be missed.

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Glen-
This is really great stuff. You are doing a fabulous job.
Keep it up,
Makes me want to start back in on my project, but I was kicked out of the shop, so I have no where to work right now.
 
I really don't know what happened. My old man flipped out, abruptly told me I was no longer able to use the shop, and changed the locks.

I talked to my mom, she said the bulk of the issues was too many customers. He hasn't talked to me at all, only to complain about something.

I got my stuff out of there, things are a mess right now. Currently working on purchasing a house with a shop, then I need to buy some equipment.

I haven't been sleeping well. The only plus is my wife has been awesome thru all this.
 
Hey, Brent, didn't mean to take it lightly, I hope it all works out, man.

Sometimes life throws you a curve. Lean into it, and hit the gas.
 
bwolfie said:
I really don't know what happened. My old man flipped out, abruptly told me I was no longer able to use the shop, and changed the locks.

I talked to my mom, she said the bulk of the issues was too many customers. He hasn't talked to me at all, only to complain about something.

I got my stuff out of there, things are a mess right now. Currently working on purchasing a house with a shop, then I need to buy some equipment.

I haven't been sleeping well. The only plus is my wife has been awesome thru all this.
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Oh dear :!:
Looks like you outstayed your welcome –it could be that daddy found himself talking to too many customers about your bike –hence it became a distraction-not that I was there
Hope you find somewhere soon this project is attracting a lot of interest :!:
 
Wow, I have my own forum , very roomy in here, but nice :mrgreen:
Brent, sorry to hear about this and hope you find an alternate space. Some of the "Daddy" commenters above seem to be letting their schadenfreude show. Not pretty!

Glen
 
Eh, it is what it is. We made an offer Wednesday on a house with a shop. We'll see where that goes.
If not then we're buying a 3 acre plot and starting from the ground up.

It's been 37 years of butting heads in one form or another. Being an only child doesn't help either.
I have come to the conclusion that I am done. I am tired of the games. My wife is very supportive, we will move on.

It will be nice to finally have all my stuff in my place.
Family land/ homesteads are a pain. 70 acres, 2 houses ans a barn and pole barn.
Land has been in the family since 1862, 3 generations have lived on it, but I guess the 4th and 5th are not allowed.
I will have to deal with it in the future, but after he is gone.

Glen please keep up with the updates, it's gorgeous stuff. Going to be quite the bike when it's completed.
 
It's down to a list which figures to about 70 man hrs, so hopefully I'm man enough to get that done in the next two weeks. Bought the break in oil today :lol:

Glen
 
Started in final welding the pipes this morning at 7 am and went on to sanding out the welds then polishing. Two 20 minute breaks and 12 hours later, all done. Dirty job all that grinding,sanding and polishing! The shop area around the work table is black from buffing, big cleanup needed tomorrow.
I completed the oil lines yesterday and finished the ignition a day or two before that. It has oil in the trans and engine, oil tank and all lines, so far no leaks as a stationary unit.
Glen

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Yes there is a choice, titanium, it will just take a bit longer. Ask the Department of Defense.
 
LOL. I had a aircraft toolmaker friend when I lived in Seattle, who absolutely loved titanium. He would scrounge all the scrap pieces he could which were not taggable, and make stuff for us. I think I even have a piece he made on my rearsets - though that might be SS (which he hates).
 
It's alive.
I must admit I had some trepidation about the startup. I wondered if it would run and even wondered if I could kick it hard enough to start. Put on a knee brace and got out my steel toed and steel soled boots that weigh a ton.

Turns out it is a pussy cat, started second kick and has started first kick thereafter. Nice strong cammy type idle at 1,000 rpm and instant throttle response.
The rev limiter is set at 5 k for break in, but even with that constraint the power is huge, a little flick of the throttle in fifth gear and 105 MPH showed up in what seemed like about three seconds!


Glen
 
Very nice. It's been a long time coming.

Beauty shots would be appreciated.
 
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