Team Tossa Austrian Combine harvester

[Tossa]

Ok, thanks

[LWC82PE]

are these any good? They are 38mm marzocchi

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1980-Can-Am-400-MX6-Triple-Trees-Triple-Clamp-For-Mount_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3efe4d15bbQQitemZ270554437051QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

[Tossa]

Damn,they look the same as the 1980 KTM ones which is what I'm trying not to place on the bike due to the differing offset. 

[Slakewell]

http://www.vintagemx.us/cgi-bin/largephoto.cgi?C=wDzDs83hpG1gv3bW 

http://www.vintagemx.us/cgi-bin/swapmeet.cgi#top

These are worth a look
DG Works Marzocchi 38mm Triple Clamps. These are very trick and will get those YZ models turning! Fit's YZ G models as well as most others with 38mm forks. Great condition and very cool. Timken bearings are in great shape. Have your stem pressed in from other models as well.
$95.00 + Shipping

[Tossa]

Yeah i was wondering about that, I've sent a couple of emails to people on the site regardign the clamp, but no luck

[Tossa]

Ok things now coming together and the bike coming together.  With still the usual problem and frustations with this beast.  Needed to use a bottle jack to fit the rear engine mount swing arm.  needed the jack to frame apart for ease of fitting, yeah right!! the jack wouldn't work, damn go buy another jack.  So just waiting on some parts LBR Brad and darryl where's my pipe and accoutrement!!!.  Anyway this is how it is at the moment

[Slakewell]

It will look smick once you fit one of Darryl's pipes. If you getting nickle plated one it maybe the hold up getting the nickle done or it could be just to dam cold in Darryl's shed at night 

[Tossa]

just getting a painted one, it just that every time the boys are about to send me stuff i find another piece I needed chain guides and sprocket cover.  i reckon me email address is the last thing brad needs to see at the moment.

[Slakewell]

How did you fix your top clamp problem?
I have Brads home number if you need it. I'm about to ring him to talk bikes for CD7.

[Tossa]

spoken to brad a few times, he's solved a lot of small niggling problem for me.  in fact there has been some really great help from a heap of guys, made the hitting of the head against the wall a lot easier to take.

  I ended up having to press the 1980 clamps

[Tossa]

ok, haven't updated this for awhile so here we go.  First of all after putting the motor back in and ordering a pipe from the Lewis boys it was discovered after looking at the photos of the motor that The barrel and head are not from a 390 but probably from a 400, that was studded and bored for a 390, which delayed the pipe that Daryll made

After putting the motor back in, needed to have the flywheel shaft retapped as the stator nut had cross threaded.  Got that done.  Heaps of parts From brad and Daryll Lewis including a beautiful pipe.  Now at this point it was connected everything up, put a earth wire from the stator to the coil.  NO SPARK.  Stator taken out and sent to be rewound, shop says we have spark everything good.  Got the bike home no spark.  Sent it back to the shop, they removed the resistor spark plug cap, got spark, got it home no spark.  Noted they didn't replace the earth wire so sent it back, got it back no spark.  So chat to Brad, send email to Steve Ling

I was certain that if it was anything it was the coil, so one of the guys (Paul Copley) lent me a coil.  Now this is where I learnt about there being two different coils and three different stators.  No spark with the coil I tried.

Now today one othe guys (Alan machin) brought the gear over including a coil of his Husky he rode at Southern Cross and even he had problems with this beast.  But we now HAVE SPARK!!!!! and fired the beast up, damn its got some compression.    A very happy man, no need for sex for awhile, got my rocks of just listening to this thing, so did the old man and Alan.

Now have ordered a coil and a couple of other pieces from Brad, bike will be ready to display at the VMXWA 15th Anniversary, with a few pre85 bikes, probably not get any attention except from those who have had to hear me continually talk about this bike.  Photo's will come when I finally put it together.  YEAH BABY!!!!

[Slakewell]

That's great hope you can post some pics soon,
I rode Brad's 390 at CD7 with new shocks valved to Darrells spec's they were so good the $750.00 they cost seems tiny for how much better they are. My love for 390 is great again and I'n naggin Brad to find me enough part's to build one.

[Tossa]

photo's should be up after next weekeend.  Now all of got to do is ride it, problem is i work shift work so might be a few weeks yet.  Faith will then be totally restored!!!

[Tossa]

well basically the bike is now still together though having great problems with the thread on the crank (flywheel), basically it's stuffed.  brad Lewis has come up with the idea to try a 10mm "hercules" left hand thread.  So waiting for the nut to come and we'll try cutting the htread back from 12mm to 10mm otherwise don't know what to do other than get another crank.  Means pulling the whole motor down.  Anyway have put the bike together for the pre85MXWA display at the VMXWA 15th Anniversary this weekend, doesn't look that red hot, but at least people will get an idea of where i'm going with it.  Go for it people all comments. complaints greatly received.

[All Things 414]

Looks the goods I reckon'. Well done!