Rickman engine choice

[Marc.com]

Hey Marc... I have a road racing friend who could do with my Ducati motor so if you do decide to use another engine in your Metisse, do you want to sell your B44 engine?

Shit Mark I thought you were suggesting swapping a Taglioni time bomb for for Birmingham's finest. 

Actually I want to build it up with Performance engineering clutch and main shaft, apparently eliminating the flex from the gearbox shafts helps the 4 speed a lot.... go figure.

I think re powering old frames with any motor that's surplus and available is cool, isn't that what CCM, Rickman and Cheney were doing.


 

[firko]

Here's another Enfield..this time back in 1955. While I admit that an Enfield isn't the hot ticket to the winners podium, is that the be all and end all of competing in that particular class? Above all classes I regard the pre 65 as a living history lesson about our sport and competing on a bike that represents a period when they had to build their bikes from left overs and old road bikes is more important in my eyes than building a methanol powered 750 Triumph Metisse full of Cosworth pistons and billet crank and non period KTM wheels.(as some are attempting to do)....all stuff not representetive of what the class was about back then. 

[Marc.com]

building a methanol powered 750 Triumph Metisse full of Cosworth pistons and billet crank and non period KTM wheels.

sounds cool when will have it running 

bike that cleaned up in the UK this year was B44 Cheney, NEB 3 speed and clutch, methanol, carillo rod, omega piston, but the rest of the motor was completely original.... well apart from the interspan ignition.
All completely legal,

but your right Firko, putting that much firepower against the really old clankers is not what its about, if you are going to produce a bike that goes that hard then enjoy it against similar bikes not use it to decimate pre 65.

[big mac]

Nice Enfield metisse out of the uk.[/img]

[big mac]

lets try again

[vandy010]

have we all lost the plot

[firko]

It seems that there are some wretched souls out there that don't thing Enfields are a W.O.F.T.A.M. 

[Oggy Doggy]

I've got a 650 Metisse coming and have loved them since first sitting on Gavin Martinis beautiful red bike. I was hoping to have it here for CD6 but Firkos shipping mate has stuffed me around a bit. I guess next year will do it. My uncle rode a genuine pom Enfield Bullet 350 for 20 years before he sold it and bought a bloody Sigma. He still regrets that moment of madness to this day, even in his 80s.

[Marc.com]

My uncle rode a genuine pom Enfield Bullet 350 for 20 years before he sold it and bought a bloody Sigma.

much under rated vehicle, superior in every sense to a Royal Enfield.

[Marc.com]

err made my choice and bought T100 pre unit