Monday, 1 March 2021
I want to go greenlaning again but I'm not spending out on another mad as a box of monkeys enduro bike so my Triumph 500 will be the donor for the project. It already has a BSA scrambler tank available and a race carb from a BSA B50MX to go on. I'll build up a set of Norton Roadholder forks from the parts bin and add a Norton wheel to the mix to replace the current BMW airhead set up that's too long and heavy. The engines a mild mannered ex-police unit 500 but 10:1 pistons will liven it up a bit. The ignition is all new racing Pazon electronic so I could run it on methanol if I want to but pump piss will do. Probably need to source a new rear hub as the Q/D one I have doesn't allow for gearing changes as the sprocket and brake drum are one piece. I shall have to see if I can modify the later one to fit. That's the good thing about old bangers that were in production for decades, you can mix and match later parts to improve them. There really just oily meccano.
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