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Re: Basket Cases

Postby Barry Pugh » Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:36 am

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Re: Basket Cases

Postby David Lahey » Fri Dec 20, 2019 6:33 pm

Jools wrote:I had a Piuma years ago. Red and white one, - it was a bit overweight. I recently learnt that the motor started life as a Ducati design -for a 4-stroke, having a fairly heavily engineered bottom end. (Nothing to do with the Desmos BTW). But the 'powers that be' (read American marketing men) insisted on making it a 2-banger, which annoyed Fabio no end and he washed his hands of the project! So then Tartarini got hold of it and adapted it for the Italjet.

and here's a photo showing the Ducati bottom end that Italjet used for their trials engine
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Re: Basket Cases

Postby David Lahey » Fri Dec 20, 2019 6:38 pm

and what's this "Sherco Shirley" thing anyway? I'm pretty sure that Donna Woods has copyright on that name already


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Re: Basket Cases

Postby Barry Pugh » Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:19 pm

In previous lives, I have been B2, beer' o'clock baz and Sherco Shirley now I am just boring baz lol :beta :Bultaco: :italjet: :montesa



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Re: Basket Cases

Postby David Lahey » Fri Dec 20, 2019 7:24 pm

Sherco Shirly wrote:In previous lives, I have been B2, beer' o'clock baz and Sherco Shirley now I am just boring baz lol :beta :Bultaco: :italjet: :montesa

You'll be in trouble when Donna and her Shirley Sherco hear about it :shock:


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Re: Basket Cases

Postby David Lahey » Fri Dec 20, 2019 8:32 pm

When it comes to motorbike innovations that didn't really take off, the chrome-plated aluminium brake drums on post-1972 :Bultaco: easily springs to mind.
You would think :Bultaco: would have learned a lesson about chrome plating aluminium from an earlier :Bultaco: innovation which was in the late 1960s, when they decided to chrome plate the aluminium engine covers on their dirt bike range. I'm sure it was very well-intentioned but the passage of time has shown that leaving the aluminium completely bare would have been a better idea.
One of my :Bultaco: is from that period and before I learned about the chrome-plated engine cover era, I bought a couple of spare engine covers that were the chrome-plated type from the USA. I'm yet to find a way to remove the remaining chrome plating so I can make them look nice. Here are photos of what I'm on about.
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Re: Basket Cases

Postby David Lahey » Fri Dec 20, 2019 9:23 pm

Greg Harding wrote:Hi Everyone,
So it seems that my photos have been blown up and heavily scrutinised, sorry for the frustration, it is quite simple when you know! Here are the photos again to save you flicking back:
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Also, I thought I should clarify with the edit in red.
Just to make it more interesting, as usual there is a totally unrelated to motorcycles part that will not rust in the mix, can anyone see it?
Sorry Alastair, David and TerrY, no Cigar!


errrr is it the red thing that might be made of plastic near the HT coil?


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Re: Basket Cases

Postby Greg Harding » Sat Dec 21, 2019 9:14 pm

Hi Everyone,
David Lahey wrote:....... I'm yet to find a way to remove the remaining chrome plating so I can make them look nice. Here are photos of what I'm on about.

David, just thinking outside the box, can the chrome plating process be reversed? What I mean is if it is a positive charged consumable transferred to a negative charged product, what happens if the charge is reversed in a chrome plating tank?
David Lahey wrote:and what's this "Sherco Shirley" thing anyway? I'm pretty sure that Donna Woods has copyright on that name already

David, unbeknownst to us, Sherco Shirly registered the username well before Donna bought her bike.
Sherco Shirly wrote:In previous lives, I have been B2, beer' o'clock baz and Sherco Shirley now I am just boring baz lol :beta :Bultaco: :italjet: :montesa

Sherco Shirly meet Shirley Sherco :
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Love your :italjet: , I think it is pick of all the models! Any chance of more detailed photos of the tank and what is it made of?
David Lahey wrote:
errrr is it the red thing that might be made of plastic near the HT coil?

David, you really are a thinker, it makes sense to me so I went back to the basket and this is what I found:
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Like most people I suppose, I normally associate Red tape with Government Departments! However in this case it is definitely Bike related!
Because of your initiative, I am going to give you personally a special clue so keep it under your hat:
Something tells me you screenshoted the photo and then used an electronic zoom? Maybe you would be better off using technology that existed when the :yamaha was new?


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Re: Basket Cases

Postby Barry Pugh » Sat Dec 21, 2019 9:40 pm

I had a shed full of Shercos when I went by this name I have tried to change the name a fair few times but this forum doesn't let you change.

The tank is fibreglass and looks a beaut I can't find any signature on it. Will post pics tomorrow as I have the bike apart now. :italjet:



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Re: Basket Cases

Postby Barry Pugh » Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:41 am

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