Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Hybrid heaven!

Thankfully, we now have the engine in the frame! If you recall the previous instalment, Ian Bird (only vaguely assisted by muggings here) had found there was a fitment issue. And on the assumption that engine cases rarely, if ever, expand, the only logical conclusion was that the frame must have shrunk.

The truth was not quite as literal as that, but hopefully you get my drift here. With the rebuilt motor heaved out of the chassis (they really aren’t lightweight, trust me on this one), a set OF bare and empty H1 cases were offered up by way of a sanity check. As expected there was a slight discrepancy of just under a

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