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two-stroke-brit
 Post subject: Re: 1974 H1 Project
PostPosted: Fri May 17, 2013 1:11 pm 
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making good progress :thumbup:

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tango911
 Post subject: Re: 1974 H1 Project
PostPosted: Fri May 17, 2013 1:24 pm 

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Location: Brownsburg, Indiana
kawi3cyl wrote:
Nice looking motor! Was it relatively easy to clean the cases, or did it take awhile using the soda blasting compared to regular media?


Thanks!

Everything was taken apart. We bead blasted the cylinder head and cases. I say we because although im building this 90% of this bike, my good friend Keith Carlson did the tear down and rebuild of this engine, Im a fourstroke guy, he's the smoker guru. Along with Keith, we had Charlie Smith rebuild the crank and Dan Watson did the cylinder boring 2 over and we installed wiseco pistons.

i still have some covers to polish out.

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two-stroke-brit
 Post subject: Re: 1974 H1 Project
PostPosted: Fri May 17, 2013 3:18 pm 
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Are the check valves rebuildable on the 74s :?:
if so get blow off preasure checked . :thumbup:

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tango911
 Post subject: Re: 1974 H1 Project
PostPosted: Fri May 17, 2013 3:20 pm 

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two-stroke-brit wrote:
Are the check valves rebuildable on the 74s :?:
if so get blow off preasure checked . :thumbup:

i bought new ones.
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two-stroke-brit
 Post subject: Re: 1974 H1 Project
PostPosted: Fri May 17, 2013 3:21 pm 
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even better :thumbup:

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2001 Triumph TT600
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triple cranks
 Post subject: Re: 1974 H1 Project
PostPosted: Sat May 18, 2013 6:08 pm 

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Location: Jarrettsville, MD
Wow! Looking great :thumbup:

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tango911
 Post subject: Re: 1974 H1 Project
PostPosted: Sat May 18, 2013 9:16 pm 

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just updating as i go. finally got a roller!

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tango911
 Post subject: Re: 1974 H1 Project
PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:11 pm 

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fishished the engine enough to install into the frame.

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tango911
 Post subject: Re: 1974 H1 Project
PostPosted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:09 am 

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h1 progress is very slow. We built a new house and i built a new shop. Hope to finish in a few months.

will have new seat cover soon, and not sure about the bars yet. going with the stock decals (black with yellow background) Hope it works.
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 Post subject: Re: 1974 H1 Project
PostPosted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 1:11 am 

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Beautiful shop! What finish is that on the concrete?

Everything looks great.

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