[darmst6829]

Barry Crampton video of the Marymount trial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQgWFXZ9kBQ

[darmst6829]

Paul Neff is the guy who bested me at Lemay. Apparently an accomplished rider!
 http://surfdirtdaily.com/content/paul-neff-scottish-six-day-trial

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Next weekend:

http://www.ahrmanw.org/schedule/trials/hannegan-speedway/

Cant wait!

[darmst6829]

I rode the AHRMA trial at Hannegan Speedway and in spite of “winning” the AHRMA Heavyweight class I have to say that even a trials motorcycle needs to be a real motorcycle. A real is a motorcycle capable of riding in a spirited manner over rough terrain. The Enfield is not up to snuff. I rode the trial then a poker run afterwords and had a good time but with the front suspension clanging off the top and bottom of the stroke and the rear is way over damped. That ain’t gonna cut it. In the meantime my Matchless G80cs bent a push-rod in the first moto. Shit! My friends in the VME motorcycle club have a replacement push-rod for me so no big (except the DNF for two classes) and the loss of fun-ness. In the mean time we refurbished my mother in laws house and got it ready for resale. Boxing up 70 years of stuff, cleaning, replacing light fixtures, paint and carpeting. Then on sale for $415,000 with 9 bidders bidding it up to $462,000 and a sale. Busy, busy, busy.

Barry Crampton video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baFWvo6SQVo

[tarn]

its weird that the front fork bottoms out.

did you put 200ml of SAE20W in each leg?

are the spring still good(length wise)?

for the rear shocks hagon, betor and so on won’t cut it.
these are road shocks, if you won’t something that tracks decently you will have to look to makes like
rock shocks, falcons or maxton.
these are more expensive than betor and the likes, but are of aluminium build and fully rebuildable.
and you buy these from people who know what there on about.
they come adjusted to your weight and use.

take note if you would decid to order any of these, it could take a while.

hagon or betor are not rebuildable so ones the go there trow aways.

[darmst6829]

Hey tarn, the forks top and bottom out when ridden hard. I would like to switch the whole front end over to early Bultaco (if it will fit) and the rear shocks are just a phone call away. Here is some photo's from the Lemay trial earlier this year by ducatisti

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ducatisti/sets/72157655252523471/with/19280699212/

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Spent some time fiddling with the Enfield and found that the swinging arm nuts were loose, the giant skid plate I built is smashed and cracked and the motor oil is dirty beyond belief. I also changed the primary oil and don't think it will ever need to be changed again maybe just topped off in the future. I have a new aluminum cylinder, piston assembly, new rockers and valves to install this winter. My Matchless is questionable with very low compression. I installed the replacement pushrod and adjusted to the suggested "nil". Hopefully after starting it will heal itself...if not well I will throw in the towel and either sell it off or seek professional help. Next up is:
http://www.ahrmanw.org/schedule/event/rattlers-run/
I am hopeful the fires are under control by then...Eastern WA is in serious trouble due to the fires burning out of control.

[tarn]

changing that iron lung for a aluminum one, thats an easy 4kilos gained there

right in the middle you'll feel that.

[Ice]

 Bullet forks bottoming out had to have been solved before.

 The man himself Johnny Brittain

[darmst6829]

changing that iron lung for a aluminum one, thats an easy 4kilos gained there

right in the middle you'll feel that.

Yes, I am excited to dump some weight off this motorcycle. I am thinking of some other "heavy duty" mods for this winter....

[darmst6829]

Bullet forks bottoming out had to have been solved before.

 The man himself Johnny Brittain

I have bought a complete front end off a Bultaco and from what I understand the lowers off the Enfield can be made to fit up with the Bultaco uppers....to be determined.

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I Readjusted the valve on the Matchless and guess what? Compression! Now I just need to fix both front and rear flat tires and clean it up. Royal Enfield is serviced and only the skid plate cracks need to be addressed oh and a chain tensioner is needed. Rode the Harley down to the Lemay museum and participated in the VME ride. Met some good people and had a nice ride, hate the heavy freeway traffic on 167 and 405.

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So if I had my 1977 Enfield 350 I in old Blighty What class would it be eligible to ride in?

[Ice]

 Dave, if the Bultaco mod doesn't work out, I gave my Yamaha converted to Bullet trials front end to ballroom dancer for free. You might could contact him and maybe determine what model Yammy it came from.

[darmst6829]

Enfield weight reduction underway:

https://davidarmstrong.smugmug.com/Enfield-reduction/