Hi guys. I'm Ben from Queensland, Australia. Background is Hot Rods, Kustom Kulture and few custom bikes over the years. Been riding and racing bikes for 25 years. Mainly Enduro and the odd motocross but always had a soft spot for British and classic motorcycles thanks to my late grandfather.
Mechanical Fitter and Boilermaker are my trades, so it goes somewhat hand in hand with my hobbies!
Latest acquisition is this 2014 GT535 to go alongside my Bullet 535, which I'll have a thread in the Iron Barrel section.
After I got it home, it had seen a bit of neglect. Cases had some sort of acid wash attempt on them to get them clean which tarnish and left the cases in a bit of state. Sadly the acid used had eaten a lot of the chrome on the header pipe. Which is the standard steam pipe wall thickness header.
Brake Fluid was still original and was causing the brakes to drag. After a flush out and some fresh fluid that sorted the issue.
Temporarily welded a baffle into the tail end of the header just to quieten it up. With that revers megaphone it was borderline setting off car alarms it was that loud. Sounded great, but still way too loud.
Here's a photo after round 1 of polishing and general tidy up.
Stabled, 2 generations of Enfields!
Next came stage one of the modifications.
Hitcocks Venturi Plate and K&N Filter. Carberry Plate, Fresh Oil change and Filter, Cam lash set and Cam end float adjusted with a extra 0.2 shim on each.
Crankcase breather hose fitted with a non return/check valve and exiting down to the left side of the bike and the airbox bunged off.
Power Commander V installed with the Hitchcocks map uploaded. Future proof for the modifications to come.
Factory loom tidied up under the tank along with the fuel line. Fitting the tank somewhat smooshes everything into place. That concerned me, so I sorted that out.
I also TIG pad welded the rear brake pedal stop to increase the thickness so it lowers its height. Bit of an oversight that any height adjustment couldn't be made.
Just waiting on a rear tyre, re-new the rego and it will be game on!