trident sam
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Lookin good !
No prob,
I'm moving house tomorrow so will be off line for about 2 weeks .
You're bike looks like a good base. You certainley got it at a good price.
Pretty sure that is a Big D 867 motor without a stroked crank
sam
Hi Kate,
Thanks, it's a pain but almost straight now.
sorry to be of no use here, when I was looking for some pistons it was because a mate had some barrells but no pistons for an 867, I phoned Big D and they told me they were having difficulty sourcing pistons so I didn't bother. Since then however Pat Brown in the USA has been making an 867 kit. His outfit is called Triplesrule, look them up on the internet, he might have some advice for you. My bikes use a stroked crank and are 990 Beadling kits.
you are right about the T120 pistons, that's what Norman Hyde was using for his 830.
sam
The big D 867 may use RCC pistons. I got hold of a kit once off of John Anderson that had RCC pistons but in the end I didn’t use it because I thought the pistons were just too heavy.
Like Sam, I went the Beadling route, I had a Beadling 850 and a 898. Both performed faultlessly.
Dropped the inlet stubs in for anodising this morning, collected them this afternoon happy days
A week or so ago I met up with Reggie and he very kindly lent me one of the inlet stubs from his bike .
The T160 stubs are angled to set the carbs vertical. Hopefully, the Hinckley carbs (centre carb) will fit under the frame with those straight(?) inlet stubs?
so I went with the red
Not being an engineer myself, I'm very impressed.
Hi Esme
Good job on the inlet stubs, what bolt hole spacing did you end up with for the inlet stubs, I have measured my T160 head and they look like the holes are 1 7/8" & 5/32" off center?
Burgs
The T160 stubs are angled to set the carbs vertical. Hopefully, the Hinckley carbs (centre carb) will fit under the frame with those straight(?) inlet stubs?
Hi Lab
Apparently It's all sits fairly close to the frame but does clear and as Reggi said the air filter will be a wiggle.
Hi Lab
Apparently It's all sits fairly close to the frame but does clear and as Reggi said the air filter will be a wiggle.
I found these photos of the Green meanie in the tol gallery.
http://www.triplesonline.com/gallery/photos/green meanie-701-2.jpg
http://www.triplesonline.com/gallery/photos/green meanie-701-3.jpg
OK. They looked as if they could have been 'straight' inlets in the photos so I thought I'd mention it but as Reggie has said the flanges are angled then all is well.