hi guys well thought i would post my progress,all parts now back from powdercoaters look really ,good condition is excellent,managed to do a bit this morning,new bearings on triple clamps and refitted those,unfortunately will hav to wait a week going on hols.pic of her last week and now.
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Hi everyone,
As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.
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79 or 390 resurection
- Thread starter patgas
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My OR390
Slow, although I have sourced a few parts such as an ally CR tank. Not sure if I mentioned it anywhere else, but it turned out the frame was rusted out at the head tube, so I decided to change it. I have found a good condition 1980 frame from an XC model, which I think looks exactly the same as the OR frame, with the loop at the back etc. So the bike will be a 1979/1980 mix. I bought the frame complete with swing arm, plus a seat with a cracked base (now repaired with good old fibreglass) and a set of 35 mm yokes for 70 pounds (about 110 US dollars). Got them from Rod Spry, check out his website http://www.rodspry.co.uk/
Started stripping the motor, and it is in a bit of a mess. Piston is missing, will need reboring for sure, crank seems ok but will get it checked by Charlie Preston, once he has split the cases for me. I want to put a PVL ignition on it to make sure it is a good starter and runner. I have had experience of Motosplats in the past and can't be bothered to muck around this time. I live 3 miles from Rex Caunt Racing, who are a PVL specialist, so should be easy enough to get it sorted.
I will be running 36 mm YZ front forks in it because I cannot afford to get the orginals sorted and the YZ forks are sitting in the garage not being used, so my yokes are being taken out to 36 mm next week by a work colleague, then a couple of new spacers for the front wheel and job done. I had a lug welded onto the forks for the brake arm.
I will take some pics as the rebuild progresses.
Just started cleaning up the front wheel after taking out the bearings etc, and guess what, I have found the rim is buckled and cracked! Both are only small, but obviously I cannot risk a cracked rim on a bike intended for racing, so that is something else that will need sorting. At this rate, there will be nothing left of the original bike. Oh well, such is life when taking on a project like this I guess.
Slow, although I have sourced a few parts such as an ally CR tank. Not sure if I mentioned it anywhere else, but it turned out the frame was rusted out at the head tube, so I decided to change it. I have found a good condition 1980 frame from an XC model, which I think looks exactly the same as the OR frame, with the loop at the back etc. So the bike will be a 1979/1980 mix. I bought the frame complete with swing arm, plus a seat with a cracked base (now repaired with good old fibreglass) and a set of 35 mm yokes for 70 pounds (about 110 US dollars). Got them from Rod Spry, check out his website http://www.rodspry.co.uk/
Started stripping the motor, and it is in a bit of a mess. Piston is missing, will need reboring for sure, crank seems ok but will get it checked by Charlie Preston, once he has split the cases for me. I want to put a PVL ignition on it to make sure it is a good starter and runner. I have had experience of Motosplats in the past and can't be bothered to muck around this time. I live 3 miles from Rex Caunt Racing, who are a PVL specialist, so should be easy enough to get it sorted.
I will be running 36 mm YZ front forks in it because I cannot afford to get the orginals sorted and the YZ forks are sitting in the garage not being used, so my yokes are being taken out to 36 mm next week by a work colleague, then a couple of new spacers for the front wheel and job done. I had a lug welded onto the forks for the brake arm.
I will take some pics as the rebuild progresses.
Just started cleaning up the front wheel after taking out the bearings etc, and guess what, I have found the rim is buckled and cracked! Both are only small, but obviously I cannot risk a cracked rim on a bike intended for racing, so that is something else that will need sorting. At this rate, there will be nothing left of the original bike. Oh well, such is life when taking on a project like this I guess.
Hey Patgas, how easily did your swinging arm spindle come out? After removing the two nuts on the ends, was it simply a case of tapping it out, or did you have to get a bit heavy handed with it?
Even the replacement frame I have is proving a bit troublesome when it comes to getting the spindle out, so am I missing something here?
Even the replacement frame I have is proving a bit troublesome when it comes to getting the spindle out, so am I missing something here?
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mine just pushed straight out,bearings are as good as new,same with wheel bearings,i think someone restored this bike in california and left it and never used it,pulled head off and piston has no carbon or exhaust ports like new, very strange,front wheel still had foam for centering spindle tube,everything is really good even spokes came off without damage lucky lucky
mine just pushed straight out,bearings are as good as new,same with wheel bearings,i think someone restored this bike in california and left it and never used it,pulled head off and piston has no carbon or exhaust ports like new, very strange,front wheel still had foam for centering spindle tube,everything is really good even spokes came off without damage lucky lucky
update
well hers update guys,
pic 1 layed out my parts for my lovely powdercoated footpegs and new springs,bolts ect to find out wrong springs.
pic 2 fitted them on anyway just to see how they looked
pic 3 pissed off about springs so i pressed bearings back into swingarm
pic 4 refitted onto frame ,starting to sort of look like a bike again.
well hers update guys,
pic 1 layed out my parts for my lovely powdercoated footpegs and new springs,bolts ect to find out wrong springs.
pic 2 fitted them on anyway just to see how they looked
pic 3 pissed off about springs so i pressed bearings back into swingarm
pic 4 refitted onto frame ,starting to sort of look like a bike again.
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im back
after two weeks of working on house and sneeking into shed i wanted to fill you in on my progress,stripped seat and removed foam base was good condition after adding bit of weld to a crack decided to send her for powdercoating wich will preserve base and looks nice,got her back today glued foam on and replaced cover,voila one as new seat looks good i think
after two weeks of working on house and sneeking into shed i wanted to fill you in on my progress,stripped seat and removed foam base was good condition after adding bit of weld to a crack decided to send her for powdercoating wich will preserve base and looks nice,got her back today glued foam on and replaced cover,voila one as new seat looks good i think
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oh and forgott these
wheels came back this week from having new stainless spokes and nipples,i stripped wheels and had them satin black powder coat with rest of bike.fitted new bearings,seals and pair of mitas tyres wich i now hav a red stripe down them wich im not over convinced about ,but we can only get two types of 17 inch in uk and the others are crap,so hopefully will get her rolling this week.
wheels came back this week from having new stainless spokes and nipples,i stripped wheels and had them satin black powder coat with rest of bike.fitted new bearings,seals and pair of mitas tyres wich i now hav a red stripe down them wich im not over convinced about ,but we can only get two types of 17 inch in uk and the others are crap,so hopefully will get her rolling this week.
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patgas;89323 said:
I can see the bottom frame rail has been removed. Did you do that or was it like that when you got it? I am going to do the same with my OR frame because it is a real pain in the backside when putting the bike on a stand, and to be honest, I can't see a lot of point in it being there anyway
update
well guys managed to do a bit this week,kept original magura levers just blasted them and repainted and replaced adjusters and pivot bolts,even got some magura grips and lever covers.refurbished brake plates with new shoes and greased everything up,and previouse owner had forced 79 spindle into 83 forks so turned down spindle bolts to 20mm and made some 6mm spacer so front end is nearly complete.my bigest job this week is i hav split engine, found new clutch basket and plates,plates still hav writing on them yipeeeee,but did find third gear worn and bit of wear on 5/6th so might get away with just replacing third.so removed bearings (oven trick works a treat) and retapped thread on oil drain plug,had a beta drain plug around so tapped hole to suite works a treat,and blasted casings ready for paint.
well guys managed to do a bit this week,kept original magura levers just blasted them and repainted and replaced adjusters and pivot bolts,even got some magura grips and lever covers.refurbished brake plates with new shoes and greased everything up,and previouse owner had forced 79 spindle into 83 forks so turned down spindle bolts to 20mm and made some 6mm spacer so front end is nearly complete.my bigest job this week is i hav split engine, found new clutch basket and plates,plates still hav writing on them yipeeeee,but did find third gear worn and bit of wear on 5/6th so might get away with just replacing third.so removed bearings (oven trick works a treat) and retapped thread on oil drain plug,had a beta drain plug around so tapped hole to suite works a treat,and blasted casings ready for paint.
