Yes. It truly does look like something made commercially back in the day.
And made really well, I might add.
And made really well, I might add.
2 cylinder black & blue lightweight
- Thread starter Russell
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You have built an awesome bike!
I greatly appreciate your attention to detail and must agree with others here. It does look factory made. I really like that old twin and envy your belt drive. I bet it is really quiet and smooth running.
I greatly appreciate your attention to detail and must agree with others here. It does look factory made. I really like that old twin and envy your belt drive. I bet it is really quiet and smooth running.
You've done it again! Another great one of a kind, made well and with style... I like it a lot!
SB
SB
SB,
The funny thing about this build is that I bought the engine on ebay. the seller said he knew nothing about it and is sold "as-is".
To me that usually means that it either does not run or has problems.
I built the bike around the engine even though I never tried to start it!
Guess I was just hungry to build something, even knowing that if the engine didn't work; it would be a major project to adapt a different engine.
Had a nice day Sat; pulled the build out in the yard and fueled it up. Two pulls and the little engine came to life!!! Didn't run it too long as I only had 32:1 fuel and this engine requires 16:1(old school). It ran smooth and sounded great1
Soon as the weather changes I'll test ride it(snowed today). The super monark twin used a version of this engine that had a manual timming adv/retard setup. I will try to modify this magnito to mimic that, the slower idle would be nice.
Later
Jim E
