This bike has very unusual footpeg mounts. The later bikes went back to ‘standard’ but this has a bracket that goes under the exhaust, then up to the frame and rubber mounted to frame. The original owner fit a haywire sidestand for some reason (bike is very light and easy to put on centre stand)- an...

Ready to install

Pistons, cylinders, head on and fitting the Vape ignition/charging. The measurement tool I have for mm BTDC is a 12mm thread, so I have to make an adapter from 12 to 14mm so I can screw it in the sparking plug hole. I could use something else, but it does such a nice job. EDIT: I found I had a 14mm ...

Interesting, rim looks as wide as the rear, but maybe just the tyre is goofing me up.
Is that a 19”?

Looks very nice. Is that a rear wheel on the front?

I got another OSSA, an Explorer- he traded me for a Phantom frame I had. I don’t need it (by any means) and I think I will just get it operating and sell/trade.

Darn Spanish bikes anyway. Ha!

I was going to go to the Linden show, but got a sore throat the day before and didn’t feel like getting up at 4:30 to drive there. (Of course, next day I was fine). If the next ferry had space I think I would have gone. Oh well, I probably would have done something dumb and bought another bike too. ...

It is an Italian bike, and the turn signals are aftermarket- made in Taiwan I think. The original type CEV are Italian and I’m sure all metric, but cost a bunch. I didn’t feel like spending that much on something that wasn’t even original anyway. Yes, having metric and imperial mixed on the same par...

This bike in Europe did not come with turn signals, but often the importer would add them to the bikes when they came in. I do not remember if the one I got in new when I was a dealer had them or not. I don’t think I have any pictures either (which was dumb). This one had Stanley brand signals, whic...

Both or the cranks have that- the left is just on the other side. Maybe a combo of balancing and ‘crankcase stuffing’? I don’t really know. But I speculate it is easier to manufacture having a separate piece, and easy to install with a built up crank. They also make a 125cc version of this engine- s...

I got the new kickstart shaft (reason for tearing it apart) installed and made a tool to preload spring. I tried out some of the silicon bronze, it seemed to work quite well. I have not brazed in decades and it took me a bit to get heat right, but not too much. Since it didn’t really matter I figure...