Benelli 750 sei

[ATinkerer]

Looks really nice.
Be careful around some of us, drool marks can stain.

Gordon

[Lotus54]

I got my old Alemite spin balancer out to ‘tune up’ the balance. It will spin it up well over 100mph.
But the imbalance is showing up about 50-60.

It has been quite some time since I’ve used it, so gotta remember how. I learned on one just like this in the 3 hour autoshop in high school.
Tube driven Alemite balancer.

[John H]

Wow! That's a real relic. Pretty cool that it still works, with tubes too!

[Lotus54]

Took a ride to the Ridge today.
A bit icy below the Tunnels, but it sure sounded great going through.

[John H]

Your rewards for such a beautiful restoration. Any project would be easy after this one.

[ClineDesign]

Nice work! Hope to see it in person some day.

[ClineDesign]

I briefly saw your Benelli heading east on 101 past WalMart Thursday afternoon. Sweet ride!

[Lotus54]

I took it out for a spin this afternoon- first time in months.
It was good to get it out.

Thanks! It is super fun

[Lotus54]

I’ve been getting the sei out for rides when I have time and weather is nice.
I noticed and oil leak on the countershaft side. I was thinking perhaps the clutch rod or countershaft seals were leaking. But it turns out the new oil pump I fit was leaking.
I still had the original, which seemed to be fine but a new one was not that much $$ so just replaced it. I refit the original and then pulled apart the new one. The main seal was not holding for some reason, although it looked ok. I will investigate further when I have time and get it back so I can use it if needed.

Now no more oil leak. I’m about due to check valve clearances again and I picked up a NOS carb set so I will install that. The other ones were ok, but nothing like having new.

[John H]

Nice to see someone else making progress on projects. The sei looks nice with the beautiful background, I'd frame that one..