Self-abuse- More Porn Outside and Almost Ready to Fire Up

[RAT900]

Well the tail section/rear subframe assembly has been brought back to spec...the only reusable parts were the frame and the foot brake pedal....oh and the brake/tail light  electrical sub-harnesses after I soldered new Lucas bullet connectors on the ends

Supposed to be near 50 tomorrow and this head cold is on the wane so I might venture out to the garage and pull the primary case and tranny off the main cradle and start hacking away at getting the motor out so I can get the cradle powdered

This has not been a bad project so far...but I have yet to open the motor up and it has for certain had the top-end "reworked" by some prior owner  

I love all the empty bedrooms in the house these days...this one is in the back corner on the first floor with steps out to the yard...perfect for rolling the finished bike out this Spring




This second picture...well I will confess I am a graduate of the IZ School For Excellence In Imagery  The box propping up the fender has the original Smiths Tach and Speedo rebuilt by Joel Levine at Precision Instruments in Atlanta.  The front fork tubes are completely redone as well






10 years ago I swore I would never restore another one of these British wallet bleeders after my last P11

I really do try to stay out of my own way...but then I have moments of epic-fail

Sonny Defeo of Ghost Motorcycle family called me

he found this one in his accountant's basement

make the beast with two backs!! its on its way over here now

1967 G15CSR...complete w/1970's-era "delusions-of-coolness" modifications

oooohh this one is gonna hurt

[TiNi]

well, at least it's already the right color 

[RAT900]

Yup...original showroom was a deep candy apple red

it will be renewed

[Howie]

You WILL ride that Matchless down to Bar Matchless when it is done.  Restore or cafe?

[RAT900]

You WILL ride that Matchless down to Bar Matchless when it is done.  Restore or cafe?

It is an oddball one in that they made less than 100 for export in 1967 with high handlebars and the 2 gallon scrambler tank and the swept-back exhaust pipes as shown on this one...as bad an idea as the Norton Commando Hi-Rider 

So I will do a spec resto until it comes to pipes and bars...that scrambles tank on it now was customized with bondo to some awful ridge lines on the top so I need to carve it back down to the proper contour...

for pipes I am thinking of using the open cross-overs they used on a few Matchless racing scramblers...they flowed like the Honda 250/305 scrambler high pipes and/or the old Triumph scrambles pipes both running up the left side of the bike.

but the bars are going no matter what...may go in a cafe direction which would just mean scrapping the bars ...but in my heart I am a scrambler junkie

[Howie]

Scrambler is cool

[herm]

anything that includes ditching those pink huffy bars sounds like a great idea!

[RAT900]

anything that includes ditching those pink huffy bars sounds like a great idea!

<laughing> yes its dignity (such as that is with an old Brit) shall be restored...that seat, sissy bar and fender assembly is going to the curb as well

[Speeddog]

 

From the pictures, I deduce that the bike has no oil in it at all.

[orangelion03]

You poor bastard.  What monstrous karmic dog did you kick to deserve this?

Oh, I vote for scrambler as well.  It's not my wallet.

[Grampa]

Fonzi called..... he wants his bike back

[RAT900]

From the pictures, I deduce that the bike has no oil in it at all.

You are a man schooled in great powers of observation and deductive reasoning...clearly it's floor has not been marked

[RAT900]

Update bump

photos in first post up top

[IZ]

I am a graduate of the IZ School For Excellence In Imagery 

My star pupil!! 







WTF Rat?!   

[akmnstr]

This being the no-moto board, I assumed this was a thread for wankers.  Which, ah, explains why I ended up here.  Thought I'd pick up some pointers on perfecting the craft.  But I too am vexed by an old 67 brit bike, a 67 bonny.  Good luck to ya.  Keep us posted on your progress.  A very  cool and rare bike.  I vote scrambler too. 

Any problem finding parts?