Bought a Jawa

[Ariel Badger]

Just need to build the rest of it now.
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[chris-red]

[Ariel Badger]

Second hand but professionally maintained . It is 500cc and designed to run on methanol. It is a speedway motor.
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[Teflon-Mike]

I'm not sure if I'm disappointed.
I expected it to be a 350 two-smoke twin... after your LC thread....
But... what do those OHC Speedway engine's pump these days? About 70bhp? And I bet it weights about as much as a Smiler-trap!
So what's the plan?
It going to gain a gear-box?
Mono-cock sheet ali frame?
Who was it that made them for grass-track? Was it Hagon?

How far over can you cant them? They're splash lubed aren't they?
Will they run as a lay-down, or has it got to be a sloper?
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[Ariel Badger]

Hi Mike.
I was toying with a smoker twin but my heart will always be with a big four stroke single. I want a bike that will go through the standing 1/4 very quickly and these motors are well suited to do that. It will be matched up to a gearbox and I will build a frame to suit.
Expect an epic in Show and Tell.
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[pepperami]

I`m pleased you`ve bought a Jawa lump and are going to do something with it
I am disappoint that it`s not a tatty old 350 twin
If it was I might of learnt something from your posts?
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[Teflon-Mike]

[Ariel Badger]

This one will be a dedicated straightliner in a laydown frame. I see no point in suspension as all it will do is slow me down with its weight so it will be in a rigid frame. My present concept is to have the box and motor in a plate aluminium alloy monocoque assembly suspended in a lightweight steel tubular frame with the front member and steering head from a Greeves. Gearbox will in all probability be Burman as I am used to working on them but could be BSA or Norton. Forks will be lightweight such as a BSA Bantam and wheels built on to Honda Chicken Chaser hubs.
It works in my head.
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[Musketeer]

Waiting to see the photos of the rest of the bike hopefully in the near future

[Shaft]

[Ariel Badger]

[Shaft]

I was just working on the basis that, whenever I've built anything unusual, it's easier to start with something rather than nothing, even if the end result bears no resemblance to the original.

A longtrack frame would give you the basic dimensions, then you can strengthen, kick out the headstock and extend the rear triangle to your heart's content.
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[Lone-Wolf]

Wotcha.

Nice engine. . . . it has just enough cylinders


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[Ariel Badger]

I am starting with something simple, my brain!
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[Ariel Badger]

[Shaft]

[Ariel Badger]

Square, 86X86.
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