Should I buy this Royal Enfield?

I thought I was alone in happily owing a bustard mongrel.




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Mark wrote

I've given mine a proper engine breather and it pisses oil considerably
less. And a Norton Commando oil filter plumbed in with a bit of washing
machine hose because it was the closest thing to hand ...
http://i14.tinypic.com/4kkp81u.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/4p0l5so.jpg
http://i12.tinypic.com/623hwco.jpg

The same old shite problem is the valve gear which just isn't up to it.
I'm sure something about the geometry is wrong (as well as the piss-poor
lubrication).

 

The hot pipe would have matched better.

 

Thus spake sweller () unto the assembled multitudes:

True, but it isn't used after the main wash cycle, and then where would
ye be, eh? ;-)

 

sweller wrote

Oh I'll get around to it one day, and anyway, I use low temperature
Persil as an oil additive ...

 

Hmm
You do know its possible to hide the filter just under the battery box,
(and in this case the plumbing as well)

you may need to make a big dent in the rear mudguard to allow room for the
filter to spin off.



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Mark wrote

Now that is interesting, because it looks awful.

Hummmm ... tempted to start investigating at 11.30pm ... No! Resist!

 

Does Norman Hyde do mushroom-head tappets for the 350/500s? IIRC, he
did them for the T150s and T160s which have some odd angle wear
problems. My 5TA didn't quite last long enough for me to encounter
problems like that...

 

Mike Fleming wrote

I know of these and I fear not. He does them for the T120s as well IIRC.
But there are machine shops around here I could consult about this, who
would know where I'm coming from, for the 350/500 size of widgetry
needed, and I'm pretty sure it's been done.

There's also a place down the road from Merthyr who I should consult,
and of course I can't recall their name. In Abercynon they are.

Mine has blown up or melted or fallen to bits quite a few times and each
rebuild gives slightly better results in specific areas, so next time
will be the Valve Gear Rebuild/Redesign and Fettling.
(The thing is that it revs like absolute buggery, and really goes very
well, but it needs detail work on the engine still.)