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Restoring #163
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Re: Restoring #163
If you are restoring one of the bikes, how about building a separate thread and posting pics there. Since Steve and Reg's bikes are already restored, I'm guessing you have the Gary Fisher bike.
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From the background story that your father told me, and checking specific details of the build, I am about 95% certain that I have the Fisher bike. The VIN is about 40 numbers before the #163 bike, so it’s also the right era. Someone else out there is said to have the Fisher bike, but the exact age and details are not known. There are also conflicting stories about it, and reaching out to the current owner got no reply. So for the moment I keep an open mind.
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I found this pic while looking through files. Not sure it's what you were looking for, but it is another view of the oil cooler plate with the case on stand.
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Are there any race parts in the collection you are clearing out? I have one of the two C&J frames that were used the year after the factory motorrad frames but before the Rob North ones where built. Currently I have no plans for it but someday I might do something with it. Someone welded additional frame beams onto it so it's lost some of its originality. Not planning to part with it.
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There were an abundance of 'modified' heads in that mess. They generally were dual plugged, ported and polished and with non-stock carb intake manifolds. Some of them also had modified head gasket surfaces, like shown in one of the pics in the first post of this thread. In that pic, the head gasket surfaces are different. The reason(s) for that difference? How was it determined out of that parts stash what were the exact pair of heads for #163?
There were also other heads in that stash that had modified head gasket surfaces which were similar to the right side head in the pic. The difference was they were modified with an epoxy type material, not a TIG(?) and machine(?) type of modification. Any info on those heads?
Did Udo not build #163 with a Fallert magnesium oil pan?
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No magnesium oil pan was used. There was none in the parts pile when i picked up the bits. Nor was there magnesium front cover, ignition cover or transmission housing. Those are the rarest of parts from these bikes.
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Obviously, the head on the left in your pic, is not modified like that on the right. Was the left side head found, or another modified for the #163 resurrection?
The attached pic is a set of heads from that stash. They were ported and polished before their recent cleaning. They had epoxy, or an epoxy like material, on the fin surface that went from the pushrod tube opening to the edge of the fin. Can Udo verify the history of this set of heads?
There was a non-stock gearbox housing and close-ratio gear set in storage with #163.