UK Coppa Italia recommision

[wavey_davey1]

[wavey_davey1]

Weird/Ugly earthing arrangement!

 

 

 

[gstallons]

It looks like they were trying to correct something . And it wasn't working.

[docc]

Thanks, @wavey_davey1, for the detailed update. Welldone, and carry on!    

Just to stand by the record, GutsiBits ripped the Roper plate design without permission or acknowledgment. While they might, otherwise, serve the community well enough, that transgression is a mark against them.

Two of our members have provided us with approved "P.Roper" plates honoring the designer with donations to "Doctors Without Borders." 

Perhaps you could invite them to make a donation , in kind . . .

                                           Médecins sans Frontières

 

[wavey_davey1]

Apologies, I was unaware of the "back story" with the Gutsibits supplied Roper plates. I'd also surmised (incorrectly?) that I'd missed the boat by a few months getting one from the guys supplying the plates from this forum, otherwise would have gone down that route in any case.

Anyhow, I've just made a donation to Medicine sans Frontiers myself to honour Pete's input to these.

[docc]

40 minutes ago, wavey_davey1 said:

Apologies, I was unaware of the "back story" with the Gutsibits supplied Roper plates. I'd also surmised (incorrectly?) that I'd missed the boat by a few months getting one from the guys supplying the plates from this forum, otherwise would have gone down that route in any case.

Anyhow, I've just made a donation to Medicine sans Frontiers myself to honour Pete's input to these.

Wow, my man, welldone!   I had not considered that option.

I cannot recall if @DucatiGuzziIndian has any plates left from his run. @Pressureangle told me he has a resource to run a one-off.

Thanks for keeping us up on your V11 progress, @wavey_davey1.   

[po18guy]

On 8/21/2024 at 9:36 AM, wavey_davey1 said:

Ok, so as per my recent "introduce yourself" post, I have bought a Coppa Italia imported from Japan by a dealer, described as a "barn find".

In this case I actually think it might have been in a barn! The date code on the tyres is 2007 and there's numerous signs around the bike of having been stored either in slightly damp conditions and/or UV damage though fundamentally in good condition? I suspect it might be a deceased estate purchase as there's a few expensive extras that came with it, but also signs of poor storage, we'll never know?

I'm no stranger to restorations (which is not how I see this project) having resurrected a T3 Cali, numerous 60s/70s Bonnevilles and Commandos etc, but never really had that much involvement with a spine frame over and above tank-off checklist type stuff. I see this one as requiring a bit more than that somehow!

 

First hurdle was getting the badly uv hardened paint film off without destroying the paint and decals underneath. So far it's working, albeit very slow process (combination of gentle heat gun and specialised solvent) but the tailpiece decals aren't clearcoated so will have to repair small areas or source new ones/get copies made, we'll see.

I wanted to clean it up a bit before any stripdown or startup, as much to give me some motivation as anything else. It's really filthy, even under the tank etc. Oddly though oils look clean as does brake fluid, and there's a small amount of what looks like reasonably fresh fuel in the tank, which I'll change out before powering up the pump etc.

 

I've sourced new oil, oil filter, fuel filter and just had 10 Picker relays arrive from Digikey in the states (2 days shipment time!) as it currently has the dreaded Tycos.

 

Will post a few updates as and when, (and steer specific questions into the technical forum) though this project is competing with my brother's BSA 250 charging issue and a few other bits and pieces, plus the demands of a 10 year old daughter, so it's not going to be a 2 weeks and ride off into the sunset thing.

 

 

 

 

It must have been stored indoors near a source of ozone. I have NEVER seen tyres cracked like that. I still have a 1971 Pirelli Universal on an ancient Yamaha and it is in far better condition.

Would naphtha slowly dissolve the goo on the tank? Or, is that what you are using?