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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Chopped engine, reunited with original gearbox.
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<blockquote data-quote="Phil Davies" data-source="post: 123059" data-attributes="member: 2541"><p>Sorry to be a late starter to this thread.</p><p>Bob did not make any castings.</p><p>What happend was a customer had a set of brand new cases and he wanted to remove the gearbox and for Bob to build the engine, which Bob did, Bob being Bob he kept the 'new' gearbox shell as a curio.</p><p></p><p>Subsequently an owner from Norway with a chopped Shadow engine asked Bob if it was ever possible to find and attach a gearbox back on for a standard chassis set up - Bob produced the 'new' gearbox shell and duly set about welding it on to the Shadow engine. Bob had to shorten an original outer chaincase by 1/32 from the middle to make it fit the repaired engine - what a fantastic achievement.</p><p>I saw the finished item and you had to look very hard to be able to know!</p><p>That was Bob at his old usual outstanding best, happy days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phil Davies, post: 123059, member: 2541"] Sorry to be a late starter to this thread. Bob did not make any castings. What happend was a customer had a set of brand new cases and he wanted to remove the gearbox and for Bob to build the engine, which Bob did, Bob being Bob he kept the 'new' gearbox shell as a curio. Subsequently an owner from Norway with a chopped Shadow engine asked Bob if it was ever possible to find and attach a gearbox back on for a standard chassis set up - Bob produced the 'new' gearbox shell and duly set about welding it on to the Shadow engine. Bob had to shorten an original outer chaincase by 1/32 from the middle to make it fit the repaired engine - what a fantastic achievement. I saw the finished item and you had to look very hard to be able to know! That was Bob at his old usual outstanding best, happy days. [/QUOTE]
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