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<blockquote data-quote="peterg" data-source="post: 35846" data-attributes="member: 446"><p>Howdy Rip,</p><p></p><p>This is a truly Rip (Van Winkle) moment. I essentially dragged a New Old Stock Tragle rebuild out of that garage. This is John McAlpine's bike that was not put together after you completed that rebuild or only ridden less than a 100 miles. It was sitting there with the headlight assy completely wired up, the UFM still full of oil (did not wet sump in 30 years) and labels on extraneous wires as to where they went. The motor had your blue Loctite-y looking sealant on joint faces and no gaskets. I pulled the top end down to dress the valves/seats (with Wenol so as not to disturb anything) and the pistons were only lightly scooted like it had run on the bench or in a test chassis.</p><p></p><p>This machine remained disassembled and was to be his retirement project. Alas, he did not live to see that. An overly aggressive rider he died on his Ducati at age 62. His widow did not want anyone at the house and all of his classic machines were sold through the local Duc shop except this one and few knew of it. Somer did and hinted of its existence, I didn't even know what town it was located in. Initial contact with her was very discouraging, she and her daughter said it would remain in the house as long as she was alive......it took a long time but charm, guile and an overwhelming amount of shameless groveling yielded my favorite machine of any I've ever owned.</p><p></p><p>It'd be super groovy to see an old snapshot of you as an erascible (I've heard tell) young whippersnapper puring over its innards. I can pm you its motor number.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="peterg, post: 35846, member: 446"] Howdy Rip, This is a truly Rip (Van Winkle) moment. I essentially dragged a New Old Stock Tragle rebuild out of that garage. This is John McAlpine's bike that was not put together after you completed that rebuild or only ridden less than a 100 miles. It was sitting there with the headlight assy completely wired up, the UFM still full of oil (did not wet sump in 30 years) and labels on extraneous wires as to where they went. The motor had your blue Loctite-y looking sealant on joint faces and no gaskets. I pulled the top end down to dress the valves/seats (with Wenol so as not to disturb anything) and the pistons were only lightly scooted like it had run on the bench or in a test chassis. This machine remained disassembled and was to be his retirement project. Alas, he did not live to see that. An overly aggressive rider he died on his Ducati at age 62. His widow did not want anyone at the house and all of his classic machines were sold through the local Duc shop except this one and few knew of it. Somer did and hinted of its existence, I didn't even know what town it was located in. Initial contact with her was very discouraging, she and her daughter said it would remain in the house as long as she was alive......it took a long time but charm, guile and an overwhelming amount of shameless groveling yielded my favorite machine of any I've ever owned. It'd be super groovy to see an old snapshot of you as an erascible (I've heard tell) young whippersnapper puring over its innards. I can pm you its motor number. [/QUOTE]
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