Pete Calles’s tt

Carlo · **Posted:** Wed Dec 16, 2020 3:10 pm

Fuck! what a beautiful bike!

Carlo · **Posted:** Wed Dec 16, 2020 3:14 pm

Now I speak seriously, I hope you will do a conservative restoration, that bike oozes history and battles from every pore, but it's my humble opinion.
Big Paul!

Cal · **Joined:** Sat Feb 25, 2017 11:51 am **Posts:** 622

huit wrote:

Thanks Cal and Mike.
Mike I did find my old pantah in Alberta, motor was toast but they did not want to sell.
There is a lot of Reno on this motor, the drains from the rocker covers the vents front and rear.
I have never carbs with 195 and 190 main jets.
The motor is a monster 66x92!
The motor had a ncr clutch and some point in time, too bad it still wasn’t there.
There is enough little jobs to keep me busy for the winter.
Paul

Hey Paul.....wow.....thats a big motor, not far away from 900cc?? That rear disc and in some old pictures looks like a lockheed set up?? I dont recall seeing many set ups like that in this period??

See ya,
Clay

huit · **Joined:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:38 pm **Posts:** 878

Cal, yes it was a Lockheed long gone I am afraid, the rear disc is a zanazani aluminum alloy with a plasma coated braking surface

huit · **Joined:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:38 pm **Posts:** 878

Motor is out!
I remember when I could lift and move a pantah motor around with ease... it really sucks getting old.

Wolf · **Joined:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:50 pm **Posts:** 101

Paul,

I know how it feels - I try to bore as many holes as possible to make the motor a little lighter...

cheers

Wolf

huit · **Joined:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:38 pm **Posts:** 878

Looks good Wolf!

huit · **Joined:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:38 pm **Posts:** 878

Sone progress while waiting for the frame to come back from paint,
I sent the rear shock out, it was a real pain to get parts from works, they didn’t seem to care about old shocks they had custom built years ago, all good now.

I spoke with Lou about what to do with the bringing the swingarm back to a reasonable finish.
I went at it with the coarse scotch brite then used a wire brush and some wd40 to keep it wet.
Thanks Lou!

Heads came back from a little clean up of the valve seats, guides were good.

Cylinders were out to the max and a little out of round, I had a pair of cylinders that could go out to 92 from 90 so that is done.
I spoke to total seal and found some conventional rings that will work.

I have changed the oil lines to the heads as they were routed very strangely, do to the port configuration of the cooler.
The cooler was replaced with a paso cooler so the lines should now have a nice clear path.

The weather today was sunny and around plus 4c so I lit the bbq up painted the heads then cooked them.
I then did the clutch cover and the oil cooler.

boucher · **Joined:** Wed Nov 17, 2010 5:45 am **Posts:** 392

A race bike with history and patina, and some rare parts thrown in to the equation. Love it. Enjoy the build Paul. Boucher.

huit · **Joined:** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:38 pm **Posts:** 878

Thanks Chris!
Last job for the day was to get the oil cooler and tach mounted.

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