Swiss Toni

Try the MCN vin checker, Riccardo. About the cheapest at a tenner! Or drop a line to VJMC?

It's turned out nice, Mark. Looks great! I found one a few years ago. Been stood outside for donkeys. Offered a daft price. Too daft, as it turns out! My bad!

Nice find! The US seems to be a better place than the UK to find scarce dirt bike/green lane bike spares.

@imago#39's are the rubber mounting cushions for the clocks to bracket.

Morning Mike. Welcome to OSS! Pop over to 'General', give yourself a bit of an introduction.

Welcome to OSS! Unfortunately, you've picked the first model for your restoration! Spares are quite hard to find. Fairings from G & H models will fit though. Have a word with Jason 'Fibreman' on here, in the Traders section. He does good stuff for Slabbies.

Well, welcome back! And ... don't leave it so fucking long next time!

No. It's the lower half of the clock housing.

The bit with the oblong cut-outs. As I said, that might have been the back of the original case.

Yup!

Yup! The insides of those are going to be in better condition. Here's a pic of that plate. It may even be part of the case?

Different size mains between inside & outside cylinders is quite common.

@eddiegsxDon't go out of your way, Eddie. Have a gander next time you're in there!

Cheers! That plate on the fiche may be for another market.

@imagoCheers! Take a look at my wanted post. See if you can help me out?

Just get the EG bracket, and it'll be fine. The headlamp is another story. Good find. Same colour as mine!

For the time it's going to take ... whip the head off! Things of this nature don't usually 'clear themselves', 'Sods Law' it'll catch you out! You could take the cams out, and try pushing/tapping the top of the valve stems. If the valve returns, that's not the problem, if it doesn't, it's either bent stem or corrosion, as said!

Cheers Bud.

Cheers, Eddie. Same as mine. According to AlphaSports microfiche, there's a plate below the clocks, with two holes in it for speedo/rc cables. Mine's missing. Must keep a lot of the weather out, as there's a fair bit of corrosion inside mine.

Is there anyone out there, with a set of 1100 ET/EX clocks off the bike? Can you post a picture of the underside of the case for me? Cheers!

Bet that cost a pretty penny! Good find.

Enjoy it!

You don't need any grease nipples! Take out the banjo bolt. Get an old fashioned 'lever type' grease gun. Unscrew the nozzle off the end of your grease gun hose, and screw the hose into the caliper gently. Its not quite the right thread, but if you're carefull, it'll be fine. STOP when it stops! Pump away! If that won't shift it, nothing will! If you need to get pistons out of the opposite caliper half, split the caliper, make blanks out of thick rubber sheet, stick it in the vice, nipping the rubber up over the transfer ports. (and use mole grips) if you need to (2 ports), pump away again. As your bleed nipples are paggered, you may have to free off the pistons in the banjo bolt side first, re-insert them, then make sure they're locked in the retracted position, hold them in this position whilst pumping again, and the opposite side will start to shift. You get the general idea. Never been beat using this method! Of course, if you know you're going to need pistons out, you could always try the bike own hydraulics first. You never know, maybe they'll pop right out ... or not!!!

You sound like me auld Dad!

Nice, tidy looking bike! Brakes turn out ok?