Victoria - Pembleton SuperSport
Discussion
Ambleton said:
The ride should be a lot better as it has 100% uprated springs, and its about 60kg lighter.
<scratches head> That's going to make the ride a lot worse. It'll cut down on bodyroll, and may tighten the handling up some, but grip will remain tyre-limited.Ambleton said:
I'd like to do a BMW R100 or MotoGuzzi conversion.
Give me a shout if you're heading to Sparrow's to talk BMW...
TooMany2cvs said:
Ambleton said:
The ride should be a lot better as it has 100% uprated springs, and its about 60kg lighter.
<scratches head> That's going to make the ride a lot worse. It'll cut down on bodyroll, and may tighten the handling up some, but grip will remain tyre-limited.Ambleton said:
I'd like to do a BMW R100 or MotoGuzzi conversion.
Give me a shout if you're heading to Sparrow's to talk BMW...So when I say "better" I mean flatter. But you're right, the ride quality will be harsher, which is fine because frankly the Lomax was a bit "too soft" anyway.
Sparrows certainly are on my radar. I might need to pop over to a few other owners and see their efforts too though! For the minute, I'm not rushing into anything without full preparation first. I'm going to enjoy her as she is!
TooMany2cvs said:
Ambleton said:
The bonnet is next on the list!
The previous owner stencilled an image of muttley from the whacky races on it....
Well, you HAVE to continue the theme after the rename, right...?The previous owner stencilled an image of muttley from the whacky races on it....
http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/victoria-pen...
qwertina said:
Well this has just set me off on an hour of looking at them! I need to start saving like a mad man as I must build one! The kits are so reasonably priced as well.
There is a partially built one on ebay near Stratford on Avon. Still a lot of work to but its a decent start.
Ambleton said:
Polished up my rocker covers ready to fit
Those older rocker covers do look good.I think you've got another way of really tidying the nose up, too - and giving a bit more power - look to move to a pair of bike carbs, shifting that ugly lump of Solex. As an interim, it might be worth just making the air filter setup a bit less fugly - it looks like a model of the Loch Ness Monster!
Then a lowered (or completely re-made?) oil filler/breather with a separate CPD valve - http://www.ecas2cvparts.co.uk/reed-valve-crankcase...
TooMany2cvs said:
Those older rocker covers do look good.
I think you've got another way of really tidying the nose up, too - and giving a bit more power - look to move to a pair of bike carbs, shifting that ugly lump of Solex. As an interim, it might be worth just making the air filter setup a bit less fugly - it looks like a model of the Loch Ness Monster!
Then a lowered (or completely re-made?) oil filler/breather with a separate CPD valve - http://www.ecas2cvparts.co.uk/reed-valve-crankcase...
The solex really is a great carb! I'm going to stick with it. BUT, I want to move it back under the bodywork, with a modified inlet manifold, it will look a lot better, but not something I can do at the moment because I just don't have enough time. I think you've got another way of really tidying the nose up, too - and giving a bit more power - look to move to a pair of bike carbs, shifting that ugly lump of Solex. As an interim, it might be worth just making the air filter setup a bit less fugly - it looks like a model of the Loch Ness Monster!
Then a lowered (or completely re-made?) oil filler/breather with a separate CPD valve - http://www.ecas2cvparts.co.uk/reed-valve-crankcase...
The CPD breather is definitely on the cards too. I had one on the Lomax and it made a big difference and looked a lot neater. There is a low profile sports air filter you can get from France for around £100, but it seems like a lot of money for what it is....
Found it...
https://www.franzose.de/en/Citroen-2CV/Alle/Luftfi...
Not sure though. I do have a foofoo valve in the garage that wad on the Lomax. I could fabricate something using a threaded T section and move the breather well out of the way on a long tube....
Thoughts?
https://www.franzose.de/en/Citroen-2CV/Alle/Luftfi...
Not sure though. I do have a foofoo valve in the garage that wad on the Lomax. I could fabricate something using a threaded T section and move the breather well out of the way on a long tube....
Thoughts?
cheers Swerni!
So tonight I had a hot sweaty evening in the shed with Victoria, I even had to get out my big vibrating tool... (shush now you boys at the back)!
I wanted to strip the bonnet and thought NitroMors would be brilliant. I've used it before on a wrought iron gate and it worked a dream. No such luck this time.
I applied it liberally as instructed, then again after 10 mins and waited for another 45mins.... this is what it looked like...
After a lot of scraping I was getting nowhere slowly. Annoyingly the previous owner had actually done a pretty good job of painting the bonnet, etching primer, thick, then top coats.
I decided that the only way to get any sort or result was to bring out my rotary DA sander polisher. After about 1.5hours it now looks like this...
I'll get the wire wool out and finish the rest another day. It was a very horrible, messy, hateful, dusty, s
tty job, but it will be worth it in the end. Can't wait to get it mirror polished like the rest of the bodywork!!
So tonight I had a hot sweaty evening in the shed with Victoria, I even had to get out my big vibrating tool... (shush now you boys at the back)!
I wanted to strip the bonnet and thought NitroMors would be brilliant. I've used it before on a wrought iron gate and it worked a dream. No such luck this time.
I applied it liberally as instructed, then again after 10 mins and waited for another 45mins.... this is what it looked like...
After a lot of scraping I was getting nowhere slowly. Annoyingly the previous owner had actually done a pretty good job of painting the bonnet, etching primer, thick, then top coats.
I decided that the only way to get any sort or result was to bring out my rotary DA sander polisher. After about 1.5hours it now looks like this...
I'll get the wire wool out and finish the rest another day. It was a very horrible, messy, hateful, dusty, s
tty job, but it will be worth it in the end. Can't wait to get it mirror polished like the rest of the bodywork!!Ambleton said:
cheers Swerni!
I'll get the wire wool out and finish the rest another day. It was a very horrible, messy, hateful, dusty, stty job, but it will be worth it in the end. Can't wait to get it mirror polished like the rest of the bodywork!!
Are you sure that a mirror-finish bonnet is a good plan? Isn't there a rather high risk of glare when you take it out in the sunshine, or even just a bright day?I'll get the wire wool out and finish the rest another day. It was a very horrible, messy, hateful, dusty, s
tty job, but it will be worth it in the end. Can't wait to get it mirror polished like the rest of the bodywork!!
XFDreamer said:
Here's a picture of my Father in laws Pembleton.
It's called Rocket.
Its a nice one, hopefully I can sort something out to clean up the front end like he has. So far my preferred route is definitely sticking with the solex, and modifying the inlet so it sits over the gearbox instead of the crank case!
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