AMC is gone, he didnt like being told he needs to talk nicer to people.
Welp guess I'll just scrap the build then. No sense in going on from here.
On that note I'll do some research and see who is in my area or who people have used in the past.
AMC is gone, he didnt like being told he needs to talk nicer to people.
Why scrap it because AMC is gone?? Simple plan, if cylinders are worn have it bored to next size or new sleeves or go big bore or find a good used block or a complete good used engine.
Road trip! You do realize you can pay companies to raise your google rank yes? It may be a good place to start but don't blindly trust that shit.
Start visiting bike shops, ones that do work on bikes. Look for old guys and old bikes. Tell them your situation and what your thinking about doing. Don't discount the local Honda shop, ask them questions too. People are usually more forthcoming with info face to face then over the phone.
When I was in MI, I had to find someone to true my rear wheel and replace several spokes. It's the stock Honda hub with a 16" Harley outer laced to it, very popular 'back in the day'. In this day, many shops won't touch spokes let alone custom ones. I eventually found a guy about 50 mi from my house. He had several early model Hondas for sale too, and practically a junkyard of spare parts, and a spare wheel just like mine to pull the spokes out of that I needed
One good thing, oversized pistons and related parts are easier to come by then stock size.
Sorry to hear AMC is gone. I really liked that grumpy old bastard.
Any machine work needed I would send to APE, or Cycle Xchange. They do all my machine work. Best in the business for motorcycles. You will have to search for factory oversize pistons, the dohc motor just is not popular with the aftermarket....very few parts available. Cycle X does have a wiseco 823 kit and several other engine pieces. APE is best in the nation for cylinder head work, hands down.
I have a nos rc 820 kit under my bed.
I'm almost wondering if it would be cheaper to try and find a donor bike to steal the cylinder block from and hope I can re use it or even just try and remove and replace the skirts so I can use factory pistons.
The 823 kit with the boring service would be 700/800!
I'm almost wondering if it would be cheaper to try and find a donor bike to steal the cylinder block from and hope I can re use it or even just try and remove and replace the skirts so I can use factory pistons.
The 823 kit with the boring service would be 700/800!
This is why we told you to check the compression before you bought it, which you would also need to do with any donor bike.
So now you decide, continue with this bike and end up with a freshly rebuilt motor that you rebuilt yourself or, find a different bike that already runs.
If you choose to carry on, make your overall plan and stick to it. Are you going to modify the carbs and exhaust too? Perhaps port and polish the head? or just rebuild the top end and keep the rest stock.
The big bore kit is the simplest next move at this point just because you get everything in one package and you get to reuse, after some machining, your original cylinder.
Myself, I couldn't resist taking a die grinder to the head because I do my own porting. I quite enjoy it. But that leads to modified carbs and exhaust, a whole other can of worms.