Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Long-stroke lover!

WORDS AND PICS: JEFF WARE

G’day. Sorry it has been quite a long time between updates, friends. I’m still injured from my Guzzi stack back last March, you see, and I’ve been relying on my buddies Tim and Todd to help me out, plus I’ve been time poor lately, but we did manage to make a lot of progress over Xmas and January…

So, a reminder: this is my third ‘Slabby’ and it will be a keeper. Let’s start with the oil-boiling, high-flowing, long-stroke of genius 749cc motor. Last update I had stripped the bottom-end down and inspected it. A few tell-tale signs told me this was an ex-racebike.

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