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The direct route may be the shortest, but the detours that somehow lead to the goal are often more exciting.
There are a few such detours in this conversion. The goal was never left out of sight.
Have fun reading...
L´abono carrera ... is a play on words from Spanish and freely translated means something like
"The racing slurry"
The story begins on a business trip to Switzerland in December 2012, where I had a conversation with the customer on the drive from Birsfelden to Lugano. We discovered that we have a common hobby and Bernhard told me that he also has a 650 CX, among other things.
... and he even had a second one that he was ready to sell. We were talking about € 500, which in the end became 500 CFR, i.e. € 420.
But I couldn't see it, because it was in Bernhard's garage somewhere in the Swiss pampas. I didn't have a trailer anyway and we stayed so that Bernhard wanted to send me pictures.
On the photos she actually looked okay. Not completely and with a cross tire in the back, but otherwise not battered or something. ... And the parts that were dismantled were supposedly still there.
That it wasn't complete didn't bother me, because I didn't like the E (PC06 or RC12) anyway and since I had already planned to build a Caferacer out of it, I didn't care. The main thing is that I had the chassis and the engine.
... Yes, something was wrong with the starter and the clutch had been removed, but I didn't care because my parts store was well stocked. The starter wasn't the issue and a couple of new clutch plates aren't the problem either, I thought ...
It should turn out that in January 2013 I had to go back down to Switzerland.
So I named my trailer, picked Bernhard up again in Birsfelden and we started again towards Lugano. We made a little "detour" to Bernhard's house. Late in the evening - it was long since dark - we loaded the CX into the trailer. It all happened very quickly. With all the snow and the rose-colored glasses I couldn't see anything anyway.
A few days later, in my workshop at home, the rude awakening came. The "good piece" was badly messed up. The frame was crooked, the engine showed traces of the wild use of force, the air filter was replaced by a piece of foam, the electrical system torn, etc., etc. ...
... So the first inventory did not promise anything good.
But that was just the beginning and it was to get worse ...
When dismantling it turned out that one exhaust manifold was open, the other had a throttle plate in it. How the thing was running with it is still a mystery to me today.
The standpipes were totally tasteless and ripe for the scrap. ... Okay, the fork with the anti-dive fuss wasn't my thing anyway and didn't fit my concept. A sale in this condition was unthinkable an no option.
The frame went straight from the lift into the scrap. The fork, except for the dip tubes, too.
The ProLink leveraging was mercilessly jammed, was dismantled and overtaken by Alex "Güllenpumper". He is a lathe operator and specializes in overtaking ProLink. To do this, he manufactures new bushings and precisely fitting bolts and including powder coating.
The next step was to get a new frame and dismantle the engine ...
Basically I don't install a used engine without removing the rear engine cover, checking the timing chain and modifying the tensioner, if it's an automatic one.
... Yes, and this is what the timing chain looked like:
The tensioner was fully extended
...and the guide rail was broken
At first glance, it all looks pretty bad, but there is still room for improvement.
.
There are a few such detours in this conversion. The goal was never left out of sight.
Have fun reading...
L´abono carrera ... is a play on words from Spanish and freely translated means something like
"The racing slurry"
The story begins on a business trip to Switzerland in December 2012, where I had a conversation with the customer on the drive from Birsfelden to Lugano. We discovered that we have a common hobby and Bernhard told me that he also has a 650 CX, among other things.
... and he even had a second one that he was ready to sell. We were talking about € 500, which in the end became 500 CFR, i.e. € 420.
But I couldn't see it, because it was in Bernhard's garage somewhere in the Swiss pampas. I didn't have a trailer anyway and we stayed so that Bernhard wanted to send me pictures.
On the photos she actually looked okay. Not completely and with a cross tire in the back, but otherwise not battered or something. ... And the parts that were dismantled were supposedly still there.
That it wasn't complete didn't bother me, because I didn't like the E (PC06 or RC12) anyway and since I had already planned to build a Caferacer out of it, I didn't care. The main thing is that I had the chassis and the engine.
... Yes, something was wrong with the starter and the clutch had been removed, but I didn't care because my parts store was well stocked. The starter wasn't the issue and a couple of new clutch plates aren't the problem either, I thought ...
It should turn out that in January 2013 I had to go back down to Switzerland.
So I named my trailer, picked Bernhard up again in Birsfelden and we started again towards Lugano. We made a little "detour" to Bernhard's house. Late in the evening - it was long since dark - we loaded the CX into the trailer. It all happened very quickly. With all the snow and the rose-colored glasses I couldn't see anything anyway.
A few days later, in my workshop at home, the rude awakening came. The "good piece" was badly messed up. The frame was crooked, the engine showed traces of the wild use of force, the air filter was replaced by a piece of foam, the electrical system torn, etc., etc. ...
... So the first inventory did not promise anything good.
But that was just the beginning and it was to get worse ...
When dismantling it turned out that one exhaust manifold was open, the other had a throttle plate in it. How the thing was running with it is still a mystery to me today.
The standpipes were totally tasteless and ripe for the scrap. ... Okay, the fork with the anti-dive fuss wasn't my thing anyway and didn't fit my concept. A sale in this condition was unthinkable an no option.
The frame went straight from the lift into the scrap. The fork, except for the dip tubes, too.
The ProLink leveraging was mercilessly jammed, was dismantled and overtaken by Alex "Güllenpumper". He is a lathe operator and specializes in overtaking ProLink. To do this, he manufactures new bushings and precisely fitting bolts and including powder coating.
The next step was to get a new frame and dismantle the engine ...
Basically I don't install a used engine without removing the rear engine cover, checking the timing chain and modifying the tensioner, if it's an automatic one.
... Yes, and this is what the timing chain looked like:
The tensioner was fully extended
...and the guide rail was broken
At first glance, it all looks pretty bad, but there is still room for improvement.
.