I picked up this 50 pan a couple of weeks ago. It had a bunch of cool shit with it including a complete B&H shifter set up with clutch booster, special lever, cable, the works. A front brake aluminum cooling ring, nice original frame, speedo, cool dual exhaust set up, etc. The inspection sticker is from 1970. The thing has been sitting since then.
The weird thing is the bike was once painted yellow...all of it, right down to the frame and triple trees. It has black paint and a lot of grease and grime on top of the yellow paint on the frame like it was together and running for many years with the black frame. The tanks have yellow paint under the blue also. The front fender is a different color blue so I'm guessing with the B&H and the yellow frame, tanks and triple trees it was probably one funky bob job in it's day or something like that.
My plan for this thing was to pull off all the cool shit I wanted and sell the frame, motor, forks, tanks and fenders in one lump...hhhmmm... Not so fast... I was walking out of the shop tonight and turned around and took a long look at the pan...man the engine cases are in perfect condition, original serial number matching belly numbers, beautiful cam cover, gears, cam, heads (it was missing a head but I had a spare). The frame needs a couple of minor fixes, the tanks are clean as a whistle inside, there are boxes of original hardware and just about every part to put it back together. Nice original wheels and tires, generator, etc. etc.
My plan for this thing was to pull off all the cool shit I wanted and sell the frame, motor, forks, tanks and fenders in one lump...hhhmmm... Not so fast... I was walking out of the shop tonight and turned around and took a long look at the pan...man the engine cases are in perfect condition, original serial number matching belly numbers, beautiful cam cover, gears, cam, heads (it was missing a head but I had a spare). The frame needs a couple of minor fixes, the tanks are clean as a whistle inside, there are boxes of original hardware and just about every part to put it back together. Nice original wheels and tires, generator, etc. etc.
Fuck...I'm gonna build it!
Stop!! You do not need to build it, you will only complicate your life needlessly! Send it all to me, I'll pay you when I get around to it. You'll thank me, I know you will.
ReplyDeleteWhat a relief! Let's see...Mitford NC...Ok here it comes...
ReplyDeleteare you going to run the B&H? there are fun and look cool. looks like the 47 and later one. nice find!
ReplyDeleteYeah I think I will use it. How can you tell if it is 47 and later? Is the mechanism itself different? The thing I noticed is that it has the fittings that bolt on to the 47 later shifter lever to "flip it" to the 46 and earlier position.
ReplyDeletethats it! and some applications are different in the height of the rocker pedal bracket. 4 hole, 2 hole...
ReplyDeleteDid you ever put the B&H on this panhead? There is a (how-to) booklet on E-bay for 50 bucks, but I will make copies of mine and send them to you for nothing if you need it.
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