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Jeffb
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 08:16 am: | 
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Prior,
I may be wrong, but that looks like a different bike. The XL style shocks and fuel tank are different. I think if you look close, it appears to be a standard XL/XR style frame, not the Buell style of the Hammer. That looks like a late XR750TT to me. |
186bigtwin
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 08:30 am: |
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The first Hammer was an XRTT Frame, (legend has it from an old Mert Lawill bike) and it had changes done to it all the time, there would be no "one" model only, it was a work in progress it's whole life.......I never saw a 2-1 like that on the bike either, but again there are NOT alot of pictures to go by, I have maybe 20 that I've found and that's not much......... |
Prior
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 08:42 am: |
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This is LH I. The last time I was in and talked to the guys working on it they did say the exhaust and stocks were not correct, and some of the other components as well.
Dave Gess or Court may be able to provide some more background on these...
The last thread on the bikes is here: http://badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/6817/19 332.html?1079391494 |
Firstbuell
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 09:48 am: |
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I love this/these bike[s] !! |
186bigtwin
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 01:10 pm: |
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You can tell real easy if it's one of the LH engines, they all had wet sumps, very rare in HD road race circles..........Most people wouldn't even know to look...... |
186bigtwin
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 01:13 pm: |
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Just looked at the first restoration pic, it looks to have a wet sump engine, either that or a extended under frame oil tank, Hmmmm ?? |
Ducbsa
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 07:30 am: |
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I thought there were sump extenders, to increase the crankcase volume, to help air/oil separation. |
186bigtwin
| | Posted on Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 11:24 am: |
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They did that too (increase crankcase volume), but they were full wet sump motors with the oil pumps pulling oil up out of a pan just like most automotive engines, they had baffeling going down to the sump and about a 4" X 4" square hole cut in the bottom of the engine where the "oil pan" attached..... |
1313
| | Posted on Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 08:39 pm: |
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Hopefully some of these earlier restoration pics will be helpful.
These were taken in July 2008:
OK, so the first is the poster on the wall inside Tilley's dealership...
But the rest are all of the bike/engine
A few more coming...
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1313
| | Posted on Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 08:42 pm: |
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And these are from November 2008:
All I got, so I hope it's of some help-
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F_skinner
| | Posted on Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 09:31 pm: |
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Great pictures and thanks.. |
Davegess
| | Posted on Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 10:02 pm: |
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The Buell designed bike was LH II. Used one of Don's trick motors with the close ratio five speed. These pics are the original which was constantly being updated to keep it competitive.
Neat video. |
186bigtwin
| | Posted on Friday, August 13, 2010 - 10:12 am: |
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It looks to be a "real" LH motor, the cylinders are different than a standard XR-750 or XR 1000 and the ports looked raised, plus the sprocket is a race sprocket and the outside mini magneto ignition system matches up with some pics I have. VERY COOL !! And I thought it was thrown to the four winds, what a nice surprise....... |
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