1970 Greeves Griffon *VIDEO ADDED* With Questions
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Re: 1970 Greeves Griffon
No real progress but here are a couple of pics of where I am at with the Griffon. Next job is the wheels so don't expect too much progress anytime soon as this is going to take a while. I am just going to strip the rear and polish the hub as it was originally and hopefully I can buff the spokes and rim and reassemble.
No real progress but here are a couple of pics of where I am at with the Griffon. Next job is the wheels so don't expect too much progress anytime soon as this is going to take a while. I am just going to strip the rear and polish the hub as it was originally and hopefully I can buff the spokes and rim and reassemble.
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Started work on the rear wheel, good news is the original made in England Dunlop rim polished up nicely! Got the hub in the lathe and cleaned up the flanges a little. Next I will soda blast it then polish the conical center as per original. Not sure if I can save the spokes yet but I will do my best, a new set is about $100.
Started work on the rear wheel, good news is the original made in England Dunlop rim polished up nicely! Got the hub in the lathe and cleaned up the flanges a little. Next I will soda blast it then polish the conical center as per original. Not sure if I can save the spokes yet but I will do my best, a new set is about $100.
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Barnburner
Coast to Coast
Re: 1970 Greeves Griffon
I just bought a 67 Greeves Challenger a few weeks ago and I'm about to dig into it so this has been a great inspiration. I've got no spark at the moment so I'm going to try the simple things first and clean/set the points. Quick question - did you need a special puller to remove the flywheel rotor?
I just bought a 67 Greeves Challenger a few weeks ago and I'm about to dig into it so this has been a great inspiration. I've got no spark at the moment so I'm going to try the simple things first and clean/set the points. Quick question - did you need a special puller to remove the flywheel rotor?
Re: 1970 Greeves Griffon
I think I made one. That's what I normally do if there are tapped holes in the rotor it is easy.
You should join this website and go on their forum a bunch of experts on there. http://www.greeves-riders.org.uk/
Start a build thread on here too. Are you in the USA? If so Ken Sykes is the guy to get parts from.
BarnBurner said:
I think I made one. That's what I normally do if there are tapped holes in the rotor it is easy.
You should join this website and go on their forum a bunch of experts on there. http://www.greeves-riders.org.uk/
Start a build thread on here too. Are you in the USA? If so Ken Sykes is the guy to get parts from.
Barnburner
Coast to Coast
Re: 1970 Greeves Griffon
Yeah, I'm in Ohio. I already got a few parts from Ken actually. I'm all set to get a puller from him too, but was curious if I could use one off-the-shelf.
johnu said:
Yeah, I'm in Ohio. I already got a few parts from Ken actually. I'm all set to get a puller from him too, but was curious if I could use one off-the-shelf.
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yea it is like Christmas all year long!johnu said:I like getting new partsAir filters, rear sprocket and wheel bearings. Front fender came but it has a kink in it
Also got the rear wheel bearings installed and trued the wheel on my newly built truing stand.
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