I've now got too many engines; but I do like messing about with them. I've currently got no use for a 594cc engine which was running when I bought it but which I took apart, partly to use some of the ancillaries and partly intending to rebuild it.
So I've just measured all the important components and find that everything is standard size and virtually unworn. On top of the original cost I expect that the new bearings, rings, gaskets, timing gear etc., will cost me at least £200. If I sold it when completed I would probably pass it on as a bare engine (to the uninitiated...crankcase, barrel and pistons, fitted with the head, carburettor and sump) in order to make it easier to deal with transportation. Some of the other parts were either faulty or have now been re-used; maybe I could sell the engine cowlings and some other bits and bobs?
I would road-test the engine over a few hundred miles until it had fully settled down and to check for leaks etc. Although I'm going to do this anyway because I'm intrigued to see what performance you get out of a 600, I'm a bit concerned that for my efforts and expenditure I might end up short-changing myself; that's even if the engine would actually sell in that format.
Obviously I would have to make a bit of effort with shining it up, which for me would be the hardest part of the job given my natural disinclination to do so and the grubbiness of the original components; some of which pictured here.
But what's it worth?
So I've just measured all the important components and find that everything is standard size and virtually unworn. On top of the original cost I expect that the new bearings, rings, gaskets, timing gear etc., will cost me at least £200. If I sold it when completed I would probably pass it on as a bare engine (to the uninitiated...crankcase, barrel and pistons, fitted with the head, carburettor and sump) in order to make it easier to deal with transportation. Some of the other parts were either faulty or have now been re-used; maybe I could sell the engine cowlings and some other bits and bobs?
I would road-test the engine over a few hundred miles until it had fully settled down and to check for leaks etc. Although I'm going to do this anyway because I'm intrigued to see what performance you get out of a 600, I'm a bit concerned that for my efforts and expenditure I might end up short-changing myself; that's even if the engine would actually sell in that format.
Obviously I would have to make a bit of effort with shining it up, which for me would be the hardest part of the job given my natural disinclination to do so and the grubbiness of the original components; some of which pictured here.
But what's it worth?