Aermacchi Build - Part 2 // Paul Brodie's Shop
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Du kannst anstecken mit deiner kindlichen Freude (im besten Sinn) am Ergebnis deiner Arbeit. Dass ein Fahrrad-Mann so ein Leichtgewicht hinbekommt ist natürlich Ehrensache. Als Fahrradbauer wiegt man jeden Speichennippel und weiss, dass jedes Gramm zählt. Klasse!
Jurgen, Thanks for watching and commenting!
Paul she's beautiful. Quote a work of art and craftsmanship. Enjoy the ride!
Thank you Paul.
Such a beautiful build.
I'm anxious to see it take its maiden scoot. Well done indeed.
Thanks Michael.. We will fire it up on the rollers, but where to ride it I don't know. It's not street legal and I haven't been to a racetrack for years!
The look on Paul's face...206lbs...priceless. A great early Christmas gift!!!
Thanks Jeff. Yes, I was surprised by the weight, or lack of.
Only encountered your channel today and I'm so impressed with your workmanship and skill. And full marks to Mitch for camera work and editing.
Very nice comment. Thank you Peter....
It's great to see all the the parts I've watched you make come together. It looks great Paul looking forward to hear it run..
Thanks Mark. Yes, it is time to shim the transmission and get the cases together...
I rode the HD 350 version of this in 1973 in Woomera while I was still in school!
An american serviceman had one and let us ride it a bit on weekends!
He also had a Kawasaki 350 bighorn, the challenge was if you could start it you could ride it! Challenge accepted and the rides were appreciated!
Learnt how to ride dirt bikes on both of these and wish I could have purchased both when the serviceman left!
I remember those Kawasaki 350 Bighorns. I got to ride one and it had a pipe and other stuff on it. When it came on the pipe it was a lot of fun as long as you were pointed in the right direction! Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@paulbrodie I recall they also had a selectable reduction box via a lever?
@@Peter57808 My memory is not that good...
I can already see that Checkered Flag. And here comes Brodie out of turn 4 ,looks like he has the lead! 358 has the checkered Flag. Good night lady's and Gentlemen
That's very nice of you, but I am not a racer anymore. My friend Mick has offered to race it 🏁
I like light bikes they are easier to pick up when you drop them, looking forward to seeing the finished bike.
Light bikes do just about everything better!
Hats off to yeah !!! Clean build !!!!
Thank you Timothy!
Wow! such a beauty.
Thanks Dave.
Holy shit, thats a good fit !
New saying of the year. Beautiful bike, and soo light !
I bet, she will fly.
Wow that came together quicker than expected! What a polished, perfect production. All that prep made the assembly such a smooth process 😌.
Thanks Chris... I have been working on that bike for quite some time!
@@paulbrodie A lot of fussy fetteling to get it to this point.
Glad you are as happy with it as you seem!
@@jimurrata6785 Thanks Jim.
Paul, it's an absolute work of art! I'll bet Renso Pasolini would feel the same way... Bravo!
Gianna, thank you very much.
206!!! crazy good job, well done!
Thank you Connor.
Thanks for sharing....I really enjoy your videos
Thank you Paul :)
Thank you for showing all of us your skills. Assembly is an art. Dialed!
Thank you Robert.
That;s a nice little scoot, Paul. Impressed with the weight; from what I see it would be possible to get it on 200 lbs. Noticed a few features which potentially may let you down, but hey, it's your bike! Can't wait to see how things work out once it's running and out on a track. Keep us updated, please.
Doron, thanks for watching and commenting.
Wonderful work Sir! When you were doing the carb spring and stating three hands were wanted, made me think of doing this on my Norton Commando with two Amal concentric carbs. I saw a tip on another channel about winding/threading the spring onto the cable after fitting the cable into the throttle slider. Sure enough, this works a treat! No more aching fingers and cramped knuckles trying to hold the spring compressed while fitting the cable.
Well that's an interesting idea. Thanks.
Wanted to see the motor fire up!!
Well Alan, right now it has no ignition system, primary drive, clutch, or valve springs and retainers...
Love that ... everything just fits.
Well done. Congrats on getting 99% complete. All the components are so well thought out and test fitted, it just snaps together. Enjoy your holidays.
Thank you Dennis.
I love spoke wheels with drum brakes :-)
Magnificent.
A couple of tips for this awesome two wheeled craftsmanship. First, on the rear brake when you adj the chain you will alter the brake adjustment so be sure to check it before heading out on the track. This is why the cable boss is best placed on the backing plate. Secondly, on your "sex bolt", the bolt should extent to the outer edge of the nut's threads. As it is now if the sleeve section fractures the assembly falls apart and you have no shifting leading to a potential dnf and possibly a wasted weekend, lost entry fees, gas money, etc. If the bolt extends out into the large dia outer portion the sleeve is less likely to fracture AND even if it did the assembly stays together. Good luck with the bike !!
I will see if it is possible to find a longer 5mm Allen screw. I did see that, thanks.
@@paulbrodie You are supposed to be shortening overly long fasteners so you end up with the slightly larger unthreaded shank of the fastener where it is needed and the new short threaded portion where the threads are needed. Reading Carroll Smith's "Tune to Win" and "Prepare to Win" during my 4 wheel road racing phase of life made me anal about fasteners. I enjoy your content and hope you aren't peeved at constructive criticism !!
Wow! Stunning bike. I really enjoyed the assembling videos. I think I am going to rewatch the whole build series now!
Thank you Peffy :)
really nice bike, bravo
Thank you Franc.
Bikes really taking shape, looks great!
Thank you Ray.
Beautiful bike, love the way it's going together. Thanks guys.
Thanks!
That's great..
Looking very nice.
When I see how you have saved weight on the shifter's linkage, this bike can't be heavy, for sure ! Well done, Paul, "light is right" !
Yes, I have added lightness wherever I can.
Beautiful work Paul. I love the color combinations.
Thank you! Cheers!
213lbs. Is amazingly light! She's a beauty.
Thanks Sean.
Paul, that is one gorgeous bike! Really like the Pewter anodize! The clearance on the shift linkage is amazing! I'm so grateful for your videos!
Tom, thank you very much.
Beautiful. If the one that got stolen was as nice as this one, now I know why. Better keep this one in a vault.
The stolen bike was nice, but this one is just little bit nicer :)
Lot's of considered mono-chromatic goodness here. Much approve. Subtle and nice period looking feature finishes...now go and hide a plethora of Ti fasteners across it and it'll shed another lb. or 2. I know an Aermacchi fanatic over that Europe place that runs at Ti fastener business if you are interested.
Thanks Mark. Let me finish the build and weigh the bike. Then I'll know if I need to spend even more $$..
"206?!" I love the genuine gleeful surprise. Well-earned.
Thank you prostwest. That really was a surprise!
what an insanley beautiful build...love the brass mixed in
Thank you. I think you are noticing the bronze...
Dear Paul, it was always very impressive to watch you build all those wonderful parts for motorcycles to combine into a race bike. I wish you and your cameraman Mitch and your families, a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Until next year, with warm greetings from Bavaria, your fan Jürgen
Merry Christmas Bavaria! Thanks for watching :)
Amazing build and so much one off stuff keep the videos coming.
Thank you Jon.
ASMR ready! Great stuff. As they say in the aircraft hobby, “Mind the ounces and the pounds take care of themselves.” Awesome work.
Love you guys! Have a Merry Christmas!
Thanks. Yes, I am very happy with all the lightness I have added. Merry Christmas!
I heard one running when I was sixteen, never been quite the same since !
The bike was never the same, or you were never the same since? My friend's brother had one in high school, and I was never the same...
@@paulbrodie I had a Mach 1 Ducati which I’d bought in boxes and rebuilt in my bedroom, but always listed after the aeramachi , how about building a Linto next ?
@@lot175 A Linto sounds like a lot of work!
Fantastic build. Turned out to be a real beauty. Can't wait to hear it running for the first time. Enjoy your holidays. Merry Christmas.
Thank you Oliver. Merry Christmas.
Have a very merry Christmas Paul
Thank you David, same to you :)
Das ist ein traumhaftes Motorrad ❤️❤️... Das schönste Race Bike, daß ich seit langem gesehen habe 💪👍
Beautiful work, beautiful bike. Thanks for all your videos this year, truly inspirational. Happy Christmas Paul.
Thanks you James. Best of the Season to you as well.
fantastic racer i hope you show the building of the engine.love to see the internals of the Aermacchi.
Thanks Roy. Yes we will be building the motor when parts show up. Patience!!
The big smily head on u .as u add up the weight of ur bike. Welldone
Thanks Gerald.
Glad to see that K491 turned right ways around in this episode. 👍
You noticed! But I'm pretty sure it's an Avon AM22...
@@paulbrodie touché
Oi Mitch, I haven't looked and rather than going and looking, for the sake of the algorytm, I'll ask here instead...is there a playlist for the Aermacchi build so we can go from the start again, and again, and again? Looks so good Paul!
Yes there is a playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLUJnSFSlakCLePh267LY9nmzBmN98MmZH.html
93kg, very light, good video, I like assembly, seeing it come together fresh and new.
Thanks 👍
It's beautiful Paul, really a beautifully done race bike!
Thank you Gee Whizz.
Caro pol bel lavoro ai fatto mlti pezzi special anche io le facevo da giovane su ala verde le ala d'doro da corsa ( non potevamo permettere costavano) Bravo BUON NATALE🌹😉
A credit to you Paul 👌👏Cheers Chris
Best of the Season Chris.
Happy New Year Paul and Mitch, hope you guys had a good one. Thanks for taking the time to enthral and entertain us all
Thank you Leigh.
Well done, you are under your target weight you discussed with me from a previous video.
Thanks Joe.
OMG.... 😱
It's BEAUTIFUL 😍❤️
It is looking amazing, I can't believe it's only 206lbs... That's crazy and I really hope you do a riding video. Keep up the great work guys.... 🙂👍
Thank you so much 😀
Thank you so much Paul for this stunning machine. Hope you have a great Christmas. Cheers.
Thanks Ernie. Best of the Season to you.
A surgical process…beautiful. Thanks for the show. Happy Holidays!
Thank you David.
Your workmanship and build are absolutely beautiful. Back in the day I had a number of these street bikes and even with frequent oil changes the roller bearing on the rod big end was only good for about 10 to 20,000 miles. They weren't all that hard to replace but they were expensive, about half the price of the bike's value. .
Thank you Yoda. Yes, the crankpin was also the sludge trap and when it got full it stopped the oil flow to the rod.
During that time period most engines needed extensive repairs or maintenance requiring getting torn down , especially if pushed hard . A larg number of motorcycles engine had the sludge trap inside the crank shaft or on it . One popular option was an oil slinger that looked like a large washer that had the outside edge rolled over forming a trough that caught and held the sludge after it had passed through the crankshaft. Those also would get full of sludge put the location allowed oil to continue to flow. People who did the recommended teardown are de-sludg got very long engine life. Oil filters changed all that. When I was working in a Dealership of British motorcycle a proper engine tune-up included valve grind and piston rings.
I remember overhearing a conversation between two men about how incredibly it was to get 50 miles out of a car engine with out doing a valve grind. Remember engin oil only came in single viscosity number ratings. 20w or 30w were common for new engines. 50 was often used in older engines or in hot climates.
@@thomaslemay8817 The world certainly has changed. Oil filters, better oils, and much more. I remember using 50W oil in my 750 Norton. Sure was hard to kick over on a cold day. I was a young lad and didn't realize I might be hurting my motor..
That is such a gorgeous little bike.
Thank you Jim.
Looks good Paul.
What a beautiful quality work Paul.
Thank you Ian.
This bike is gorgeous.
Thanks Bradley!
Merry Christmas and an happy new year to you both.
Thanks Lee. Best of the Season to you too!
Wonderful! Everything looks perfect and fits together very well! Amazing!! I would think it also has a very low center of gravity because of the layout of the engine. Beautiful bike!! Is it a stock frame or did you build it?
Thanks William. Yes, the centre of gravity is low and because the bike is so narrow, those factors definitely help the handling. I built 85% of the frame in 2001, and recently finished it off.
Nice machine. If you have two Aermacchi engines ,you could try to build a Linto. Have a nice Christmas.
I've heard of those Linto things! I don't think they were too reliable...
Lol, huge grin, a super proud papa, and clearly very happy with your own progress. Bike looks amazing, thanks for sharing this with us! I'd originally wrote @#%$ eating grin but I thought I'd keep it pc!
Drew, thanks for watching and commenting!
👍👍
Beautiful work
Holding that bike in my hands would make me smile too! 🙂Greetings to you Paul and have a nice Chrismas time!
Thank you Polder. Happy Holidays to you as well.
The bike looks awesome Paul👍
Very nice build. Thank you for a lot of enjoyment. Have a great Christmas. Have fun
Thank you Adrian.
You should paint up that lower section of tank to look like a battery then put an EXIDE sticker on it. It will confuse a bunch of people 🤣
I know what you're talking about. I put a metal BMW emblem on the back of my Honda VTR and that really confuses some people.
Have a great Christmas, you two. I always loved the Aermacchis, I used to see them in the 1960s racing at Brands Hatch, in SE England, and thought them the most ‘right-looking’ racing machine. I wonder if Mr Honda got his layout for the C50/C70/C90 engine from seeing an Aermacci on his fact-finding trip to Europe back then..?! Pip-pip! Les in UK
The Japanese were very good at copying, but everyone does it to some extent.
@@paulbrodie Indeed. Aermacchi perhaps copied it from Moto Guzzi, and I’m sure someone else had it before then. There’s nothing new under the sun! Les
Great result ,,, you should have run a '' guess the weight '' competition ,, like guess the turkeys weight , sort of fun for the festive season [ unless your a turkey of course ].
Sickkkk
Exactly.
Bellissimo 👏👏👏
Un buon Natale
Looks great! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - stay safe! :D
Thank you and Merry Xmas :)
Also, all the custom bits are super cool but you better be making spares. The practical racer uses as much standard hardware and readily available OEM parts as he can. My last build used GSXR rear set assemblies. Cheap on Ebay so I had 3 or 4 sets of spares.
I know what you're saying. I guess I was somewhat lucky in that the 5 years I raced Aermacchis I only fell down once. I don't plan to road race; I broke my leg too badly a few years ago...
@@paulbrodie For me, having spares on hand seems to bring me luck and keep me from falling !! [ on the pavement at least !! ]
Looking forward to hearing it run, 1969 Aermacchi/HD 350 was first bike I rode, currently looking for one to ride/restore.
I'm getting all the motor parts together. I want to hear it run too. A friend has a 1970SS 350 for sale. Vancouver BC.
@@paulbrodie The 350SS sounds like what I'm looking for although at 2500 miles, distance is a issue, thanks regardless.
@@lorimcquinn3966 I'm not sure if the bike only has 2500 miles on it... Oh, you mean how far away it is from you! Much easier to find a closer one for sale.
Another great video other than spiking my blood pressure at the "music".
Paul, LoL!! you need an engine hoist on wheels to install engines before you do yourself an injury!!!
I've recently installed a fresh Yamaha 650 twin engine in old mates bike and without a hoist it would have been virtually impossible.
Have seen some lay the frame on the lawn and install the engine but that's not very professional!!
Peter, it's just a little 350! Thanks for watching.
I can't believe I had never heard of these lovely bikes until watching your channel! They're very "elemental", aren't they - about as stripped down as you could want. I would worry that I'd get confused with the braking and shifting sides switched. 😂
The last 2 years of production (73/74) saw the shifting moved to the left side, but the bikes also gained a LOT of weight, which wasn't the best thing.
206 is amazingly light. Maybe add some lightening holes in the front number plate mount? On my old Yamaha RD racers, I started with linkage, but eventually just got a short lever, put it in and shifted upside down. Is there room to do that?
Pat, I don't like that system because often the arc of your foot and the arc of the shifter oppose each other. I'm quite happy with what I have. I am lightening the clutch hub, however, and have already saved over 1/2 pound.
@@paulbrodie True, and you have to be very careful with the length of the now backwards shift lever and the distance to the footpeg. And of course, you have to remember to shift up to mean down and down to mean up.
Very sweet looking looking bike, can the number plate come back 3 inches😀
It could, but we have to make room for the tach, which should be arriving very soon.
Very sexy bike ,nicely done
Thanks Gavin.
Another great episode Paul and Mitch.
Your mic sounds muffled next to your puffy jacket.
Merry Xmas to you both.
I don't usually wear my puffy jacket, but my shop was cold that day. Merry Xmas!
Morning Paul. Happy New Year. Q- What would you suggest to clean out a bike motor that's been sitting for 30 yrs. Something that I can flush the motor while it's cold. Thanks Paul. RMM
Morning Robery. Three decades is a very long time for an engine to sit. Dump the oil, refill with new and try to start. Good way to start the year!
me again if you don’t win many races you definitely have the best looking and prepared machine i’ve seen just saying also imperial measurements
Thank you Keith.
If you want to get an accurate weight using a bathroom scale under one wheel, the other wheel has to be elevated to the same height as the wheel on the scale. Not having done that, your estimate would be on the light side. In any event, beautiful work.
You are correct. The video didn't show it but there was a wooden spacer the same height as the scale under the other wheel... Thanks for watching.
not bad for an old bloke
Thanks Bill. I liked that quote from Keith Richards: " I'm not getting old, I'm evolving".
Looking gooood! What capacity is the engine? Hope you have a good Christmas and a happy and productive new year.
Thank you Andy. The motor is 350cc. All the best to you.
@@paulbrodie Thank you.
Did you forget to introduce Mitch?!?!
I always introduce Mitch. However, Mitch is also the editor so he might have chosen to edit out his name, I'm not sure...
Is the exhaust an open megaphone? Are you allowed to race like that?
Most if not all race tracks have noise limits nowadays
@@simoncullum5019 I realise that, hence the query.
No, you can't race like that anymore. But it should sound great in my back yard!
@@paulbrodie Haha, I hope your neighbours are understanding!
@@gerry343 Oh yes. One neighbour is building a huge house and I have listened to excavators, bulldozers, concrete trucks, saws, hammers, and more. It's my turn now...
I’ve never seen you use a cable end. Just solder or something?
I do make cable ends out of brass and then solder them into place.
Probably not going to raise it that much, but the tire not on the scale should be as high as the thickness of the scale. I usually put a long 2x4 on either side of the scale and roll across getting both weights as I push it across.
The video didn't show it, but the wheel not on the scale had a wooden spacer the same height as the scale. Wouldn't want to make a mistake and get an incorrect weight...
@@paulbrodie Very good. I caught all kinds of crap for pointing that out on an Allen Millyard video and he was weighing something much heavier.
@@lunkydog Was he weighing the bike with the Viper motor?
@@paulbrodie No. I can't remember what it was now, but neither end of that Viper are going to be in the range of a bathroom scale I'm fairly certain.
@@lunkydog Maybe Allen has a very heavy duty bathroom scale?
Do these engines need an oil cooler when run hard?
I don't think so. I never had one, even on very hot days...
That is really nicely done Paul. Before you thrash the pee out of it on the race track let it sit for some time and admire it. Outstanding
Thank you.