Spent the afternoon at Guzzi Rays place bouncing ideas around concerning his throttle linkage. I think we came up with a solution in the end. Here's a few shots of his bike coming together. He tells me its gonna have the frame welds tidied up a bit when it comes apart and he's decided to use a suicide shifter to liven things up a bit (note the tiny skull protruding up there ). It's a hard tail with extra cog there for the rear chain.
Interestingly the engine (Yanmar L70AE - DE2YC) 296cc also carries the name Cagiva, Made in Italy
PS: Ray has his bike on stand which originally started out as an old hospital bed. It works the same way as a bike lift and can be jacked up and down
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Stuart. M1030M1, Honda NC700S, Grom!, Toyota Corolla 1.4 Turbo Diesel. Favouring MPG over MPH.
It's a lot of work for 40mph tops, not that I have any criticisms, it's just that small HP bikes require a lot more skill to ride, try pulling away on a moped with a pillion and you will understand.
Yes the engine label reads 6.7ps. Ray's hoping for 55mph but he knows that's pushing it. The engine sounds good though, preferable to a clone methinks.
Stuart. M1030M1, Honda NC700S, Grom!, Toyota Corolla 1.4 Turbo Diesel. Favouring MPG over MPH.
Hopefully Ray can answer this in a bit more detail when he's on but he said he's had experience of hardtails and it was preferable to have this cog in there. Can't remember exactly what he said about it now, sorry
Stuart. M1030M1, Honda NC700S, Grom!, Toyota Corolla 1.4 Turbo Diesel. Favouring MPG over MPH.
sbrumby wrote:Question why the extra cog when the axel is adjustable ?
hi there sbumby idler wheel is only to stop chain slap and the chains runnin close to rearfender,this way it dont saw thro it. this way allround. guzziray
Sorry but I dont follow, top chain same length as bottom with no idler. So when throtling down all the slack is transfered to top that does not have the idler.
guzzi
i must say that is a fine looking hatdtail.. i am building one similar, but not as far along as yours.. i have quite a bit of welding at the moment to get completed..
curious as to the type of tranny you got there.. don't believe i seen one like that before..
sbrumby wrote:Sorry but I dont follow, top chain same length as bottom with no idler. So when throtling down all the slack is transfered to top that does not have the idler.
hi m8 .when chain guard is fitted ,im runnin a nylon strip on inside,similer to moto x .but ur right .i just like it 2 be differant .better than watchin tv me thinks. cheers ray
Heard from Ray today. He got his bike through the registration process here in the UK so now all that's left is the MOT test and then he's on the road!
Good news
One word of warning... from your video your idle speed sounds very low, around the 700-800rpm mark. The spec for the engine idle speed is 1200rpm and it needs this to get oil pumped around when idling. Would hate to see your engine buggered after all that hard work!
Proper bike mate, I'm gona start me own project soon an if it turns out half that good I'd be made up. Think the engine I've got is the same too, what's your best top speed ?
). It's a hard tail with extra cog there for the rear chain. 
this way 
Ray has posted this vid and the bike is going great 
Another diesel bike comes into being 
