That sounds like good news to me Knackered! I have slowly been receiving parts for the rebuild, and busily cleaning bits. I have just agreed to do 2 weeks work in London starting Monday so wont be able to get at it much until I get back. I will definately be in touch for the tweek you have in mind f...

Well I will endeavour to get this bike running. I hope some useful info will come out of it. I'll keep you all posted on any problems

This might be good news for me because the bike and all electrics are mk1, therefore hopefully I can simply put the mk1 rotor, stator and pick up sensor on the Mk3 engine without worrying about the timing difference.
Thankyou knackered, you are obviously a god in the crm world!

mereneil - Why not just modify the crankcase so the one pickup that is in a different position for the Mk2 (Just needs some spacers), is in the same position for the Mk1 so you can use all the Mk1 electrics and generator rotor :?: I've not really looked into it in any great depth yet to be honest. ...

A few pics and the story so far. I bought the bike pretty much as it is. The engine that was fitted has a major big end seizure which has badly scored the crank casings, and on closer inspection actually cracked one of them. However, lucky for me it came with a part stripped MK2 engine in a box. It ...

http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt185/marchwiel/crm%20rebuild/iphone128.jpg http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt185/marchwiel/crm%20rebuild/iphone130.jpg A couple of pics of my bike. Yes it does look sorry for itself at the moment, but it will be flying round the lanes before you know it! I do h...

[quote="Eddie Evans"]If you have used them before then I guess there is nothing to worry about. The idea of the extra clearance/play with the C3 bearing does not seem right but I do not know that for a fact. I read a thread somewhere that LT had supplied someone with a C3 main bearing by mistake. Wh...

Hi Eddie, thanks for the heads up on the bearings, I have always used C3 spec on cranks without any problems. I've not done a CRM before, is the original part not C3 spec? Hi Voodokid, It all seems do-able to me. I have noticed that the barrels are slightly different. On the front (exhaust) side the...

Hi all, I have recently bought a Mk1 in need of an engine rebuild. The bike did come with a spare engine, which appears to be from a later model. I am hoping the cranks are interchangeable because the Mk1 engine's big end is goosed, but luckily the spare engine has a good crank. The clutch side of t...