I had a 250 Continental GT and a 250 Crusader Sports back in the mid 70's, the 5 speed box in the GT was a bit of a nightmare but the Sports 4 speed box was fine once you got used to it, I always liked the deep exhaust note of the Royal Enfield singles and moved on to a 350 Bullet then a 500 bullet, all were great bikes in my view and as the saying goes I wish I still had them..
Ive never actually heard one of these running in the flesh so I will be looking forward to that, as for the gearbox I’ve been told the 5 speeds are notoriously tricky, so will be interesting to see how the gearbox is when I get on to stripping the engine and box down,
Glass fibre takk is fine if it has an epoxy coating inside to stop the ethanol in modern fuels, rotting the glass fibre. You also need to check the valve seats. I bet they are for leaded fuel. Love to see it and hear it when finished. I suspect you live near Donnington race track? Kot too far from my place in Stafford. I have 4x RGV250's to rebuild and a 1954 Ambassador suprieme 225cc Villiers Mk1H engine.
Hi, thanks for this, I’m now on with the tank so will look into sealing it, for the valve seats it is still, leaded fuel only, so at the moment I will use additive, but I do have a spare head, that I may get the valve seats replaced in. I’m just a little more north than Donnington, I’m in Doncaster.
Just in the process of getting my GT250 running and sorted.. Did you get the tyres from Hitchcocks Looking forward to the wiring vid as thats the part im on with now
Really enjoyed this first episode, However would you please turn down the music while you are speaking it drowns out your voice for us with less than perfect hearing, ie Old Codgers!! Thanks
Hi I’m glad you enjoyed the video, I will of course turn it down, I’m very keen to take any help and advice in regards to the videos, myself and of course the Bike
