Julian's Scrambler build "Post 1"

[a10 gf]

It's great following this, and looking forward to the big startup day.

[Briz]

Julian; that looks way too nice to take offroad!
Looking forward to the fireup video.

[JulianM]

Morning all,
Had some luck yesterday,
Big startup, oils filled, engine oil primed, fuel tank semi filled, carbs then flooded and Kick, Brrrr up, Kicked again, and again, and again but would not catch, just firing slightly.
So after about an hour of checking and double checking and half killing myself (remember this is 780cc and 11:1 cr) we towed it up the yard, after a while it was running fine on very small throttle openings, let it warm up fully and running extremely well for "guestimated" settings. (need to re set the ignition though as it only runs in fully advanced position)
Now fires up within a few kicks from cold but is still extremely lean I think as it really does not like any throttle when cold.  Idles perfectly though and sounds F-----g amazing!  But also LOUD!!!     Video to follow later, maybe today.

Regards,
Julian

[Rocket Racer]

If its too big a handful for the scrambler I can always put it in my sidecar 
Look forward to hearing its behaving itself!

[Topdad]

Can't wait ,that'll brighten an otherwise normal day regards BobH

[JulianM]

Here we go!!!

At last downloaded the vids.

Primed the oil, re-fitted the pressure regulator, kicked it until oil circulated into the return, re fitted the plugs and seat and on with the vid.  Was extremely lucky with the setup Guessing!







What do you think of the noise?

Julian

[Greybeard]

Wow; the beast lives; congratulations!

Doesn't sound much like any BSA I've heard.

[JulianM]

Thanks,

We recon it sounds more like a 4 cyl than a 360 twin,  strange but cool 

Julian

[a10 gf]

Congratulations! & nice to see both man and machine 'live'.

[muskrat]

You little ripper. Got a lot better by the 3rd vid. The poor old kickstart ratchet pinion is going to get a workout.
Sounds very sharp. Congrats, very well done. When does production start and how do I order one?
Cheers

[bsa-bill]

yep that is smooth, well done and so nice to see even someone of your undoubted skills can  still get an A10 kick start to jam, there's hope for us all

Don't know how your scramble skills are Julian but it would have been interesting to seen Geoff Smith on that bike

Well done again and for an interesting journey

[JulianM]

Thanks Guys,

Yep Bill, that kickstart jam sure made me pay!

My off road skills?  Not good enough to make this look good and certainly not up there with Geoff Smith!!
Yes, I would love to see someone good on it at next year's Red Marley for example.

Regards,
Julian

[Briz]

Hooray! Fireup! congrats!
Well done Julian. I'm sure it sounds a lot meatier in the flesh, video cameras have a way of making engines sound wrong.

[orabanda]

Well done Julian; a big pat on the back!

I think we should make you an honourary Aussie!

Richard

[Ethelred]

Well done mate, sounds gorgeous!