Post by Dave on Dec 19, 2007 21:59:43 GMT -6
I picked this sled up from Dave Schark at the A1 show in
Nov 2006. He has been after me to restore it for him ever
since he saw mine 2 years ago. I finally decided to do it.
Ya gotta love those 800's. This was a real challenge it had
some real issues with the bulkhead/steering(old war wounds),
Comet clutch clearance issues(had to modify the
frame and the clutch guard),track(had to stretch it a little
more than an inch) final touch was the seat to finish the
sled and you guessed it it didn't fit. This all took me longer
than expected plus some of the sled was in boxes when I
got it so a few times I ended up needing parts I didn't know
were missing. I have to thank Bill Stull,Brandt,and Bob Sapp
for helping me out with these. I did this sled the way Dave
wanted it(comet clutch,mikuni carbs) it's not 100% correct but
it's a much better performing sled this way. In the video that
is the initial firing of the fresh motor. I needed to spin the
track to check out the drive train and track so I had to rev it
a little(sounds like maybe 5 grand befor the clutch kicks in)
You'll have to excuse the quality of the video my wife shot
that with a digital camera. Enjoy the pics guys I enjoyed the work. Joe
Click on the picture below for The short Vidieo
Nov 2006. He has been after me to restore it for him ever
since he saw mine 2 years ago. I finally decided to do it.
Ya gotta love those 800's. This was a real challenge it had
some real issues with the bulkhead/steering(old war wounds),
Comet clutch clearance issues(had to modify the
frame and the clutch guard),track(had to stretch it a little
more than an inch) final touch was the seat to finish the
sled and you guessed it it didn't fit. This all took me longer
than expected plus some of the sled was in boxes when I
got it so a few times I ended up needing parts I didn't know
were missing. I have to thank Bill Stull,Brandt,and Bob Sapp
for helping me out with these. I did this sled the way Dave
wanted it(comet clutch,mikuni carbs) it's not 100% correct but
it's a much better performing sled this way. In the video that
is the initial firing of the fresh motor. I needed to spin the
track to check out the drive train and track so I had to rev it
a little(sounds like maybe 5 grand befor the clutch kicks in)
You'll have to excuse the quality of the video my wife shot
that with a digital camera. Enjoy the pics guys I enjoyed the work. Joe
Click on the picture below for The short Vidieo
