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I would do this first to rule out any other problems.

I have been building these during the pandemic shut down. I,m not very good at it yet seeing that it,s been 40-45 years since I last built models other than a couple a few years ago. Just want to acknowledge the few remaining WWII vets and the great sacrifices made by all during the war. God bless them all and the ones who did not survive. I think it is important to remember how important our allies are no matter what enemy we are facing.

Welcome Jon ! As Mark said, a lot of knowledgeable folks on here. B & J Racing in TN and Speed and Sport in California have what you should need.

In the US B & J Racing has them listed on their website. They are in TN. I,m not sure is something from a different model from the same year,like a DT, with the same diameter would work or not. If so you might get them cheaper on ebay.

I use an old gas grill and heat the whole lower end up to about 250 - 300 degrees to split the cases.

R.I.P. John Prine.

Welcome to TC. My condolences about your father, went through the same thing about 27 years ago. Very cool that you are going to bring his Sherpa T back to life and I,m sure you will find all the help and advice that you need here in the Bultaco gate. As you might already know, Inmotion is the place to go for parts and probably also advice/help. Cheers and good luck !

Nice TY and it looks like a beautiful place,house. Are you anywhere close to El Pumas shop ?

finished this project a few months ago. 1970 Hodaka Ace 100 mildly converted into a trials bike. The only mod to the frame was relocating the foot pegs because I wanted to be able to put it back to stock. It has a flywheel weight added which was a pound and a half and I made a more tucked in exhaust but the motor is other wise stock with a fresh rebuild. I ended up putting the smaller tank on it due to leaky fuel taps on the original but I like it better so it will stay. It has proven to be a fun little bike.

i would guess that in the way that it is bent you also need to check the rear engine mount were the swing arm bolt goes through it. the I.D. could be worn out of round and sloppy. also the width of the bushing in that engine mount could be worn making it a loose fit in between the swing arm. I believe Inmotion has new rear engine mounts. Also have a look at the holes in the frame for the swing arm bolt to see if they are sloppy.

I have posted a pic of this before but thought I would add another just because I love this old war horse. We went riding this last Saturday which was probably the last one for the year. It was sunny and 45 degrees F. Today it,s 22 with snow and 35 mph wind gust making 2 ft tall snow drifts.

Try Bultaco Classics (Hughs Bultaco) in Crareyville NY.

Looks like a beautiful place to ride Cascao,thanks for the videos. Guy,I feel you pain. Here,s a pic looking out my window today.

You did a superb job on the Fantic,very nice looking bike!

My brother had his 199a tank painted. I warned against spending the money,but you know how little brothers can be. Anyway,that was about three years ago and it,s still holding up no bubbling.The decals were put on this past summer and so far have not lifted or bubbled.The painter used an apoxy primer used for plastic car bumpers and I,m thinking that is why it,s holding up. My 199a was rattle can painted and it and the decals are bubbling pretty bad.They both get drained with the caps left off for a day or so after every ride.

Thank you Woody!

Is there anything inherently bad with the 350 engine compared to a 250? I thought that I remembered reading that they were prone to running hot and if so is it a real problem?

I found this on the net. Any ideas what bike was used or is it a custom frame?

If it,s an option,you could maybe put a spacer in the head to lower compression on a 280/300 and tame it down a bit. A friend of mine did that on his older Gasser and said it made it easier to start and ride. He was a machinist and made what he needed.I don,t know if something like that is available after market but it might be worth looking into.