Found this old pic of the Innocenti factory - just think, - one of those blue & white SX150s might have been shipped to England and been the one I bought in '69, - you never know eh?

new year

Well its the back end of Jnuary 2011. Not done a great deal but have kept something going.So far since last entry Ive stripped and rebuilt the carburettor - original dellorto.
- pic below shows latest additions - the crank, drive sprocket assembly, mag housing(other side) and a new chain ( old one was slack as .....). Going to have to take clutch housing off again to get chain levelled up, its a bit out at the moment.

The drive sprocket assembly is a peculiar beast, - you have to get the splines lined up so they fit on tightening ( most manuals etc suggest hitting with a hammer to see if it sounds solid, so you know its fit!). I first put it on making sure splines were well out of line and counted number of turns to get tight, - undid and started again with splines positioned correctly (hopefully) and tightened up again, - once a couple of turns past original number you know the splines are together and moving down, - then tighten up.
If the chain was correctly aligned I'd have to take it off again anyway as you cant get the lower chain guide on afterwards!

Other bits - fettled up and painted rear wheel rim, manifold and silencer, and polished up hub.

Also fettled up and primed the cylinder cowl and magneto housing cowl - both solid, no rot and have come up lovely!

You can see the cylinder head behind after cleaning out all the muck, tar and gunge from between the fins.

The cleaned up cylinder and spanking brand new piston (lovely fit - made for each other!) sit on the bench and await their turn to join the engine.