The headlights are always on . The covers and block will have been painted to improve the "Naked" look, that isnt a factory finish..
Hi Brock
The guy I bought the bike from did not take the engine out of the frame or paint the engine and the black simply looks too good to be a rattle can job. But thanks for telling me that they are all headlight always on . My plan is to rationalize the harness so that there is just what I need to make the engine start and run and relying on the the existing car wiring for all ancillaries like lights ect so I can use the car switches as normal
With the black finish that’s going to look very smart sitting up front in the herald.
CallMeSteve
Yeah I think its going to look amazing when you flip the front and expose what has to be a total beast of an engine! If the truth be told I am a bit surprised at just how gloriously chunky the lump is Its likely that I will run a different air box and at present I'm thinking about one like the picture
I am interested in the Herald mod, I am in the process of rebuilding a 63 1200 and also have a spare 1100 engine in the shed
Yorkie
Well I would be more than happy to help and to be a trail blazer for you to do the same in your Herald!
The biggest issue for this swap is obviously going to be the need to provide reverse and for that I have a cunning plan, namely using an electric reverse set up because the specialist Forward reverse gearboxes are very expensive (more than a grand!) and I simply can't afford that. So I have manged to get a copy of the necessary CAD file to have a "starter gear" Lazar cut from 10mm stainless which I can then have tig welded onto the adaptor that will attach the Honda front uni joint to the prop shaft. The prop will of course have to be a two piece unit with a bearing and I have a Corolla shaft that will supply the joint and the bearing all I will have to do is swap my existing front yoke for the one that is now allowing the Toyota engine to mate to the Triumph Diff and Robert will be your father's brother. Anyway I will take video and lost of pictures which will help you out.
At present I am thinking that I will cut up the bike frame to harvest the bits I will need to make a mounting cradle for the motor because I am lazy and don't want to waste my time fabricating the connections to the block from scratch and I simply don't think that the bare frame would be that saleable anyway I have it and why re-invent the wheel?
Your Herald will of course have the later and stronger Chassis and probably Disc brakes as well which is very good indeed even so I hope that you do the same swap just to compare notes