Front Carb to Airbox Inlet Tract.

[HOCAdmin]

Yes... Mine has a hole burnt through it... I've repaired it for now, but would be very pleased to have an undamaged one... Preferably with the concave section that increases clearence between the tract and the rear header pipe.  I know rhey exists 'cos KC's bike has one fitted...

Cheers

Jeff

[Dave Snr]

Yes, they all do that.
Mine has had to be repaired with a piece of alluminium shaped to give more clearance to the exhaust.
Painted black and held on with cable ties, it looks OK 'cos you can't really see it.
I have seen the later ones with the moulded section to give more clearance to the exhaust.
I'm guessing they were done at Hesleydon, when they did the one piece air box to reduce the noise levels, so they could sell to the Germans etc.
If so they won't have been around at the original factory auction, so the best source is likely to be Hesketh Motorcycles.
You say you've seen one on KC's bike.
Maybe you'll have to get the 1100 engine rebuild, to get one!
(See Sock 100)
Dave H

[Travelling Wilbury]

Surely this is an ideal part for the club to some made. I heard all the old excuses of committe decision, club funds etc, I have heard them all before.
With over approx another £1000 going into club funds on this years round of membership renewals surely it is time for the HOC to start getting hard to obtain parts reproduced, otherwise what is the money for?

[Miti]

S'not a bad idea... But not every member would need one, would they..?

I'm thinking that HOC stockholdings should be limited to spares that every member could use... Consumable spares like spark plugs, air/oil filters, sprockets (what happened to that one..?) etc.

I reckon that Club membership subscriptions will probably be nearer £1,600 this year... Sock production and distribution takes a slice out of that, producing stock of HOC regalia takes another...  I don't know how much is left after that...?

Then there's the problem of "biting the hand that feeds us..."  Hesketh Motorcycles are plugging away to build up the business... We should defintely be working in partnership with these guys, not in competition... Making/storing our own stock of parts could undermine their efforts and leave HOC out on our own... We'd sure need a healthy bank-balance then...

BTW: Who could make these items anyway..?  Could they be made in a limited (affordable) quantity..?

Too many questions and not enough answers today...

Miti

[Travelling Wilbury]

"Who could make these parts"
I would surely think that the original manufacturer might be a good place to start., if that fails there is always the good old internet.
Sweatshirts, mugs and baseball caps do not keep our beloved mounts on the road or have I missed something. I tried to make the inlet tract out of and old Hesketh T shirt but to my suprise it did not work.
Stepping on Hesketh Motorcycles toes doesn't do it for me, we had all this with Mick Broom.
Sometimes you just have to get things done.
Oil ,filters, plugs etc is an excellent idea but probably the answer you would get back from the committee is, we need somewhere to store it and then there is the problem of getting the treasurer/committee to part with the cash to buy these items.

[Dave Snr]

Sweatshirts, mugs and caps make a profit for the club and so help keep subs down.
Club funds are there to keep Heskeths on the road, so if there are any parts that are not available then we can get them made, but there's no point making something that is already available at a reasonable price from an existing spares stockist, whether that is Hesketh Motorcycles, your local motor factors (oil, oil filters, spark plugs), ebay etc.
In Sock 98 Colin, our spares man, did an atricle to see of there was any demand for gearbox sprockets which are unique to Hesketh, but there was no reply from the membership. Sprockets last about 30k miles and three of the committee members have worn ones that could be remanufactured and Hesketh Motorcycles have a reasonable stock of new ones, so the committee decision was not to have any made at this time.
If there are any parts keeping bikes off the road, let us know.
Dave H