New dutchy ascot driver

[Whata]

Hi there fellow Ascot owners !

I just found out about this forum and am happy to join the community
Ready to exchange experiences and share some Ascot love ! 
As the title says I live in Holland, I study mechanical engineering.

My bike is the V-twin, although a rusty and worn one I am not giving up on this buddy 
The first pic is how I bought her.
I don't have an actual picture as she is momentarily in bits and pieces, ready for a heart transplantation 
After like 70000 miles it seemed the old engines valves were not closing properly anymore.
Not eager to fix it and wait till the next part gets worn  out  I bought a donor engine with half the mileage.


On the second pic my previous bike, a CB250RS with an Ascot single engine.
The engine was pretty much a direct bolt on swap, no major adjustments had to be made.
I sold this one because in the end the bike didn't really turn out the way I wanted.
If I've got you interested in this conversion, feel free to ask for further details 


Now off to exploring 
Cya !
Wouter

[J6G1Z]

Welcome to the board Wouter,

Those are a couple of nice looking bikes you have there! The black Ascots are my favorite color scheme. I recently picked up a slightly beat up red VT500FT to replace the real clean one that I stupidly sold many years ago. Having owned both models of the Ascot I feel like I can say that the VT is a much more refined Ascot, while the FT500 is more on the rowdy side. Both are great bikes.

Thanks
J.

[Whata]

thanks J. , I have never ridden the single Ascot but I think I know what you mean.

I'd say start a topiç for your recently bought VT 

My bike is even more apart at the moment, I found there are some spots of serious corrosion around the rear axle pivot of the frame.
So I bought myself a TIG welder and as soon as I'm finished practicing I'll start a topic about the rebuild   


Wouter

[J6G1Z]

thanks J. , I have never ridden the single Ascot but I think I know what you mean.

I'd say start a topiç for your recently bought VT 

My bike is even more apart at the moment, I found there are some spots of serious corrosion around the rear axle pivot of the frame.
So I bought myself a TIG welder and as soon as I'm finished practicing I'll start a topic about the rebuild   


Wouter

I did start a topic. Here it is: http://ascot500.com/index.php?topic=133.0  I haven't really done much with the bike yet. I need to service the bike & then trouble shoot a high speed miss. I don't know if it is fuel related or electrical yet. The VT's are prone to Coil failure, so it might be my coils. I need to learn how to test the coils.

I'm looking forward to seeing your posts on the rebuilding of your bike.

Thanks
J.