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- Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:10 am
- Forum: Lambretta Tech
- Topic: Plating a rapido
- Replies: 5
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Re: Plating a rapido
I’ve got a Rapido barrel that I had some problems with last year sitting in the shed gathering dust. Was wondering if I could do something with it. Ring snagged on the exhaust port and made a bit of a mess of the piston and barrel so would need a rebore but was wondering if there was any point lo...
- Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:20 pm
- Forum: Lambretta Tech
- Topic: Plating a rapido
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2158
Re: Plating a rapido
Aptec who do ceramic coating used to do it to Iron barrels but it was very hit and miss so they stopped. You should have plenty of rebores on the barrel. Whatever you do it will probably be cheaper to get a new barrel. Hi Ian, you guys checked the hardness of the barrel and iformed me that it was R...
- Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:25 pm
- Forum: Lambretta Tech
- Topic: Plating a rapido
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2158
Plating a rapido
I’ve got a Rapido barrel that I had some problems with last year sitting in the shed gathering dust. Was wondering if I could do something with it. Ring snagged on the exhaust port and made a bit of a mess of the piston and barrel so would need a rebore but was wondering if there was any point loo...
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:36 pm
- Forum: Lambretta Tech
- Topic: rapido race 200
- Replies: 11
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Re: rapido race 200
I was told that Rapido's were notorious for having a pretty soft bore, and that the racetour pistons hard rings weren't best suited to the sometimes soft bore of the Rapido. That said, I know there are loads of people running that combination with no problems at all. I trashed a couple of Rapido's l...