Rotary Recycle Drop-by .. visit the inner sanctum

[kiwigtgsre]

Rotary Recycle .. A visit to the inner sanctum.

While doing and adventure ride throughout back country USA I had the pleasure of dropping in on Jess Stockwell at his Rotary recycle operation in Tennessee.

I’ve compiled an album of some of the visit. You can see this at, chrisflicks.phanfare.com/motorcycles1/5268866#imageID=138017348 )

We start with the workshop, the test bike, the ultra sonic carb cleaner chrisflicks.phanfare.com/motorcycles1/5268866#imageID=138017402 ) and some project Bikes that Jess and some enthusiastic young fellas are working with. Shock , horror.. its not all standard though!

Then there’s the whole shed full of parts bikes.. all in neat rows waiting for a donor request. chrisflicks.phanfare.com/motorcycles1/5268866#imageID=138017427

His collection room holds all his new parts, and his private collection and memorabilia. There’s even a complete cut-away engine.

Then theres his recent developments:

1) air filters – check yours as you don’t want it disintegrating and sucking into the engine. I tested these against an after market.. I could hardly blow thru that!
2) check valves – a must chrisflicks.phanfare.com/motorcycles1/5268866#imageID=138017548
3) instrument covers ( damn-it forgot to get one or two)
4) electronic ignition
5) Plug adapters – a work of art.
What surprised me was that despite the relatively large investment Jess had made I thought that each of the above had been poorly supported.

At the risk of offending there’s them that say and them that do. The plug adapter is a work of art and now you can use a modern plug to have trouble free running. The check valves. The number sold I could count on my hands. Electronic ignition.. its early days but I used one had to count those sales.

Anyway .. keep the good work up Jess. I’ll keep supporting any new development since it benefit all.

Thanks for your hospitality and the sauna…. Crikey its hot in those sheds in Tennessee summer!!

RIDE: I did get to ride 3 of the rotaries in the work shop. Unfortunately little did I know until after this that 2 of them had electronic ignition!!!!! Sorry I couldn’t tell the difference… well there ya go!

[suzukiclub]

Thanks for sharing that with us

[re5martin]

great pics ,the words, got one of them ,never seen that before, fall from my mouth and that parts shed makes mine look phunny and you are of course right we should support jess and team as much as possible its not the cost of parts that slow my shopping list down its the hurrendos import duty that the GB customs clout us with and ontop off that the post office makes a handling fee for collecting the duty! .I have a wants list that would proberly amount to $1000 or more and a love to have list of several $000 the exchange rate is favorable the service from RR is great the duty sucks and takes a great chunk out of your budget.

some where else in the listings i said fuel tanks werent excatly falling of the shelves ,from the pics a should perhaps eat my words.

I liked the fuel tank on the test bike is the re5 realy that firsty!.

thanks for posting the pics it is great to see all thouse rotaries one can only dream!!.
martin.

[Al Corelli]

Having been there in the summer, I can attest to the heat.

I remember walking through the place, and everywhere you looked, there was some really interesting item.

I hope to ride there from NY one of these days. Not on the Harley...