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Posted: 23:58 - 26 Oct 2020 Post subject: |
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Work and back, as ya do.
Canary Wharf, Tower Bridge, scooting found the side of the lesbo zone, back up to Elephant and then Chelsea Bridge.
Pleasant enough little poo-tel.
Urban riding - if you're cool, its cool.
Oh yeah, and i used the noisy lock.
Tonight''s the first night my neighbours will be suffering it, hopefully not, lol
Got the bloody raincover on back to front, daft mare, but now I'm in me pants i'm not going out there to turn it round. ____________________ Not nearly as interesting in real life. |
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The cover can set alarms off in windy conditions, it tends to act as a sail and rocks the bike more than if you didn't have a cover on.
Wondering if you got repeatedly woken up by wind
I've done nothing to my bikes as such, but got given a trailer from a neighbour. Top bloke.
After moving couches and doing tip runs, I'm now *stripping* (steady on hellkat! ) it down for repairs and *lengthening* (calm down dear!) it so it can be used for bike transport.
The base is 6x4ft so I'll need to add a good *12 inches* (I know, I know, she's stripping off ready for action now isn't she!?) to the end to get two bikes on.
I've got 38ft of aluminium box section already lying around, so that should just about cover it. It'll probably need wheel bearing adjustment too judging by the play.
I'll bolt wheel chocks on and have a drop down ramp/door on the back to keep it as multi purpose as possible, as they're really useful for lugging other things than bikes. ____________________
'81 CG125, '97 FZS600 : '99 CBR600F4, '09 KTM RC8 |
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Tried to get in a crafty last gasp track day early in October at Donnington.
Did the first session. Found a nice garage to hide in on the way back so I didn't have to hook the tirewarmers up to the Eastern Block style frame generator and listen to that blaring out all day.
Got bike on stands. Realised left hand side and corresponding boot was covered in cheapo semi synthetic. Swore. Chucked bike and kit in van. Sulked and went home. Only good bit was i got the second night in the Hotel back as i'd booked it on some gay "Flexi" thing.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50546906351_c632e43cff_h.jpg
Spoke to my mate regarding my conundrum and we decided that we may as well pull the engine and give it a refresh. Five years I've had the bike - fair amount of both road and track use in that time plus whatever abuse was heaped on it in the first 25 years of it's existence figured it was time (all i've done is changed the oil and checked the valves a couple of times).
He collected it and took it to his palatial workshop a week or two ago, engine is now out and top end off. To say i'm fairly impressed is an understatement. Ring gaps well in tolerance and virtually no wear on the piston skirts.
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Bottom end feels fine and no gearbox issues so I think all that will get is the sump off to clean the strainer. Plan is to strip the head, check all the valves, do some gas flowing on the worst finished bits and rebuild with new valve stem seals. It will go back together without the base gasket (should gain approx +3 bhp) and with the extended intakes from the non-SP engine. Also plan to fit an Ignitec ignition and fit a carb heat shield / fresh air intake that i've been designing.
Really impressed with how it all looks inside though for an engine with no real known history then 5 years of abuse by myself. Considering it revs to 15500 rpm I can't name another small four stroke that comes anywhere near as far as menchanical toughness goes. ____________________ Be a REAL MAN! |
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Posted: 14:35 - 30 Oct 2020 Post subject: |
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Some fettling with the Dr650
Stainless lines front and rear to replace ~30 yr old lines
https://puu.sh/GIllv.jpeg
New dominator can
https://puu.sh/GIllq.jpeg
Added folding mirrors and fitting up some handguards
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Sprocket carrier bearing was toasted so replaced it.
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Carb has been a pain, majority of screws all chewed out and rusted. Mixture screw here, completely stuck and chewed. Drilled about half way into it, had a few attempts with extractor bits but they just ate through the brass, rather than gripping. Any thoughts? Not all the way through, so can keep running it for now.
https://puu.sh/GIllh.jpeg ____________________ Previous : 09 Vanvan 125| 02' Sv650s || Current: 1999 Xj600n | 1992 DR650 RSE | 2005 Fazer 1000 |
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Posted: 11:27 - 31 Oct 2020 Post subject: |
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I've tried those and they will work with screws and bolts that don't require a lot of hoofing but with the more stubborn offenders I like to tap this type* into the drilled hole and use a ratchet wrench to wind the bolt out rather than a drill or impact driver.
https://i.postimg.cc/pVKSWyz6/ken0751060k.jpg
*I know they look the same... |
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Posted: 16:33 - 01 Nov 2020 Post subject: |
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Bought another one, gave it a clean.
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Was someones labour of love for the last 3 years, has had pretty much every worthwhile mod done. He then found his arthritis was too bad to use the bike. The clocks (Smiths speedo part of the resto) has 1.2 miles on it! Needs a rear light and plate holder to finish.
Got a pile of spares too including some still packaged Hitchcoks ali mudguards.
Cost me less than a rusty one in standard trim, seller was a real old fashioned Gent. |
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I am jealous as fcuk. That is stunning.
(less stunning is the hairdressers yellow mini) ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Posted: 17:46 - 01 Nov 2020 Post subject: |
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Rode it round to the Ace
Rode it back.
Dodged raindrops.
Stayed mostly dry.
I am very fond of pressing myself into the wind that foretells a rainstorm. It feels like i am racing with my machine against the weather.
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Forced wrote: | Tried to get in a crafty last gasp track day early in October at Donnington.
Did the first session. Found a nice garage to hide in on the way back so I didn't have to hook the tirewarmers up to the Eastern Block style frame generator and listen to that blaring out all day.
Got bike on stands. Realised left hand side and corresponding boot was covered in cheapo semi synthetic. Swore. Chucked bike and kit in van. Sulked and went home. Only good bit was i got the second night in the Hotel back as i'd booked it on some gay "Flexi" thing.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50546906351_c632e43cff_h.jpg
Spoke to my mate regarding my conundrum and we decided that we may as well pull the engine and give it a refresh. Five years I've had the bike - fair amount of both road and track use in that time plus whatever abuse was heaped on it in the first 25 years of it's existence figured it was time (all i've done is changed the oil and checked the valves a couple of times).
He collected it and took it to his palatial workshop a week or two ago, engine is now out and top end off. To say i'm fairly impressed is an understatement. Ring gaps well in tolerance and virtually no wear on the piston skirts.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50546870656_e8dc11b684_b.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50547009257_0f6a0f1594_c.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50546870661_40f3579581_b.jpg
Bottom end feels fine and no gearbox issues so I think all that will get is the sump off to clean the strainer. Plan is to strip the head, check all the valves, do some gas flowing on the worst finished bits and rebuild with new valve stem seals. It will go back together without the base gasket (should gain approx +3 bhp) and with the extended intakes from the non-SP engine. Also plan to fit an Ignitec ignition and fit a carb heat shield / fresh air intake that i've been designing.
Really impressed with how it all looks inside though for an engine with no real known history then 5 years of abuse by myself. Considering it revs to 15500 rpm I can't name another small four stroke that comes anywhere near as far as menchanical toughness goes. |
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Took it out to explore, looking for loopholes, if you know what I mean.
Think I found one. Can't believe I missed this place and didn't already know about it.
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Bhud wrote: | Took it out to explore, looking for loopholes, if you know what I mean.
Think I found one. Can't believe I missed this place and didn't already know about it.
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You using a film camera? ____________________ CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S.
Current: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9k, MZ TS150 - 9k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (295cc) - 38k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 49k. |
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Pepperami is happy today.
Sorry no pictures, it wasn’t that exciting enough to get the camera out.
The front caliper on ‘Project Scrappy Hyosung’ was REALLY seized.
The bolts holding the caliper to the fork leg and the bolts on the caliper would not move at all and I was concerned I might snap them.
After three weeks being dowsed in penetrating oil (Plus Gas) and some local heat applied via a soldering iron, and much wiggling they finally moved .
It was hard being patient enough to let the penetrating oil do it’s thing.
However the bike is a lot easier to move about and now I can get on with fixing the caliper without breaking it and then having to source another one. ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now!
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Brewery , ahh I see. ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now! |
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Finally put a new neutral lamp bulb in the Continental GT, almost 12 quid for a bulb the size of a bloody rice grain . Don't know why I actually bothered I'd got used to not having one.
Taped up all the lights on the front of the 350, MOT booked tomorrow. My tester is pretty cool but I think I'll get failed on exhaust volume it's ear splitting, annoyingly the only baffle I have is no good. Might end up having to buy one. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 3 years, 210 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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