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oily
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
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 Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:23 am Post subject: |
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Fortunately my cave doesn't suffer from damp but I bolted the engine in a bit quick just in case 
Cooling system jigsaw was so much easier to sort without that bloody great, pointless web in the way.......
...can't do much more with it up on my desk, time for a hernia and lift it down onto the bike bench 
another view of the cooling system, the thermostat is no longer wedged (literally) between the engine and the frame
...Got to get a move on, the new, new wheels should be here tomorrow 
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oily
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:10 am Post subject: |
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Now recovered from moving these engines about 
Project is now where it belongs on the bike bench 
Check and grease the swing arm bearings.....
...needed a bit of a clean and re-grease is all, quite surprising under the circumstances.
...had to make a couple of those little, skinny conical washers for the Ohlins shock but the linkages only needed a clean and grease too....
...swinger on and all's good with the world.....let's see who will mess that up today
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oily
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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Well how rude is that.......
Right in the middle of servicing the forks, you know, the part that needs 3 hands, the UPS man disturbs me claiming he's got a delivery for my project.........you know what's coming next dontcha ......
....I think the front wheel in particular has positive bouncy or negative weight which ever is most descriptive
...well one thing's for sure...I've got too many sets of dymags
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oily
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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....Thought I'd have a closer look at these puppy's whilst I was putting my tools away.....
Spent a fortune on these and they havn't even got the lightest Talon sprocket and that's held on with crap cadium plated, steel nuts and washers.
Soon swaped the sprocket with the 7 spokes and whacked it on with Ti nuts .....
...then I noticed the cheap, Taiwanese bearings
I did expect more for this sort of money......
Well I'm not changing those for a while....
....Forks serviced and back in the bike and I couldn't resist trying the wheels...
...starting to look like a bike already....wonder at what stage this project will stall
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growler
Joined: 06 Apr 2012
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Location: north yorks
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I have the BST,s on the track bike, there good really good but it does lift the front easy, too easy |
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oily
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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Ummmm......maybe I should re-think this big-bore, light-weight thing.......
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philfingers
Joined: 05 Sep 2009
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Location: Bimota Capital of the UK, Kidderminster
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:17 am Post subject: |
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just need to increase the battery size over the front end, that should keep it down!
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oily
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:29 am Post subject: |
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lorry battery
I was actually going for a new generation, lightweight battery and a very gentle throttle hand
Hoping a bit of restraint is the key
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morebhp
Joined: 02 May 2012
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:37 am Post subject: |
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Some great weight saving there Oily but, much as probably it pains you, I still think you will need to fit some heavy tyres
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oily
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:39 am Post subject: |
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No....I'm sticking with the Dymag supplied, lightweight blue foam.....just hoping it's got loads of grip
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morebhp
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:06 am Post subject: |
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Looks very low profile - may need to adjust the speedo
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Evilchicken0
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:25 am Post subject: |
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You'll probably need to adjust the suspension to compensate for the lighter wheels
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oily
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:52 am Post subject: |
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I'll probably just eat more pies to balance it out
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Pompey
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:54 am Post subject: |
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There you go, the answer was there all along...
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oily
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:40 am Post subject: |
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Ummmm......maybe I should re-think this big-bore, light-weight thing.......
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...forgot to add.......NOT
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