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Post by stusco on Jun 6, 2022 13:02:48 GMT 1
Yeah i have a few crappy kits when the wires come off ,they are good at sticking in your shirt though
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Post by steve63 on Jun 6, 2022 13:09:23 GMT 1
Yeah i have a few crappy kits when the wires come off ,they are good at sticking in your shirt though Or eye Did you see what I did? Winking emoji
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Post by donkeychomp on Jun 6, 2022 21:27:12 GMT 1
I have a load of Dremel wire wheels. If you want a few I can pop them in the post for you.
Alex
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Post by steve63 on Jun 7, 2022 12:56:30 GMT 1
I have a load of Dremel wire wheels. If you want a few I can pop them in the post for you. Alex That's very kind of you but I really don't deserve you going to any trouble on my behalf.
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Jun 7, 2022 19:01:30 GMT 1
I have a load of Dremel wire wheels. If you want a few I can pop them in the post for you. Alex That's very kind of you but I really don't deserve you going to any trouble on my behalf. Enough of that self loathing sir I know you have just shown your "speciality interest" with your bike choice but hey, your not a deviant, you didn't buy a Honda 😆 Steve
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Post by steve63 on Jun 7, 2022 19:07:52 GMT 1
That's very kind of you but I really don't deserve you going to any trouble on my behalf. Enough of that self loathing sir I know you have just shown your "speciality interest" with your bike choice but hey, your not a deviant, you didn't buy a Honda 😆 Steve You know when people use their kids as an excuse to go somewhere or do something? Something they always wanted to do but having kids gives them a reason. Like going to a circus or going to Disneyland? Well I was handed an excuse to buy a custom or cruiser. Now I find myself searching for tasseled leather jackets and leather luggage 😀 The R1 and VFR will be for sale soon 😁.
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Post by donkeychomp on Jun 7, 2022 21:48:29 GMT 1
I have a load of Dremel wire wheels. If you want a few I can pop them in the post for you. Alex That's very kind of you but I really don't deserve you going to any trouble on my behalf. It's no trouble. But you'll find them in abundance on eBay. 10 for a couple of quid kind of thing. Just wear goggles! Alex
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Jun 8, 2022 8:38:14 GMT 1
The cheap ones are fun 😬
You end up looking like a cheap version of hellraiser 😆
Steve
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Post by lcmarky on Jun 8, 2022 11:00:27 GMT 1
Nice challenge that will no doubt be a right laugh!
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Post by steve63 on Jun 8, 2022 15:00:29 GMT 1
Nice challenge that will no doubt be a right laugh! Right laugh or an absolute nightmare. Possibly somewhere in between. My job is to try as best as I can to ensure that the bike does the distance. I suppose to also ensure I do as well. As it stands the bike is old, knackered, barely goes and looks a mess and I'm, oh hang on that's my description 😁
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Post by pdxjim on Jun 8, 2022 17:28:09 GMT 1
Friends in my riding club have done similar rides here in the states. First one was called “the 555”. Sub $500 bikes, pre-1975 build date and under 500cc. They purchased and prepped bikes here in Portland Oregon, then rode the 2500 miles to Knoxville Tennessee, where they sold the bikes and flew home back to Portland.
They also did a similar ride where they flew from Portland to Detroit, Michigan, purchased bikes for under $500, then rode back home here to Portland.
Good luck! Sounds like you all will have a great adventure.
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Post by steve63 on Jun 9, 2022 20:36:50 GMT 1
Friends in my riding club have done similar rides here in the states. First one was called “the 555”. Sub $500 bikes, pre-1975 build date and under 500cc. They purchased and prepped bikes here in Portland Oregon, then rode the 2500 miles to Knoxville Tennessee, where they sold the bikes and flew home back to Portland. They also did a similar ride where they flew from Portland to Detroit, Michigan, purchased bikes for under $500, then rode back home here to Portland. Good luck! Sounds like you all will have a great adventure. A ride over on your side of the pond is something I would like to do one day. Around 1991 just after riding to Corfu I enquired about taking my GSXR1100 over to ride. It was in the days before the internet and it was done by post. I don't think I heard back and never pursued it. I guess hiring a bike would make much more sense. I have to confess I had to look those places up to see where they are. I'd obviously heard of them but couldn't tell you where in the USA they are. I wouldn't fancy buying the bike at the other end and riding it back. At least mine is in my garage now and I have a year to get it into some kind of rideable state. There is an organised charity ride here called The Longest Day Down. Riders do John O' Groats to Lands End on bikes worth less than £300. I think it will have to be updated to take the effect of inflation, especially on motorbike prices, into consideration. There's not much available for under £300 anymore. It's odd when you think about it. We make things difficult so we can have more fun. It doesn't make sense really does it
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Post by steve63 on Jul 17, 2022 15:44:27 GMT 1
I had a ride out a couple of days ago on the VFR to pick up a workshop manual. The guy had a Manx GP polo shirt on and he told me his Brother lived at Glenn Helen on the TT course. He also said the SR cam shaft runs directly in the head. If the bearing surface is worn, well it's a new head. I think there are companies that can bore and fit bushes if anyone still does that kind of thing. A quick read of the manual tells me that one end of the cam runs in a replaceable bush. I'll see where we are with it soon.
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Jul 17, 2022 16:14:25 GMT 1
Hopefully the cam bearing surfaces are ok
Had a mate with a DR125 years ago that the cam ran straight onto the head. Only the cam chain pulls oil up to the cam so thrashing from cold isn't good
Xl 500 was the same so quite common
Hopiefully has a swirled groove in it to pull oil in
Steve
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Post by steve63 on Jul 22, 2022 9:39:52 GMT 1
Hopefully the cam bearing surfaces are ok Had a mate with a DR125 years ago that the cam ran straight onto the head. Only the cam chain pulls oil up to the cam so thrashing from cold isn't good Xl 500 was the same so quite common Hopiefully has a swirled groove in it to pull oil in Steve I had a bit of time on my hands yesterday. Come to think of it I have a bit of time everyday now I'm a dole waller 🙂. I dragged the little Yam out and had a look at the tappets. The inlet was a little bit baggy but only a thou or so but the exhaust was 0.0135" and should be between 0.004" and 0.006". I adjusted them to the middle of the range and it sounds a lot better, I think. I may be lying to myself. I don't know whether to go any further with the engine or just call it done. After all if the cam/head is worn what am I going to do? Spend hundreds on fixing it? I did it in thou as that's what the feeler gauges are in 😁 According to the manual there is an oil feed to the head. You're supposed to remove a screw on the head to check the feed when you change the oil.
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Post by steve63 on Jul 22, 2022 9:44:30 GMT 1
I removed the tank and seat yesterday and found that the back wheel is not central when you look down and align it with the mudguard. Either the back of the frame is off set about 15mm, the swinging arm is bent or the wheel spacers are wrong. More detective work needed. It has been down on the left so that would tally with the wheel being to the left if the back of the frame is bent. I have box section, a welder and a bottle jack so not a problem 😁
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Post by donkeychomp on Jul 22, 2022 21:47:10 GMT 1
Is that a typo and you have a bottle of jack?
Alex
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Jul 22, 2022 22:06:52 GMT 1
Remember an old air cooled overhead cam engine will be a bit "mechanical" sounding
If the cam bearings are gone it is very noisey
If it has an oil feed it should be fine
Steve
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Post by steve63 on Jul 25, 2022 7:45:32 GMT 1
Remember an old air cooled overhead cam engine will be a bit "mechanical" sounding If the cam bearings are gone it is very noisey If it has an oil feed it should be fine Steve At tickover it's very quiet. I convinced myself if the cam or cam bearings were shot It would be noisy all the time.
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Post by davecroucher57v on Jul 25, 2022 21:53:00 GMT 1
full resto.
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Post by steve h on Jul 25, 2022 22:39:40 GMT 1
Was thinking the same myself.... paint, vapour blasting, chrome, a huge collection of NOS bags strewn out on the floor and photographed... It's started with the paint on the caliper......
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Post by steve63 on Jul 28, 2022 8:08:10 GMT 1
Was thinking the same myself.... paint, vapour blasting, chrome, a huge collection of NOS bags strewn out on the floor and photographed... It's started with the paint on the caliper...... No no no. I really should just concentrate on the important things that actually need doing and leave the cosmetics alone. The wheels bug me though, the front rim is rusty and all the spokes are as well. There's not much I can do about that without a couple of new rims and a re-spoke. I've no idea how much that would be but I can't imagine it being cheap so It's not happening. I did bead blast the tappet covers and cam drive sprocket cover when they were off and the carb has had the bead blast, ultrasonic, re-build treatment. Just couldn't bare to put it back on as it was.
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Jul 28, 2022 8:35:59 GMT 1
When I first looked at the carb fitted to the bike my first thought was that someone had grafted on a carb from another bike. Is that really how Yam fitted it?
And responding the wheels would be spendy
Pair of spoke sets would be £100, then at least £30 Labour per wheel Then the rim cost 😱
Steve
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Post by steve63 on Jul 28, 2022 14:09:28 GMT 1
When I first looked at the carb fitted to the bike my first thought was that someone had grafted on a carb from another bike. Is that really how Yam fitted it? And responding the wheels would be spendy Pair of spoke sets would be £100, then at least £30 Labour per wheel Then the rim cost 😱 Steve Yep, that's exactly as per the manual although the rubber connection between the carb and the manifold actually has a split going around it about 180°. Reminds me of a scene in 'Outlaws' on the Iplayer where someone says "I managed to turn my life around 360°" and someone replies "doesn't that leave you back where you started then?" Someone has wrapped a few layers of black duct tape around the manifold and re-fitted it. They probably had a wrestling match with it while trying to fit or remove the carb. I seem to remember Fowler's still do them for about £15. That seems quite reasonable but the new genuine parts prices in general seem very high for these. £147 for a petrol cap? With a set of alloy wheels it's just a case of a blast, re-spray and new bearings so simple.
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Post by donkeychomp on Jul 28, 2022 22:10:49 GMT 1
Yep. My RD60 came the same way, though there was a proviso to fit a carb with bolts for some reason. And I managed to find one that DID bolt on. Way better than it bouncing around all over the place.
Alex
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Post by steve63 on Aug 5, 2022 22:02:04 GMT 1
Yep. My RD60 came the same way, though there was a proviso to fit a carb with bolts for some reason. And I managed to find one that DID bolt on. Way better than it bouncing around all over the place. Alex It should be better on a rubber mount. It helps stop vibration messing up the carburation and isolates it from the heat. On the other hand the carb would be closer to the valve on a stub which is a good thing for power. These are in theory but when youre talking about 12 horse power I shouldn't think it makes much difference. I've just ordered a new one from Fowlers, £25.00. I'm not sure where I got the £15 from. Maybe I dreamed it or they have put the prices up, I don't know. The Tourmax ones are £29.00
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Post by donkeychomp on Aug 5, 2022 22:28:20 GMT 1
Steve, either way you look at it £25 for a new carb is pretty good going! You may have doubled the value of the bike... Alex
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Post by steve63 on Aug 5, 2022 22:37:47 GMT 1
Steve, either way you look at it £25 for a new carb is pretty good going! You may have doubled the value of the bike... Alex It's only the rubber manifold not the carb. I have gone a bit mad tonight and gone on a bit of a spending spree. Ordered the seal kit for the front brake, a second hand footrest to replace the missing left hand one, fork seals and dust seals and some rear light bulbs. I've stripped and sorted out the rear mudguard/light mounting thing including the internals for the back light. Just cleaning the bulb and thinking I should get a spare for the trip and it fell on the floor and smashed. I have a box of spare bulbs but the only matching one has a broken filament and only the brake light one works. I reckon with MOT and all sorted it could be worth £800/£900 so I can put a little bit of cash into it.
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Post by steve63 on Aug 11, 2022 21:39:58 GMT 1
Some of the stuff started to arrive yesterday, the carb mounting, fork and dust seals and the new (used) left hand footpeg. What hasn't arrived yet is the caliper seals and that's what I wanted to do first. If I can put the brake back together I can give it a run up the road. Best check that I actually pressed the 'buy' button.
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Post by steve63 on Aug 16, 2022 10:57:33 GMT 1
My lad left me a present at the weekend. He even fitted them for me. Can you see them? Grips is a clue.
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