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Post by greenlandy on Nov 6, 2010 17:30:48 GMT 1
Went and picked her up today Carbs are marked 4L1 00  but couldn't find any 4L markings on the exhaust just a 31k on one of them....... Anyway here's my baby  .      Can't start to work on her till next week tho  . |
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Post by spondonchris on Nov 6, 2010 17:33:04 GMT 1
31K are powervalve exhausts, im surprised they fitted unless the rear hangers been modified, anyway they wont be restricted so who cares, looks a good bike mate.
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Post by greenlandy on Nov 6, 2010 17:39:17 GMT 1
Thanks I still can't wipe the smile from my face |
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Post by spondonchris on Nov 6, 2010 17:48:00 GMT 1
They are just a wonderfull bike, iv got allsorts in my garage from superbikes to mopeds but the LC does something else for me.....you will be amazed at how many people swarm over your bike whenever you take it out..........everyone has an LC story and cant wait to share it with you. I think of mine as a time machine as i go back to the 80s every time i ride it. And dont worry about it not looking like new, just ride it and enjoy and improve it as you go. Keep smiling.
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Post by stevew on Nov 6, 2010 17:58:09 GMT 1
good lc mate whats u plans with it ... steve
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Post by greenlandy on Nov 6, 2010 18:11:12 GMT 1
Hi Steve,
Get her back on the road and then start doing her up. Was toying with the idea of slipping a Valve motor into her but after all the positive comments on here and off people who've seen her she'll be staying standard(ish).
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Post by jessy03 on Nov 6, 2010 18:38:31 GMT 1
nice tidy machine, best of luck
Jessy
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Post by scott on Nov 6, 2010 23:21:47 GMT 1
thats not a bad likkle bike m8....wots stamped on bottom of barrels,4L1 or 4LO beings as it's got 31k pipes on it.
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Post by greenlandy on Nov 7, 2010 11:04:34 GMT 1
I can't look till Friday Scott but on Friday I'll be making a wish list and giving Norbo a ring . Would love to get road legal asap. |
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Post by greenlandy on Nov 12, 2010 21:10:45 GMT 1
Ok managed to get into the unit today here's a list of what she has: Frame 4L1 Engine 4L1(not matching) Barrels 4L1 Exhausts 31k-14721 31k-14721 hangers have been modded are these UK spec Carbs 4l1 00 Still smiling |
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Post by elsie1411 on Nov 13, 2010 0:02:01 GMT 1
hello mate just noticed you ain't a million miles away, if theres anything i can help with let me know as I've a few mates around Norwich who have access to parts. Laurence
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Post by gazilla on Nov 13, 2010 0:51:46 GMT 1
tidy 250 there.Look forward to seeing what you do after the Tank pics.
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Post by greenlandy on Nov 13, 2010 10:13:24 GMT 1
Hi elsie I could really do with some front foot pegs and the moment and if anyone has a cut down rear mud guard??? I don't want to buy one to cut. Where abouts are you Elsie?
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Post by elsie1411 on Nov 13, 2010 17:05:15 GMT 1
Taverham mate i think ive got a cut down muddy somewhere. will have a look. ive a load of bits laying about and a good friend eddy has absolutely shxt loads. ive pmed you my number so give me a ring next week if you like and i'll try and sort out some bits for you
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Post by greenlandy on Nov 13, 2010 17:39:04 GMT 1
Thanks Elsie I'm back in Norwich on Thursday so I'll drop you a line then. |
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Post by greenlandy on Nov 14, 2010 20:20:17 GMT 1
Excuse my French but f**k ME. Why do I always vehicles that have had monkeys piss around with the electrics....took the battery box off today just out of instinct, before giving her a kick and found all the wires from the stator to the joining block had been cut and joined and were rubbing against the frame with out any form of insulation.
Another job for the list.........
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Post by looey on Nov 14, 2010 20:59:59 GMT 1
That's nothing mate, I bought an LC recently for good money and I have done nothing but fix stuff on it for 2 weeks and still going  ;D ;D |
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Post by greenlandy on Nov 18, 2010 19:42:14 GMT 1
Had a play with the shonky electrics today. I seem to have got most of it working . Kicked her over and she started happy days . |
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Post by greenlandy on Nov 22, 2010 22:51:06 GMT 1
Dropped the front wheel out  and put the disc on put her back together added a few bits I'd got off Norbo and fired her up filled the unit with Castrol R Aroma and made myself a coffee. She' now has no lights working at all............I'll break out the multimeter later on this week. Happy days   . |
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Post by elsie1411 on Nov 22, 2010 23:06:19 GMT 1
ah the old bath lift could do with one of those myself, i'm not as young as i used to be ;D
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Post by greenlandy on Nov 22, 2010 23:10:26 GMT 1
Have a few old Hyraulic ones if you no some one who needs a cheep Engine hoist |
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Post by Norbo on Nov 23, 2010 7:06:42 GMT 1
looks like something you would fined in a hospital for lifting people in and out of bed .
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Post by greenlandy on Nov 24, 2010 19:37:28 GMT 1
Thats exactly what it is. Behind it are a load of stairlifts ready to be refurb'd or robbed of bits.
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jonno
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Post by jonno on Nov 30, 2010 10:06:36 GMT 1
That looks like a nice bike, especially as its in the "ultra rare & faster" blue and white two stripe colour scheme.
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Post by billbott on Dec 1, 2010 20:32:48 GMT 1
That looks like a nice bike, especially as its in the "ultra rare & faster" blue and white two stripe colour scheme. ;D  |
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Post by greenlandy on Dec 7, 2010 21:34:09 GMT 1
Ok had her running the other day and had her moving under her own albiet with no brakes or pegs and in the ice . I really wasn't happy with the way the clutch felt and also the take up was very clunky to say the least. So decided to open her up and see what horrors lay beneath. Brand new pistons 1mm OS anb really nice in the bores barrels appear to have been ported a bit and the carb main jet is a 200. Clutch is all there but is ridged and has a fair bit of play in it. So out with the stone to clean the basket up a bit. Replaced the swing arm bush with one of Norbs, bit concerned that mine has no Shims but is a snug fit to line up. Bushs are a dodle to fit and top quality.       I'm now awaiting my second box of bits from Norbo |
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Post by greenlandy on Jan 8, 2011 22:21:43 GMT 1
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Post by drew1967 on Jan 9, 2011 11:23:42 GMT 1
Blimey. Sounds like you're having a bit of a mare. Hope it gets easier for you soon.
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Post by greenlandy on Jan 9, 2011 18:08:17 GMT 1
Ok Loom redone in the living room last night fault tracked to a bent pin on the 3 pin black conector from clocks to loom, it was bent and touching earth. Lesson learnt.
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Post by greenlandy on Jan 9, 2011 20:19:52 GMT 1
LOL mine didn't look too chuffed |
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