sacrifices to the gods of speed

[FROSTY]

walking into my gargre the other night and the light shone on my shelf full of "tropheys" -A sample of engine and bike parts sacrificed in the hunt for speed. Broken off valve heads,headless pistons. fried Clutch plates and barrells smashed to pieces.
Anone else got a shelf like it?

[Rashika]

yeah there was this old bugger in invergiggle with a shelf like that...:laugh:

...did i mention that he was is a relation of mine in a roundabout kind of way?
Fkn awesome :msn-wink:

[Smorg]

I have a set of old set of brake rotors but they werent exactly sacrificed in the name of speed. I use them as an offering to the god of
"holy shit thats a tight corner":2thumbsup

[Flatcap]

All that crap doesn't fit in the shed any more - had to start using the attic nowadays

[bugjuice]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=19831
i don't have much to add to this ;)

[FROSTY]

yea yea yea ok dude

[bugjuice]

lol.. nah nah, carry on ;)

[crazyxr250rider]

Like burt munroes shelf?? if yes ive got one which features a cratered piston snapped oil rings ,snapped couter shaft ,bent forks. ground out gear selecters,loads of bearings,head gaskets, split valve stems and the list goes on.... and then some.....

[Ixion]

What I want to know, is where does all the stuff at the bottom of the boxes-of-bits in the gargre COME from.

T'other night I was ratting through them looking for a suitable bolt (of course, as always, the particular size I needed was the only one I didn't find).

But I did find all manner of other stuff. Some of which I could establish a possible provenance for .

Hm. An exhaust valve. Bent . SL125 ? Another , small, looks like a Briggs and Stratton. Carb intake boot.Small twin, maybe an S32-2. Brakes shoes, obviously Briddish, ah remember those, A10. Assorted Triumph bits.Gearbox layshaft, snapped in two. Has to be Jawa. And so on.

But other stuff, how did I get it? A chain. Endless. Short. Could only be pushrod valve gear timing chain. But I never owned a bike with chain driven pushrod cams. A nut . New. Neatly labelled. A65 big end, 26 cents. I never owned an A65. (would have liked to). A 4 cylinder camshaft (SOHC - obviously bike, and a small one at that). I never owned a 4 cylinder! And much else that has me scratching my head.

Where I wonder does it come from ?. Is there some sort of quantum anomaly at work here. Are all gargres connected by extra-dimensional tunnels? Did that camshaft fall into hyperspace in some other bikers gargre to rematerialise in mine? Is some poor sod still wondering to this day where his camshaft went to? Does this explain where all the stuff of mine that has "disappered into thin air" went to?

Why don't some of those clever scientific chappies investigate REAL mysteries like these.

[crazyxr250rider]

What I want to know, is where does all the stuff at the bottom of the boxes-of-bits in the gargre COME from.

T'other night I was ratting through them looking for a suitable bolt (of course, as always, the particular size I needed was the only one I didn't find).

But I did find all manner of other stuff. Some of which I could establish a possible provenance for .

Hm. An exhaust valve. Bent . SL125 ? Another , small, looks like a Briggs and Stratton. Carb intake boot.Small twin, maybe an S32-2. Brakes shoes, obviously Briddish, ah remember those, A10. Assorted Triumph bits.Gearbox layshaft, snapped in two. Has to be Jawa. And so on.

But other stuff, how did I get it? A chain. Endless. Short. Could only be pushrod valve gear timing chain. But I never owned a bike with chain driven pushrod cams. A nut . New. Neatly labelled. A65 big end, 26 cents. I never owned an A65. (would have liked to). A 4 cylinder camshaft (SOHC - obviously bike, and a small one at that). I never owned a 4 cylinder! And much else that has me scratching my head.

Where I wonder does it come from ?. Is there some sort of quantum anomaly at work here. Are all gargres connected by extra-dimensional tunnels? Did that camshaft fall into hyperspace in some other bikers gargre to rematerialise in mine? Is some poor sod still wondering to this day where his camshaft went to? Does this explain where all the stuff of mine that has "disappered into thin air" went to?

Why don't some of those clever scientific chappies investigate REAL mysteries like these.Yep whatever :yes: <_<

[Motu]

I cheat of course - I keep a daily collection,so I can show my customers the ground down disc pads,destroyed rotors,stripped cambelts and worn water pumps we replaced.I also keep some permanent stuff at hand,so I can say ''if you don't replace the timing belt tensioner,it could colapse,like this one,then the belt will break and you will bend valves,like this one here''.Usualy does the trick....depending on first language.....

My own shelf? - No,not much at all,I make my mistakes on other peoples vehicles.For years I kept my non folding BSA kickstart lever...that had been ground down to less than an inch long,it's companion was a chrome footpeg,bent back apon itself,and so much heat put into it that it looked like it was shortend by a gas torch,the metal molten and the chrome blue.Biffed those years ago.

I know the box Ixion - I think yours must be connected to mine through a pathway in the ether like The Study and The Kitchen on a Cludo board.It's possible they may pass parts between as the need arises.....I love my carburettor box,it's huge,over a metre long and over the years has held some memorable carbies.Four Blue Magnums (4 sizes,no 4 cyls for me either)have pride of place these days,but there have been many SUs of various sizes,a big sidedraught Delorto that nearly went on the Trident,also nearly fitted to the VW/Ural,but was swapped for...um,I forget.A couple of Wal Phillips Fuel Injectors lived in the box for many years too.I wonder who knows what they are,let alone Wal Phillips....

[SPman]

Gotta front wheel spoke, twisted bent footpeg and mirror offa gsxr....

[Rashika]

I found a REALLY simple solution to having all those bits lying around... MOVE HOUSE... funny how they all disappear then!
I'm still at a lose to explain why I ended up with 3 top parts of pack racks(only) in my garage tho :confused:


...Did that camshaft fall into hyperspace in some other bikers gargre to rematerialise in mine? Is some poor sod still wondering to this day where his camshaft went to? Does this explain where all the stuff of mine that has "disappered into thin air" went to?

Why don't some of those clever scientific chappies investigate REAL mysteries like these.
I wonder if thats where Dangerous's camshaft disappeared too? :killingme :laugh:

[GR81]

Anone else got a shelf like it?
yea... car parts mainly... anyone is free to take em all away, damned mess! haha
as the bike is a toy... i try not to break it too often! ;)

[Shade]

Haha -

Go to logans (KK ) house - hes got a million VFR bits laying around - Some working, some not. All in the hunt for extra speed when he was racing the VFR , heheh

[Paul in NZ]

A couple of Wal Phillips Fuel Injectors lived in the box for many years too.I wonder who knows what they are,let alone Wal Phillips....

Well I suppose you might not be amazed that I know....

The dred BSA grass tracker of death featured such a device. From memory the only tuning was the size of the main jet and it was more like a floatbowless carb venturi. You turned the fuel on as you were pushed off. Highly impractical on a road bike but OK on a dope burning 500cc speedway type device. (Alf hagon frame, BSA motor, triumph box and rear suspension, no brakes (al la speedway solo)

The injector worked OK once it was set up but a slight change in atmosperics would throw it out which I found a bit odd as the general principle with methanol was to get as much into the motor as possible. It didn't ice up like the giant concentric though!

[Bonez]

Have collected a few bits n' bobs over the years, but not in the name of speed. Just motorcycling in general. I tend to rationalise now and stuff I know I'll never need goes in the scrap ali box for me or the scrap iron bin at work for pizzas. In saying that the play pens walls still has a lot of "stuff" attached to nails for that day when I'll finally "get around to it".

[Motu]

I only tried the Wal Phillips Fuel Injector (that was all written on the body) a couple of times over the 20 years I had them.Once as a dumb 17 yrs old,and later as I learned a bit more in my 20s.Not the best to set up on petrol,and I had no instructions,it was all guess work.If the motor stalled the fuel just kept pouring in,it was damned near impossible to sort out.Then I had two of them! I'm glad I never tried to run both on my Norton!

Wal Phillips was a speedway rider in the 20/30s and helped develop the JAP speedway motor,dunno how he got his name on that crude device.

[sunhuntin]

broken off bits and bobs....would have liked to have kept pups number plate too!
got about 3 brake levers, 2 mirrors [and glass for one, in bits] one side badge, the hard plastic bit that goes inbetween the engine and carb, the last rego card from pup and a blown brake bulb. the bulb so far is the only piece from scuffy, but im sure ill add more over time. they sit on my bookshelf amongst other crap, lol.

[JMemonic]

I found a REALLY simple solution to having all those bits lying around... MOVE HOUSE... funny how they all disappear then!
I'm still at a lose to explain why I ended up with 3 top parts of pack racks(only) in my garage tho :confused:

Yeap that solution worked for me, strange how I am slowly starting that collection again, looks like a trip to the scrap bin for about half the garage.