186 AD ...........Originally Posted by f5 dave
Anorak
186 AD ...........
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Hey this will be the 2nd GP I've ridden inside 6 months.
Its still held together with sticky tape, but it was good enough to win races.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Hardcore Biker
You did well Dave. Thanks for not getting it finished 12 years ago. Let some of us other chaps have a go! Looked good when Malcom rode it.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Actually it sounded good from the marshal post as he accelerated up the hill. You never really know what it looks or sounds like from the seat.
Your 150 really looks the schizzle & for a first time outing showed more to come.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Forum whore
Please refrain from riding your GP bike in the lounge!
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Ha, little do you know. This bike lived in my spare room for over a year. When my yet to be wife moved in she had to share the room with it. So she can never argue she didn't know what she was getting herself in for.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Probably should go to dyno to see if new piston has required a slight tickle, but I'm glad I looked at the engine mount.
Rubber insert had disintegrated & engine cocked over 10mm. Bolt was coming out. hence the chain was rubbing making a weird noise. I'd checked that bolt earlier just before Malcolm jumped on but seen no problem, but it was a weak part of the design. I'd noticed it got worse sometimes. Sometimes It was reed flutter I'm sure, but sometimes it was coming from the LHS of the engine. I took off the side cover to see if the rotor was rubbing, but no. So sprocket making a noise & then the bolt coming out made a noise, but only in some angles of suspension.
So I'll try get a longer bolt & put a nut/split pin on the other side. Couldn't do that in the initial design as the water pump outlet was in the way. No pump pipe now. I've machined up a spacer that can't collapse into the engine mount hole as it is too big to go anywhere.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Hardcore Biker
Pfffft. I just moved my 50cc project into its new workshop: my dorm room.
Space is just a little tight.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Excellent choice! Now try to get a wimin to move in with you.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Bucket Racer/Crasher
That's when the trouble starts, and you don't even have to be keeping your most prized race bike in the lounge.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Sage advice from a man of the world, listen up carefully Max.
So maybe start in the kitchen Mike? After all it should be the cleanest room in the house, which helps set the scene for engine rebuilds.
+ the dishwasher is handy for those greasy parts to make them spotless.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
In the riders seat
The oven is also handy for heating cases up to put bearings in
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Forum whore
haha really? Cause I'll do it..
and is the dishwasher really a good idea... cause I'll do that too.. tooth brushes arent that great for cleaning lots of dirty bits all the time
Anorak
Er Dave. Didn't you say yours moved in cause you were renting out the room rather than just your charm?
Yes never tried the dishwasher but have done the whole stove thing though. Also burnt the vinyl at a mates place putting a ringgear on a flywheel fresh out of his misses oven as well though.
PS the misses pledge is excellent for shining the bike. Sure smells nice too (Lemony) and Handy Andy is a great wheel wash and general degreaser. Wash it off though.
Oh yeah our freezer is useful as well for bearing too and the mild abrasive polish she brought for the ceramic stove top is excellent for removing crusty brake deposits embedded in wheels.
It not yours honey remember. It ours
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
Bucket Racer/Crasher
Dishwashers are good for steel parts but a bit corrosive on alloy. Ovens are good for baking engine enamel as well though you have to be careful heating older model engine blocks as the sleeves can fall out plus all the oil down between the sleeve and block seeps out and burns on the bottom of the oven. That's a hard smell to cover up.
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