YLR Racing

[crazy man]

have fun bet you can't wait to get it on the bike

[Yow Ling]

At the moment all I have is a dummy engine, that will keep me happy for a wee while, but yea starting to get a bit exciting.

While looking at pipes on the net I found this , Ill just post it because its kinda cool, I think honda had problems with shit falling into the engine with theirs, but looks cool http://thekneeslider.com/archives/20...lytank-triple/

[husaberg]

At the moment all I have is a dummy engine, that will keep me happy for a wee while, but yea starting to get a bit exciting.

While looking at pipes on the net I found this , Ill just post it because its kinda cool, I think honda had problems with shit falling into the engine with theirs, but looks cool http://thekneeslider.com/archives/20...lytank-triple/

Looks cool but....
Honda problem was it was a piece of Poo to ride.
Honda pushed the weight way too low.
I am not suggesting it is a bad idea but.

If it is too low it literally falls into corners but it is extremely hard to pick up again.
Some bikes which are criticised for having a top heavy feeling, actually have a low slung weight distribution.
The weight transfer is also supposedly effected as well if the weight is to low.
Also the mechanics hated it as it was a bitch to work on with hot pipes in awkward places.

The Honda was all wrong they only realised this once Gardners motor home (with mirror windows)was used to get a lot of Pics of the RGV when the Suzuki garage was inadvertently left open. According to Gardner they were there for hours supposedly took rolls of pictures and blew them all up.

Afterwards they said "oh we kind of went on the wrong path there".

Any Honda four until about 91 was a bit of a dog handling wise.
Lawson (89)won a World Championship with the steering damper set to full and wrestling with it.
Wayne (87) probably didn't care if it handled as long as it was a rocketship.

[gav]

Damn, how hot is that engine going to run on an air cooled bike with those pipes?

[F5 Dave]

Yeah that pic has been around, but long debunked. Low centre of gravity is great for braking but otherwise the reason race cars are not like race bikes.

That nozzle is cool. does that (shown as up) side get bored into the cylinder?

[Yow Ling]

That nozzle is cool. does that (shown as up) side get bored into the cylinder?

It just fits inside the exhaust port, I didnt quite get it at first, needs some welding inside the port to fill a few voids

[F5 Dave]

is there supposed to be a step? or just a smooth transition?

[Yow Ling]

Will be a smooth transition , unfortunately the most usefull material known to buckateers, Devcon , is not up to the task

[F5 Dave]

Devcon will work just fine.

unfortunately on a running engine it will only last about 1 dyno run until it flows out like treacle. is that going to be a problem?

[Yow Ling]

Made a start on the Wobbly pipe, they all rolled up and a few are welded before I ran out of argon, starting to look the part.
Having a set of slip rolls helps alot , but no help on the last cone

[Yow Ling]

Seeing as I ran out of gas on the pipes, I spent some more time on my RD350.
It had got a bit tired and rattly after about 5 years on one set of awesome Wiseco's
In its last incarnation it had a set of RZ350 reed cages with carbon reeds, I had some Barrels I bought about 10 years ago that looked pretty nice but still had std reeds fitted. I set it up in the mill and roughed out the cavity for the reed blocks and finished it by hand, 1 down 1 to go .
I noticed on the old barrels that I had gone through the bottom wall of the reed block case and made a small hole amazingly never caused a problem, would have failed a leak test in 2 seconds flat, must have been way rich

[Yow Ling]

Starting to make some progress on the pipe

[Buddha#81:Me]

Starting to make some progress on the pipe

wouldnt you get a better result by welding the sections togeather?

[Yow Ling]

wouldnt you get a better result by welding the sections togeather?

Sticky taping them is way easier !

ok Ill do it your way

[TZ350]

I am looking forward to seeing this project go. ps if you find someone who can weld up inside the exhaust tract please let me know as I would like a cylinder done too.