Ke125

[kel]

Roll on the GP and move over diesels your time is up, Ive been watching the Andrew Stroud video of Taupo and Im feeling dangerous (to myself) .

Well the GP didnt quite go to plan but second in the North Island series was pleasing, got to experience some great new tracks and had a blast.

BACK TO THE KE
In all honesty Ive done nothing with the motor, with the exception of an expansion chamber it really just needs firing up and dialing in, the holdup has been the chassis.
I managed to secure Brendans RS125 frame which had been modified for the KE motor, figured it was too good an opportunity to pass up as I had a bunch of RS parts anyways (shock, swingarm, tank etc). The choice of chassis was more than validated when going head to head on the FXR against Rick on his RS around Kaitoke, he'd turn the bike in tight while I was having to sweep around the turns sliding like crazy trying to keep up. Its been a slow process finding and securing the RS parts but Im there now and just waiting for the last bits to turn up, might be waiting a while as the only economical shipping for the wheels was sea freight. Am hoping to have the bike together for the first round of the Auckland series in July but its dependent on whether the wheels get here in time.
My to do list
drag the chassis out from under my desk!
expansion chamber design and build - was going to use Blairs calcs but as I've managed to squirrel a few dollars away I might pay the man to design it
Install motor into chassis - needs the rear engine mount of the cases machined down
Wait for wheels to turn up
Dial in the motor and ignition on the dyno
Ride the wheels off it!

[kel]

Well I draged the RS out from under the desk


But then I got side tracked with the old girl

Thought I should give it a quick tidy up as a potential buyer is due to come have look at it, plus it hadn't been run since Easter when it was crashed at Kaitoke. Cleaned up easy enough but when I took it for a quick run up the road it was refusing to rev out. Was running fine at Kaitoke
Hopefully draining the carb and some new fuel will solve the problem. Would rather be working on the RS/KE!

[kel]

Well the cases are back. Had to strip the good engine and the spare to get the rear engine mounts milled to fit the RS chassis. Giggles organised this and while he was at it he welded up the spare cases to take the water cooled cylinder, what a good guy
No sign of my parts from Japan which is a bit of a downer, but on the positive TZ350 is going to let me out on the beast for the first round of the Auckland series
Oh, and a very happy 50th birthday Gigglebutton!

[Gigglebutton]

Well the cases are back. Had to strip the good engine and the spare to get the rear engine mounts milled to fit the RS chassis. Giggles organised this and while he was at it he welded up the spare cases to take the water cooled cylinder, what a good guy
No sign of my parts from Japan which is a bit of a downer, but on the positive TZ350 is going to let me out on the beast for the first round of the Auckland series
Oh, and a very happy 50th birthday Gigglebutton!

No Probs
Thanks Kel

[cotswold]

Oh, and a very happy 50th birthday Gigglebutton![/QUOTE]


And from me

[Gigglebutton]

Oh, and a very happy 50th birthday Gigglebutton!

And from me [/QUOTE]

Thanks for all the help on my motor boys

[kel]

OK so the motor is in the frame. Required a bit of grinding on the head, cylinder and cases but its in. Now to wire up the ignitech.

[kel]

on the positive TZ350 is going to let me out on the beast for the first round of the Auckland series

Some problems in the morning meant we had to start from the back row for the points races. That didnt matter to much as the beast blasted me through to 3rd, and we were only .9 sec off 2nd at the end. Feeling quitely confident for race two was a mistake as I blew the start and when your starting from the back row that aint going to work out well. By the time Id caught upto the 4th place rider the front 3 were long gone so just settled in for an easy 4th place. Not to bad considering its been over a year since I raced clockwise at Mt Wellington (but then I was on the mighty beast). Nice work TZ the bike is turning better now if we can just sort coming back on the throttle ...

[husaberg]

Looks great must pull finger........

[husaberg]

Shit Sorry Kel i think i killed your thread

[kel]

Shit Sorry Kel i think i killed your thread

I'm still broken, cant do much with just one hand. Probably could manage to put it together with some help but seems little point at the moment. Next year!

[kel]

Out of the cast today and into a splint
but needing an MRI .
Was offered a cortizone injection to the shoulder but these just mask the injury (I think?).
On the plus side I've decided to give up crashing, at least for a while.

[cotswold]

Out of the cast today and into a splint
but needing an MRI .
Was offered a cortizone injection to the shoulder but these just mask the injury (I think?).
On the plus side I've decided to give up crashing, at least for a while.

I also gave up on crashing but crashing never gives up on anyone.. Hope you're fit and mobile soon

[jasonu]

Out of the cast today and into a splint
but needing an MRI .
Was offered a cortizone injection to the shoulder but these just mask the injury (I think?).
On the plus side I've decided to give up crashing, at least for a while.

Get the cortizone shot. I fucked up my rotator cuff and had 2 shots 3 months apart. They do 'mask' the injury but in my case allowed me to gradually start wider movement of the joint that the pain (without the shot) prevented me doing. Do it mate, nothing to loose and a lot to gain.

[speedpro]

I had a cortizone shot into the cartilage next to a permanently screwed up scaphoid. The wrist was like new for most of a week. I never realised what a pain it was until it wasn't. I say go for it as well.