Projects At Home During Lockdown

[sidecar bob]

Had another go at the Katana today, between watching three episodes of Motorsport Obsession, Project Binky.
Cleaned out the master cylinder & washed the seals in hot soapy water & soaked the piston & retainer in alloy brightener acid.
On close inspection I'm quite confident it will work again with the existing parts.
The failure was caused by a few lumps of alloy corrosion affecting the sealing surfaces, the o ring hasn't suffered.
I also discovered today that the smell of stale fuel makes my ears hurt.

[roogazza]

Got into my boxes of bike mags today.... Obviously used to buy a lot of Aussie Motorcycle News and my Fav , Rapid Mag. So plenty of reading of bike tests and projects...

Next few days I'm trimming trees ,so there's gunna be a big arsed bonfire in the Horowhenua.

[husaberg]

Had another go at the Katana today, between watching three episodes of Motorsport Obsession, Project Binky.
Cleaned out the master cylinder & washed the seals in hot soapy water & soaked the piston & retainer in alloy brightener acid.
On close inspection I'm quite confident it will work again with the existing parts.
The failure was caused by a few lumps of alloy corrosion affecting the sealing surfaces, the o ring hasn't suffered.

I love binky, so many ways to make a bracket with a grinder.
the Ford ex library cargo transporter is pretty cool as well

[jellywrestler]

What is the black contrivance photoboming the left side of pic two. Watsonian?

N Zeta, got a couple and a new old stock body for 'one day'

[sugilite:Me]

Interesting video, maybe it will inspire some of the clever pricks in here to do something similar?

[russd7]

Got into my boxes of bike mags today.... Obviously used to buy a lot of Aussie Motorcycle News and my Fav , Rapid Mag. So plenty of reading of bike tests and projects...

Next few days I'm trimming trees ,so there's gunna be a big arsed bonfire in the Horowhenua.

with all the bitching going on about fire seasons etc, do yourself a favour and ring ya local Fire Chief before you burn, it may mean ya don't get an unwelcome visit from Flick

[Kickaha]

it may mean ya don't get an unwelcome visit from Flick

Flick ? you old cunt

[russd7]

Flick ? you old cunt

ahhh yes, the sunday mornings listening to the kids stories on te wireless,
you got the refernce so, pot, kettle etc

[Bonez]

Pulled the practice bomb case out with the CB550F engine spares in it and pulled the crank cases out and put the apropriate bolts in there apropiate holes. One 8mm hile cole required. I only have 6mm heli coils so I'll wait untile SteelMasters or SuperCheap autos opens. All the oil gallery drain caps wee missing but eseay to replace with suitably size bolt and alloy ali washer. Gave the cases a good hose down with my water sprayer and they came up nicely. Will rmove any remaining gasket material and go over the head, barrel etc and the other covers in time. Wke up around midday because of the little blue pill I had last night so shorter on time today.

Also prepared the incinerator ready for use tommorow....

[Grumph]

Frame build is moving along slowly. Bottom loops bent up today. Done in 7/8in OD - but bent on a 1 in former using an aluminium sheet packer to make up the difference.
An old trick but a goodie. The 7/8in former is 85mm radius and the 1 in former is 100mm radius. The bigger radius looks a lot better.

Still to tweak and trim. Doing a "slimline" version just takes a bit more time with the top rear of the loops bent inward.

Might get both sides tacked up tomorrow.

Doc apptment tomorrow is now a phone one. He'll struggle a bit, I was supposed to have a blood test prior to this apptment. We'll see how clairvoyant he is.

[HenryDorsetCase]

N Zeta, got a couple and a new old stock body for 'one day'

EV powertrain

[HenryDorsetCase]

Interesting video, maybe it will inspire some of the clever pricks in here to do something similar?

when I was a kid we had an old four wheel drive pull cart with a t handle. Bed was 1.5m x say 900mm and the wheels were 300D.we used to get Dads reel lawnmower and attach it to the t handle and rip round the neighbourhood on it. Well at just over walking pace. not even cable ties or duct tape - it was tied together with rope.......

[sidecar bob]

Rebuilt the katana front calipers today.
They were quite free of corrosion compared to most I've done, but the brown sludge was plentiful.
Just shows what a waste of time a fluid flush would have been.
Once it was bled up, the master cylinder started dripping & I discovered a scratch on the piston stem where it goes through the seal that I hadn't noticed, its also 40 year old alloy that's been exposed to the elements.
After 5minutes of head scratching while deciding what to do with the old part, I remembered there was rather a nice wee lathe in the corner that I hadn't had the cover off for a couple of years.
I cast about for some material & found in the toolbox that hadn't been opened for twenty years until last week, a nice length of stainless bar that appears to have been used as a drift for many decades.
Found some brand new genuine Myford cutting tools still with the protective plastic dip on the end & have started to rough it down to a size I can start with.
It's very nice material to work with, & the brand new tool set is a bonus.
I'm quite looking forward to tomorrow.

[sidecar bob]

Pulled the practice bomb case out with the CB550F engine spares in it and pulled the crank cases out and put the apropriate bolts in there apropiate holes. One 8mm hile cole required. I only have 6mm heli coils so I'll wait untile SteelMasters or SuperCheap autos opens. Gave the cases a good hose down with my water sprayer and they came up nicely. Will go over the other covers in time. Wke up around midday because of the little blue pill I had last night so shorter on time today.

Also prepared the incinerator ready for use tommorow....

Blue pill, there's an idea to make the time pass

[Bonez]

Blue pill, there's an idea to make the time pass

I can asure you they work. The second pic reflects how I felt at the time I got up.