Tales from the Emporium

[marks]

this is what it will sound like when its done

[NordieBoy]

this is what it will sound like when its done

Aaaaaahhhhhh...

No.

I'm hoping for more like this...

[cooneyr]

Starting to look like your XR250 but with a bit more motor. Keep up the good work!

[marks]

Aaaaaahhhhhh...

No.

I'm hoping for more like this...

pussy

every four cylinder adventure bike needs to run 98% nitro to give it a bit of a bark

alternatively you could add a couple of cylinders

[NordieBoy]

alternatively you could add a couple of cylinders

It's 3 cylinders more than necessary as it is!

Part of me wants too pull the cylinder head off just to have a look at the valves

19mm inlet and 17mm exhaust valves...
Sooo tiny and cute!

You'd need an endoscope to do any porting.

I pulled the cap off the #1 carb and the diaphragm was in good nick but under the diaphragm were some 1mm or so sized bits of dirt sitting on top of a jet.
Popped another cap off and no dirt there.

Bidding on a pair of coils/spark leads and a complete airbox/collector/filter frame at the moment.

Oh, also noticed the engine number has been removed with a chisel

[bart]

alternatively you could add a couple of cylinders

yeeehaaaa

Haahaahaa. Had to play that back a few times.

[Eddieb]

Have a gander at this.

It's a GS build thread but about 2/3's down the first page he goes over different ideas for mounting a non standard front end and how to deal with the different bearing sizes.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=556786

[GPS MAN]

Is this battle of the You Tube vid's?????

And the Winner is>>>>>>>>>

[NordieBoy]

Have a gander at this.

It's a GS build thread but about 2/3's down the first page he goes over different ideas for mounting a non standard front end and how to deal with the different bearing sizes.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=556786

The catch is that he has skill.

[NordieBoy]

It's looking like it'll have a rake of 27 deg and trail of around 100mm or so.

[NordieBoy]

Right...

Forks...



The KX125 stem is 30mm at the bottom bearing and 25mm at the top.
The top bearing surface needs lowering by 5mm or so and it'd fit perfectly.

The DR650 stem is 30mm at the bottom and 30mm at the top.

The KX bearing will fit on the DR stem for the bottom
They can't find me a bearing to fit the DR stem in the top

The DR and KX wheels both use the same axle diameter so with some fiddling the DR wheel would work with the KX forks.

The KX sliders are 39mm.
The DR sliders are 43mm.

To use the DR stem it'd need the top bearing surface machined down to 25mm and the top clamp bit down to about 20mm.
Catch is, it's hollow.

Anyone pressed out a DR stem or know how they're fitted?
Then I could go KX stem in DR clamps?

If I machine the DR stem I can sell the KX front end complete and it pays for the machining.


Time to get drunk...

[JATZ]

this any help ?

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showp...postcount=5071

[cooneyr]

Since the DR's stem is hollow and I take it you mean it can't be machined down enough and the KX stem needs machining anyway, get a stem machined up from scratch. DR forks and brake going to be better so sell the KX to pay for the new stem.

The DR stem must be able to be pressed out.

[NordieBoy]

Since the DR's stem is hollow and I take it you mean it can't be machined down enough and the KX stem needs machining anyway, get a stem machined up from scratch. DR forks and brake going to be better so sell the KX to pay for the new stem.

The DR stem must be able to be pressed out.

The KX stem needs about 30s of machining to be all good. Just extend a bearing surface another 10mm instead of starting to curve slightly as the shaft tapers out from 25-30mm.

We tried 2,000kpa on the stem without movement.

[JATZ]

Got a 20 tonne press @ work if ya need it. And acetylene if the press doesn't work