Bucket bits wanted & services needed

[mr bucketracer]

What if you ground it on a cylindrical grinder?

i need my eyes

[Aeromo]

After a FXR150 to buy if anyone has one for sale. Would be very keen to get it ASAP before the GP at Tokoroa if possible. Located in Auckland but willing to travel.

Also after some second hand racing leathers for someone who would normally be a size medium in other things.

Message me.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...?id=1039735010

[husaberg]

If you know somebody with a surface grinder you could gind a flat on one side of the spring , that would soften it up a bit, would probably be ok to use , if you were paranoid you could do that to work out the right spring rate then have one made

Actually despite the utmost respect for Mike, I don't think I would grind a spring. The local forces and heat involved could cause a fracture point. Further its effectiveness would count only in the area of reduced wire thickness.

I've turned spring outside diameters to fine tune them before now. What works is turning up a mandrel from a bit of pipe, maybe 0.1mm larger than the spring ID. You can wind the spring onto the mandrel like nut onto a bolt, it'll stay there during a normal feed, (right to left) because the force from the cut reaction tightens it onto the mandrel, (works for clockwise/RH wound springs, LH springs you need to turn cutting from the chuck out).

Once you've got that lot chucked up you can turn the OD down a little, unwind the spring from the mandrel to measure load rate and wind it back on again as needed.

Now. Since developing that procedure a long time ago I've had occasion to refine it a bit. The last few times I've used a coarse sanding disc on my 5" grinder, taking light cuts to keep the heat to a minimum, (if you can't hold your hand on it you might be in trouble). Grinding/sanding over the best lathe bed had the ghosts of several old timers yelling abuse in my head, but keeping the saddle down the arse end and cleaning up carefully afterwards kept the guilt to a minimum. And it actually works better and faster than turning them.

Spring load rate seems to change roughly in proportion to CSA, taking 2mm off the OD of a rear shock spring makes quite a difference.

Powder coating. Don't. The heat MAY be enough to fuck the temper.

i need my eyes

Lowering without increasing rate.

[Pumba]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...?id=1039735010

$70 to hear the bike running, hmmmmmmmmmm........................

[Henk]

$70 to hear the bike running, hmmmmmmmmmm........................

That thing has been on and off trade me so often I doubt it's actually for sale

[Aeromo]

That thing has been on and off trade me so often I doubt it's actually for sale

Probably does what I do and relists classified for 2 days every 40 days to keep it active so when I go to sell another bike I don't haveto pay trademe another $40

[F5 Dave]

What's this `sell`?

[Danger Dave]

Does anyone have a RV90 rear wheel or something similar available to fit in the rear of our bucket sidecar so we can get it finished for Tokoroa.

[wildman]

Does anyone have a RV90 rear wheel or something similar available to fit in the rear of our bucket sidecar so we can get it finished for Tokoroa.

I do, the one off battle truck all set up with flash tyre as well, Dam it's in Paeroa though and i was there last weekend.If you can meet me early sat morning in Paeroa i can dig it out for you. Would only be able to loan it to you for a while as i would need it back eventually. If that would work send me a PM.

[Yow Ling]

After a FXR150 to buy if anyone has one for sale. Would be very keen to get it ASAP before the GP at Tokoroa if possible. Located in Auckland but willing to travel.

Also after some second hand racing leathers for someone who would normally be a size medium in other things.

Message me.

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[chrisc]

Thanks Yow ling. We've sorted a bike which needs a bit of work but is a good base.

Does anyone have a FXR tank they'd like to sell us?

3 diesels and 3 smokers in the garage now, every single one of them needs work at the moment

[cotswold]

Thanks Yow ling. We've sorted a bike which needs a bit of work but is a good base.

Does anyone have a FXR tank they'd like to sell us?

3 diesels and 3 smokers in the garage now, every single one of them needs work at the moment

cut the bottom out and shove in a 3 LTR pit bike tank

[Buttman18]

Hi guys looking for a stock FXR rear brake disc

thanks

[Aeromo]

GSX 250 Front Rim. GJ72

[Autech]

Hi guys

Does anyone have a spare rubber spacer/thingy that goes on the bottom of the FXR tank between the tank and frame? There is one missing from my bike.