I am in the same boat Croc. I really must get motivated and get stuck into my lump. If I mess around, it will be like the work done last winter - none at all.
Hi Trina. Nice bike. Look forward to seeing it at a rally soon.
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I am in the same boat Croc. I really must get motivated and get stuck into my lump. If I mess around, it will be like the work done last winter - none at all.
Hi Trina. Nice bike. Look forward to seeing it at a rally soon.
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I dropped into Street and Sport in chch today and their 'Mods and Rockers' rally is going ahead in 2010...
We will prob ride down again - anyone else want to make a weekend of it... Show those backwards south islands what real rockers are like??
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When is it Paul?Originally Posted by Paul in NZ
In the riders seat
You mean slow and like to stop for coffee a lot?
I might be persuaded to ride up and meet you off the Ferry again
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Yup!...........
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They have not announced it yet (I think)... It was August last time (from memory)
In the riders seat
It was on the 22nd of August
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
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Just call me Britney.
I went and bought another Baz (fully faired and complete)ly poked. Well a broken shock linkage (oil leaks, oil burning and other issues) but otherwise he is pretty much all there.
Dodgy kindly loaned his services and trailer to do the pick up on Sunday. He started real easy and dropped straight down to a steady idle from cold, warmed it up and revved him a bit, he was a bit smokey but seemed to run well and sounded quiet. (the bike was much the same) though he has a sump/pan leak (maybe sump plug) so looks like I'll be stripping and cleaning carbs (or borrowing Baz's) and fixing his oil leak as well as replacing the cushion lever before I take him for a run.
When I got home I repeated the exercise and he was fine till wound up to 6k rpm plus then he choked MASSIVE SOOTY BACKFIRES and wanted to die but managed to gentle him down to an idle.
The PO kept a record of all his oil changes, tyres, chains, oil filters, plugs etc. I can see he changed oil regularly at 2800 to 3300km's and fork oil & plugs about 5,000.
He has just recently had a brand new starter motor and chain installed but the PO had no recollection or record of any carb or valve work in the last ten years (if ever) so I'm optimistically relying on a good carb clean to solve his woes
Tonight I carried on stripping Baz down (SWMBO is actually sad to see Baz being pulled apartSo seems agreeable to spending a bit to make him into a SUPER BAZ
(fingers crossed for a front and rear GSXR upgrade to got with the big bore kit).
I figured I'd start with pinching Baz's rear shock lever and have just finished the transplant (does it always involve removal of airbox and battery box or am I doing it back to front), swapped air filters, fired him up and went for a crawl round the block. Handled like he had flat tyres so put a bit of air in to make no appreciable difference.
Front preload is only 2 clicks but graunchy sound and limp pogo feel tells a sad story.Now I have him all back together I realise that the back shock is even worse than Baz's so I may as well have stuck the Ducati Monster shock in while I had the air box & battery box out Doh!
Have some work ahead of me getting him half sorted. Will chuck Baz's forks together with an extra inch of spacers and 20w fork oil and put them and the Showa shock onto him.
The air filter looked every bit like it hadn't been done in the 9 yrs that the PO had him. (Nor the carbs and valves I expect). It runs like it's powered by a 250
I Will have to do a compression test but suspect that might be a bit misleading without checking valve clearances (not done that on a 16 valve motor so will read up)....... Whatchu think?
Aside from all the negatives. It feels good to have more than two bikes in the garage
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I did bring my compression tester and plug wrench.... can bring it over and actually use it if you want this time
At least it is a complete bike. Better start than incomplete eh?
I 'recon clean out the carbs, your now a bit of an expert at that Mr Croc. Fresh fuel, clean air filters, clean plugs and then fire it up. The engine was not noisy, that's a good start.
You wanna replace that big arse headlight too. I can find a home for it.
Blast From The Past Axis of Oil
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Keep Dodgy away from that headlight Croc. Glue his hands in his pockets whenever he comes around.
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Lol. He ain't the one to worry about.
I just wound the ducati shock all the way in (based on the theory that it will be easier to wind back out than in, should I find I need to) plus I'm a seriously fat bastard.
I will have to get may ass into gear and get it installed along with getting Baz's forks ready to swap. (I pulled them apart) Hopefully new/old rear shock, fork seals and an extra inch of spacer in 20w oil will make a Big difference.
When he's on the side stand he's almost straight up and down.
If his seat was any closer to the ground he'd be a skate board.
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What's happening to Baz? Off to the Croc wreckers yard? Seems like you're thieving of him left right and centre!!
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Baz is going to benefit as the parts he gives will be upgraded. I'd like to put later model front and rear end, brakes an all on him and maybe modify him a tad and get his motor sorted properly (maybe even big bore & carbs). Baz is gonna be a proper period subtly bastardized bad boy...or something.
The new boy is only going to get the bare minimum to get his handling and running sorted to an average standard. He is all there so deserves that much, but he's as rough as in the appearance department. No plans to spruce him up... unless he gets even more roughly assaulted by pack of mat black spray bombs
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How are all the winter BFTP rebuild/tidy ups going?
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Hello are we all still alive!!!! Can we have some updates from those coming out of Hibernation and whose in for Classic Bike meet (BTFP rally maybe) last weekend of November???
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