FOR SALE - Drew and Alan's sidecar build

[Drew]

Another failure this weekend. Motor seems to have cooked and seized. Starts again now, but it needs to be pulled down to check the damage and the root cause determined.

Was going fucken good though. We qualified badly, but got up it proper in the first race.

[Kornholio]

Another failure this weekend. Motor seems to have cooked and seized. Starts again now, but it needs to be pulled down to check the damage and the root cause determined.

Was going fucken good though. We qualified badly, but got up it proper in the first race.

Now that is shit :/ On ya's for getting there in the first place

[Edbear]

Suckymotor! Not good. Musta not liked flipping head over heels! Ah the joys of racing, eh?

[scrivy]

Another failure this weekend. Motor seems to have cooked and seized. Starts again now, but it needs to be pulled down to check the damage and the root cause determined.

The cause is determined - its rooted.......

It was going good though before it slowed....... but hmmmmmm...... it went again in the pits????
I reckon........ its just that the rider is unfit and had a wee nana nap.....

[Drew]

The cause is determined - its rooted.......

It was going good though before it slowed....... but hmmmmmm...... it went again in the pits????
I reckon........ its just that the rider is unfit and had a wee nana nap.....

I wish it was just me being a tired cunt. Have a definite on it tonight, but it's unlikely to be good news.

[swarfie]

I wish it was just me being a tired cunt. Have a definite on it tonight, but it's unlikely to be good news.

Sorry bro...Smelled rooted to me

[scrivy]

Sorry bro...Smelled rooted to me

You been panty sniffing again Swarfie????

[swarfie]

You been panty licking again Swarfie????

Fixed that for ya

[Drew]

Ran a big end bearing. Cause is pictured here, someone would prolly need to know their Kawasaki motors pretty well to pick it.

Replacement motor will be ordered tomorrow, hopefully get it by the weekend. See you lot at Wanganui.

[Grumph]

Ran a big end bearing. Cause is pictured here, someone would prolly need to know their Kawasaki motors pretty well to pick it.

Replacement motor will be ordered tomorrow, hopefully get it by the weekend. See you lot at Wanganui.

I'll bite....relief valve fell out ? Or were you using it to hold a baffle ?

[Drew]

I'll bite....relief valve fell out ? Or were you using it to hold a baffle ?

Well done that man! Relief valve wound out.

I think if I hadn't done it up at all, it would have caused issue before now. No way to tell of course. All that shit was in and out all the time when we made the sump baffle, so it may just have been a brain fart.

But new motor is about to get ordered, so we'll be at Wanganui looking to get some redemption for the last couple of outings.

We'll look at bringing in a replacement crank for this motor in the off season, so we can be all brofessional like the long bike teams and have a spare motor in the truck for just such an occasion...or wangle Pate's outfit out of him cheep and carry a whole spare chair!

[Drew]

We found another wee nasty in there that has us scratching our heads. I've been torn as to make it public, but I'm more careful than would be required in this instance.

The motor came with the rocker cover undone and a couple covers loose, when we picked the chair up. We gave it a thorough clean out and inspection as is best practice before assembly. However looking into the gearbox as the motor lay on the bench last night, an oddity presented itself between the shafts. A fucking M6 bolt has been sitting in there and getting a free ride all this time!

I never put things down on an open motor, small dark bolts in particular, but this little bastard found it's way in there and has been very close to causing catastrophe by the looks of the damage to it.

[jellywrestler]

We found another wee nasty in there that has us scratching our heads. I've been torn as to make it public, but I'm more careful than would be required in this instance.

The motor came with the rocker cover undone and a couple covers loose, when we picked the chair up. We gave it a thorough clean out and inspection as is best practice before assembly. However looking into the gearbox as the motor lay on the bench last night, an oddity presented itself between the shafts. A fucking M6 bolt has been sitting in there and getting a free ride all this time!

I never put things down on an open motor, small dark bolts in particular, but this little bastard found it's way in there and has been very close to causing catastrophe by the looks of the damage to it.

i can remember a rider on a FZR1000 at levels pulling their motor apart and finding 10mm spanner in the gearbox!

[Edbear]

We found another wee nasty in there that has us scratching our heads. I've been torn as to make it public, but I'm more careful than would be required in this instance.

The motor came with the rocker cover undone and a couple covers loose, when we picked the chair up. We gave it a thorough clean out and inspection as is best practice before assembly. However looking into the gearbox as the motor lay on the bench last night, an oddity presented itself between the shafts. A fucking M6 bolt has been sitting in there and getting a free ride all this time!

I never put things down on an open motor, small dark bolts in particular, but this little bastard found it's way in there and has been very close to causing catastrophe by the looks of the damage to it.

i can remember a rider on a FZR1000 at levels pulling their motor apart and finding 10mm spanner in the gearbox!

Happens in surgery too. Well, maybe not bolts and spanners, but...

[Grumph]

Ah, relief valves....back when we were seeing a lot of older jap imports, the Kawa fours i saw I always made a point of stripping and checking the valve. This was after one of the first i did always had lower oil pressure than it should - and the pressure would drop dramatically at random too. Turned out that the ball in the valve had a chunk corroded off one side...Kawas for some reason seem more prone to corrosion damage in the valve than anything else.

Crap in motors - i built a speedway chair motor for a guy, handed it over and got a call a day later....his 5 year old son had dumped handfuls of sand in the oil filler....luckily he hadn't fired it but it was a quick complete strip and rebuild.

When or if you get a crank for the motor, budget for a complete set of shells too - go straight to the thinnest shell available, can't remember the colour code but the 2/10 of a thou extra clearance won't hurt...