Parts falling off bikes & noise

[Skunk]

If I can't have a boy,

Keep trying...

[Trudes]

Yep. That's the trouble with sound. Deep sounds don't sound loud but carry well. High pitches tend to be annoying without much volume...

I always thought I was a bit smelly (like you) and that's why people didn't like standing too close to me, now I know the real reason!!!!

[all4A50s]

Look,...on Sunday I mentioned the fact that your bike was TOTALLY unsilenced while you were on the dummy grid. It was almost deafeningly loud and you come back at me with other bikes being noisy. This was totally unacceptable as I was the Steward of the day and my decision should have been final. The fact that I still let you out was not a wise choice of mine.

I put a lot on the line for the weekend, and if we had any complaints, even one, then the Karters could tell us to piss off.

I did appreciate being allowed out for the race and thank you from the deepest reaches of my heart for letting me do so.

In my defence I did not know/had used the guide on Buckets NZ to set up the bike and had i known would have re-attached it to the prior to lining. Nobody came at the end of the previous race or prior to me lining up I on the dummy grid it needed to be rectified. The exhaust had been ripped off, breaking the safety wire and was re-attached after the one race so it wouldn't come off (even if hit by a hammer). All I am trying to do is have my bikes up to spec, while developing them myself.

[Number One]

And since Sunday, Ella hasn't stopped talking about the "Motorcycle Racing" and how they were "Too Fast Daddy"! If I can't have a boy, I'll at least have a girl that likes bikes

Too cute SullyOne tells us to go faster in the car now...but he doesn't feel quite so secure in the dirty ole white van

[Brian d marge]

I have always had a soft spot for buckets , I honestly thing is could do so much more , as in a training ground for bike engineers , Riders etc , ( sort of like a better version of the red bull rookies cup, really could be !! a miniature WSBK)

we have something similar here ( Japan ) but not as free with the rules, there are some very well prepared Honda cubs

( imagine a Honda cub with big bore,4 valve heads, open clutches cable operated ,, with full MOTEC dashboards , data loggers etc and I assume a worked engine , cant remember if air or water cooled ,,,I have photos somewhere , a very well turned out bike ...Someone was taking life waay to seriously ! )


I wouldnt like to see tracks and races ..disappear due to a lapses in common sense

Stephen

[koba]

Look,...on Sunday I mentioned the fact that your bike was TOTALLY unsilenced while you were on the dummy grid. It was almost deafeningly loud and you come back at me with other bikes being noisy. This was totally unacceptable as I was the Steward of the day and my decision should have been final. The fact that I still let you out was not a wise choice of mine.

I put a lot on the line for the weekend, and if we had any complaints, even one, then the Karters could tell us to piss off.

You know where you guys were standing. I was just in front of in the pit spot I had claimed for the day screaming "ITS TOO LOUD" at the top of my lungs. both of you couldn't hear me...

[koba]

I did appreciate being allowed out for the race and thank you from the deepest reaches of my heart for letting me do so.

In my defence I did not know/had used the guide on Buckets NZ to set up the bike and had i known would have re-attached it to the prior to lining. Nobody came at the end of the previous race or prior to me lining up I on the dummy grid it needed to be rectified. The exhaust had been ripped off, breaking the safety wire and was re-attached after the one race so it wouldn't come off (even if hit by a hammer). All I am trying to do is have my bikes up to spec, while developing them myself.

Im not trying to be a prick, we all want to see more buckets out there so please take this as advice to help you get a better setup.

Crash or no crash that thing was going to fall off.
The way it was hanging out of the bike wasn't good, it needs more bracing.
Follow my advice on welding.
Adding to that advice (didn't think of it on sunday) Welding this stuff like that is fucken hard. practice. tack it together first with small tacks, making sure you hold the torch on long enough for it to penetrate well but not enough to blow though, this is hard and takes practice.

Everything should be clean and freshly wire brushed.

The pieces should have a small gap to allow the gas though but making it more that a mm or so is just making life hard for yourself, it is easier to make the seel a better fit than trying to bridge the gap and it will be stronger when done.

Once it is tacked together go over it putting small tacks between the tacks.
Do this again and again untill the whole thing is filled up.

This way you avoid putting too much heat in a single area at once and you get a good join with minimal risk of warping or blowing though.

If it does blow though let it cool a bit before you go at it again, and when you do aim for the thickest part there so it is better able to handle the heat,, it should take a few very slow considered squirts to fill a hole.



It can be hard when you learn as you go but sometimes you have to objectivley look at what you have built and say to yourself "Does that cut the mustard?"

My MB100 isn't out there at the moment because I don't think it is up to scratch, even after I have spent a fair ammount of time nyloning it and putting a working muffler on it.

[Number One]

You know where you guys were standing. I was just in front of in the pit spot I had claimed for the day screaming "ITS TOO LOUD" at the top of my lungs. both of you couldn't hear me...

I concur Mr Koba sir. I couldn't hear other bikes going past in the pits when he was up on the top straight! It drowned out EVERYTHING else...

[Buckets4Me]

I concur Mr Koba sir. I couldn't hear other bikes going past in the pits when he was up on the top straight! It drowned out EVERYTHING else...

thats a black flag and a warning up our way and if it goes out on the track again like that it's off home with ya

now who is going to help all4A50s get it all welded and braced up ????
come on some one close must be able to help ???
no winging if he cant get it to stay together if no one helped out ???

this is buckets after all not like the other formulars where they all sit around complaining about things and not doing anything to help


F5Dave has done his part by bringing it to everyones attention now get out there and fix those buckets (I did mine )

[Str8 Jacket]

A person has to want to take advice before they can be helped...

[Buckets4Me]

A person has to want to take advice before they can be helped...

Aha I hear ya there

BUT how is you'r bike ????

[Str8 Jacket]

Aha I hear ya there

BUT how is you'r bike ????

Pretty good, after ripping the footpeg and rear brake off on a tyre at the slipway on sat that has been repaired all flash like and it feels much better now that the puncture has been fixed!

[richban]

Set the standard, make it known and then enforce it.

And we should stop using the Kart Guys as an excuse to get the bikes up to standard. The standards should be in place because that's the minimum required to be safe.


Totally agree here. Make the standard make it known and enforce it.

And stop Whining over something in the past. Lets move forward and lift our game. WTF.

[quallman1234]

I think a quiet word/pm from the Organiser, would be very efficient way of dealing with this.
As they have the authority to let someone go out or not.

Some people in this thread have gone a little too far. Stop the naming and shaming. This just makes people angry and doesn't rectify anything.
Thanks dave for the healthy input =).


Keep it mature people!

[Str8 Jacket]

Keep it mature people!

Says the guy who red repped me and for what!?!?!
I have trouble taking peoples advice often was not meaning anyone in particular. This thread NEEDED to be put up, people were spoken too and they ignored the advice or told people to F-off hence the need for this thread!!