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  1. kiffsta

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    Had a customer drop off a buggy which he mounted a ninja 300 engine into , no wiring . Just told to get it running

    had to do a heap of work on the cooling system , sort out brakes and now she is a goer , I managed a quick lap of the shed today and under power the front wheels are useless , they just lift.

    I think it’s time I buy one of these , I’d like to meet a nurse or 2

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    I had a good day today,,although I've yet to fit the cams that were on today's "to do" list
     

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    One good day, followed by one of disappointment, & anger,,,,
    Renew bike repairs motorcycle wreckers in SA neglected to inform me at least 2 head bolt tapped threads in the lower crankcase are stripped, what began as a simple snug up / torque of a head came to a sudden end when I felt the dreaded "that don't feel good" feeling, followed 1/2 turn later by much profanity :mad::oops:

     
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    Not really what I’ve done to my bike , but I’m out for a while , had a boxing accident now need a few surgeries , had op yesterday to get the bone back in the hand, plate cones out in 6 weeks then re screwed to finish fusing

    not ideal, so many bike projects now won’t be going ahead
     

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    It looks like a 428 chain in your hand James, cost cutting measures ?
     
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    Something like that, so in a fit of boredom I just picked up another mc22

    Jesus crist don’t even know how I m gonna load it tomorrow
     
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    E4F05898-DB72-4811-9A9E-78E4F37C93C5.jpeg AE6029B0-AFE1-45B1-A3F1-2196C826332F.jpeg Finishing off repairs on Spada “aftermarket” tail piece. Anyone hazard a guess as to what bike this may have been donated from? Seems to be a fibreglass aftermarket jobbie but fits so nicely on the Spada I may be looking to source some more.
     
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    While I wait for a helicoil kit to arrive (5 previously "installed" head hold down helicoils failed), I did some fiddlin', thinkin' , buyin' & pervin'

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    How's the other guy?

    That's going to be annoying, hope you're not a mollydooker/southpaw
     
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    Hi James. First up a huge ouch . Wow , what a break , look's like you did a proper job making a mess of your hand with all of the screw's needed. Did you have gloves on , or was it a back yard fight club :aggressive:.
     
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    First rule of fight club...:::
     
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    Na gloves on, all fair n above board , wraps also

    jus an awkward exchange

    the other guy apart from feeling really bad and taking me to the hospital, outside that he was unharmed

    he’s relatively inexperienced in boxing , go figure lol, I teach, so I was teaching him slipping outside the line , anyways as we worked up speed and variation ( which can go pear shaped quickly ) when teaching new things

    so as I threw the jab to the outside to assist him , he flinched , moved into it and struck the point of his elbow right on the glove seem

    perfect angle , nearly full pace , committed and then a big snap sound

    but yeah all’s fair , ya get that, no harm no foul , fixer up n get back out there
     
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    Had her maiden ride today , I found a small fuel leak which shouldn’t be too hard to sort out , pretty happy with the outcome


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    Andych Moderator Staff Member Premium Member Contributing Member Dirty Wheel Club

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    @Gen how you gunna get all those carbs in there. All looks a bit squeezy.
     
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    Luckily , the whole carb bodies are bolted together, when I get time (trying to locate oversize 7mm helicoil kits or the last 2 days) I'll finish stripping the bowl tops & jet holders and remount a pair of carbs to get a better idea what to use as a bowl (x4), adding to the task is the inner cylinders being slightly offset, and the 2 outer pairs being offset quite a lot,,
    They carbs just clear each other on a "normal" cbr250
     
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    like this screen.jpg
     
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    Good day gentlemen

    so my mc19 was getting hot in traffic

    drained the system , rusty n chunky gunk, thermostate was buggered and the housing corroded

    replaced all parts mentioned and flushed the system with a hose n back flush 10 times or so

    mall back together , my partner has to ride it cause I got the busted hand

    she ride it and it stayed between E and M
    Fans work etc

    but after a while when going slow it gets up the P

    but drops back down when getting some good airflow

    is this ok? It’s an improvement but not amazing ? Would next step be water pump impeller inspection

    poor flow at idle ?
     
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    James, I had a ZXR250A that ran hot at idle. Once I confirmed water was flowing through the system, I just installed a manual switch to turn on the fan whenever I was in traffic or in a prolonged idle situation. I also started using Penrite race coolant. I never checked the impeller as I think some engines just run a bit hot at idle.
     
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    Good stuff Kiffsta,
    Will look really good when the guy puts badges on it. Wish my 900RS had those style mudguards and indicators to make it look more like a 70s replica.
     

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