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Discussion in 'The Pub' started by kiffsta, Nov 3, 2013.

  1. Damus

    Damus She is a BEAST and riding it is comparable to sex Dirty Wheel Club

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    lol your not the only one. I figured out all the parts, measurement and every thing to do that EXACT idea. But I just ended up biting the bullet and going original out of fear factor, the metal on metal idea between 2 tubes so close to your valves could spell trouble.
     
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    Could substitute for some rigid ABS or nylon tube instead, or even just use another piece of silicone tube if you could get it the right diameter to act as the inner sleeve.

    On the note of what I've last done to my bike(s), I made one disappear :p. Well, in a manner of speaking. Spare MC22 didn't sell as a rolling project bike, so stripped it down to nothing and boxed it up for spares or wrecking. It takes a surprisingly short amount of time after doing it once or twice before. Too many spare MC22 frames and swingarms taking up space as well, so picked out the roughest ones, knocked out all the bearings, etc and added them to the scrap pile to go to the steel recyclers. Got the spare MC22 rims back from powdercoating in "ghetto bling gold" (metallic flake silver base + translucent candy apple gold top coat) from Specialised Industrial Coatings in West Ipswich, installed new bearings and seals, and got a new set of Bridgestone RS10 tyres fitted cheap by Mick at MTM.
     
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    Damus She is a BEAST and riding it is comparable to sex Dirty Wheel Club

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    Only very uncommon fluorosilicone is resistant to oil and petrol, normal stuff wont hold up long at all. by the time you fully work it all out you realize spend the 150$ and get some Honda genuine.
     
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    Put the front of the MC22 back on today. Just needs to have the lower cowlings put on but I'll leave them off for now as I need to drop the oil and degrease the engine a little (a job for the weekend. I'm kind of keen to sell it because my mate has an RM250 I wouldn't mind having. Road bikes take up considerably more room than dirt bikes it seems.
     
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    The fuel line is a type of rubber that resists petrol, so I figured radiator hose would make a temporary joiner for my YZ426F. Fuel filler hose would better.
     
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    Standard radiator hose is EPDM as are brake caliper seals, it dissolves in fuel.
     
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    Replaced the fork oil and fork seals on the VTR, with some useful tips from Delboy (especially his cheap but effective seal driver). First one took a stupid amount of time, second one took 15 minutes. I guess that's always the way when doing something you have never attempted before. 5.5mm Allen head in the bottom of the fork is a PITA size since I couldn't find a socket Allen key that size but I figured out a solution. Next weekend will be steering head bearings and, since I discovered the pads are down the their last millimeter, i guess front brake as well.
     
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    I decided to get to work on resurrecting another CR125 but whilst cleaning it I realised the chain slider was broken. And then in further inspection I realised the previous owner must have ridden it with a broken chain slider because it as worn through to the bearings. No wonder there was so much slop in the swing arm. I could get my mate to fix it but I think I'll part out the bike and keep and engine spare (or for a go kart).
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    And I organised my workshop more so I have plenty of space to rebuild my other CR125. Also am hoping to fix the fuel tank on the NSR and take it for a spin. See how these Tyga exhausts go!
     
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    Why not just get another swingarm? Wrecking a whole bike because of one part is sad.
     
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    The mighty SSB Powersports battery struggled in the cold this morning . Had to temporarily swap it for a bigger capacity and fully charged motobatt to get the Zeal started.
     
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    Fitted a new screen to the 750, the old one had a few marks on it.

    I got this double bubble screen for $65 out of the U.K.

    Cant see sh!t, but it looks cool

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    Yeah we've got a big beefy one from Jaycar, but @Grasshopper had it in the car, as its battery gets sad in the cold
     
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    What SSB battery do you have ?
    Mine is the SSB AGM Drycell, XR Series RB10L A2 235cca
    The equivalent Motobatt is the MB10U and the bigger MB12u are both only 175cca
     
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    It's a replacement for a YTX9-BS, and its a drycell. 150cca and 8 amp hours
     
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    It's a numbers game. I can make more profit on the bike by parting it out and also get a free engine rather than spending the time building it up basically to a brand new bike. I would like to spend the money but with the USD so low and the cost of parts so high, it's not worth it. Unfortunately it's not as easy to buy bikes and fix them up as it was 2 years ago.
     
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    Well, that was fun...
    Continuing my theme of doing things I've never done before, today I tackled the steering head bearings on the VTR.
    All started well but once I dropped the lower triple clamp I had a sneaking suspicion that things were going to be harder than I expected as the existing (rusty) bearings were balls and I had bought tapered roller bearings. Still, onward and upward, as they say.
    Popped the upper bearing cup, no problem at all. The lower bearing cup, on the other hand, sits in a recess that is wider than the steering head body, meaning I couldn't tap it out from the top of the tube.
    Sigh. Given the condition of it, which was much rustier than the rest, I wonder if the bearings had been done once before but without bothering to replace the cup.
    Anyway, finally managed to lever the damn thing out and then turned to removing the existing bearing on the shaft. Time consuming but actually it didn't go too badly. (Once again, hat tip to "Delboy's Garage".)
    Then I came to driving the new lower bearing on. Sigh. I'm told the smart way is to use the cup from the old bearing but that provided a tiny edge to hit so I cast about for a different solution.
    It took me a good couple of hours but then I found an amazing tool to help.
    I found that I own one of those towball spanners that is essentially a bent piece of stamped steel with different sized hex-shaped holes through it. This fit the shaft perfectly and gave me a wide flat surface to hit. Literally three hits with a decent weight hammer and the bearing was home. It was a remarkably satisfying end to the day. Next weekend I'll do the top and the brake pads and I'll have at least one ridable bike :)
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    good to see the bearing was greased first.
     
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    yesterday i did a trip to sydney and delivered some parts to ruckusman from making bacon at no charge. then i picked up a 1993 cbr1000fthat had been crashed and had delivered to sydney from melbourne, visited some rellies and came home. sydney drivers are nuts as nearly wiped out twice.
     
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