Pinned So what have you done to your bike today?

dove into the carbs for an SRX600 I just got my hands on. the bike has been sitting in a pretty good situation but the carbs were disgusting on the inside. definitely an interesting setup and super satisfying to chuck everything in the ultrasonic and have it come out sparkling. Still waiting on some rubber bits but I should be able to try to start the bike on Friday.

 

Bit of a random one!

Had a call from the Townsville police, someone has copied my ZXR number plates up there on a stolen motorcycle...

No idea how they would get them? My ZXR is safely locked up in my garage in Brisbane

 

Love that there is no #13 on the build floor!

 

Went parts hunting again. Could have swore 4/5 big end bearing sizes for the mc22 were available, but now it looks like 4/5 are NLA Here's hoping I can reuse old shells from the motor with the broken top case half and either of the cranks and get them to fit properly. big end bearings from the original motor have crappy wear marks so I'm hesitant to use them.

 

FML misread all the things. look like only 1 of the rod bearing sizes are available, 0 of the crank bearings. I thought xcite had sets available, but I'll be damned if I can find them now.

 

and to keep the derp rolling, I was looking at MC17 schematic. At least some of the mc22 big end bearings are available (3 of 5), but looks like I'm SoL on conrod bearings. Lost my notebook where I was tracking all of the specs, so get to go measure all the things again

 

Awesome idea! I propped up my old Mikuni BDST's on my toolbox draw, spent several minutes using a level to get thme in the proper angle...what a pain in the arse! I got a task to accomplish this weekend!

 

Spent hours working on a radial master cylinder transplant from a Zero, J.Juan 18mm -w- remote reservoir. One of the POs tried to adjust the lever position without backing out the set screw which mangled a couple of threads near the end about 2/3 around. Fortunately was able to clean up the threads with 6x1mm tap/die. Not sure how this would have worked on any bike, engagement of the piston would crush 2 fingers if you used a 2 finger grip on the lever. Full pump would pin the lever against the throttle. Fortunately my buddy that hooked me up gave me another lever. Aftermarket lever couldn't touch the brake switch but left plenty of room to fully compress the piston and not touch the fingers on the throttle. Probably fouled up a couple of files with the soft aluminum, but I was able to file it down in the right places for the lever to contact the switch. Adjusted all the way out from the manufacturers adjuster and all the way in with the levers adjuster I would have to reach hard to touch the lever. Took several adjustments (annoying a.f. to do) to get the placement as far in as possible, yet keeping the lever in contact with the switch when not pulled in. Was testing distance on my rathawk that has the throttle tube removed, so wasn't able to get a true feel, but I'll probably be throwing the torch and a pipe at it to get the lever a little closer to the bar. Will mount it up on the zx4 and at least test in the garage before I go crazy with the heat

 

Annoying oil drip from pulsar cover on the mc19 (had lots of grey silicone extruded into the case and bits of old gasket and gasket cement all over the place. Hope its ok now after a few hours with a razor blade, baby stainless steel brush and lots of thinners. Resealed with a new gasket with a thin layer of Threebond and with few dabs around the wire feed through and lower locating dowel. Note the cheap allied gasket is much thiner so will need the threebond to seal. Hopefully all fixed now and I thought only British bikes had oil leaks!