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  1. GregT
    What is it about boxes in these things ? Guy down the road from the old place had one - Ford V6 and manual box. I walked into the local engineering firm one morning and he was stripping the gearbox on their bench. He'd got to the point where he couldn't get the mainshaft nut undone as the shaft was moving in the vice - with soft jaws at least. i have no idea where it came from - I suspect I was channeling the old man - i looked at it and asked if he had a spare driveshaft U joint. Yes, at home. Get it, put the splined end in it and the joint in the bloody vice. Chuckles all round and thanks Greg. A week later and he was crashing through the box outside my gate again.
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    When I was living out in Canty country I was amazed at some of the camber fuckups and alignment disasters you'd see on the open road. Helped that most of the roads were straight and flat. Followed a latish Commodore one evening and when she pulled over to answer a phone call - unusual in itself - I stopped to talk to her. Right rear had about 10deg negative and was pointing at the left front. Told her to get her husband to look at it pronto. No thanks of course. Truck and trailers you'd see with the back end of the trailer on the verge and the cab out on the centerline.
  3. GregT
    So you want something big enough to take down Bart ? I'd start the kids grooming Oscar now as either of those breeds will be regular hard work.
  4. GregT
    I can't help thinking I should point the Simpson family at a good cat groomer - and shout Oscar a good groom. Both Oscar and Bart would be happier.
  5. GregT
    Yeah, that's common sense. If it's drain down, there's always the option of a tap. And a large warning notice.
  6. GregT
    No idea if it's relevant to these engines but the first thing you do on a Ducati single is rebuild the oil pump. Bronze bushes with no seals so wear lets oil piss out and fill the side case. In your case I'd assume it's drain down from the tank ?
  7. GregT
    They're torquers, not huge HP makers. I'd imagine around 90hp at the wheels with what Alex has done to it.
  8. GregT
    Well done. Sounds typical Honda as you'd expect.
  9. GregT
    Piece of 7/8 tube sticking out and 3 of these would work.
  10. GregT
    They need the reality pointing out to them. It's sell to you or scrap it in a couple of years. X1/9's aren't going to suddenly crop up everywhere as projects. My limited experience with them wasn't good either.
  11. GregT
    google Car parts Canterbury. they have a site - and a small office in Hornby/sockburn Active on Bidbuddy - which i know nothing about.
  12. GregT
    Last time I was in contact with the wrecker in ChCh who has two shells, most of the interior was still in one. The problem with this wrecker is that their physical presence is tiny with the stock elsewhere and parts brought in to office by arrangement. No looking at the wrecks. I found them not very co-operative either.
  13. GregT
    For a bike this size and weight in my experience with pre82 racebikes you're looking for a trail figure between 88 and 98mm Less than that is unstable, greater is heavy steering. That's with modern 17in front on a 3.5in rim.
  14. GregT
    Kawasaki triples have less offset than the OE suzuki. Add in the larger tyre OD and i'd reckon trail's gone up quite a bit.
  15. GregT
    Seen worse. The chain itself would have kept things aligned. Looking at the front end, I suspect you're going to wind up with a very stable bike. The head angle plus the offset on the ZX triple clamps have given you a lot of trail. More suitable for drags than circuit use. As stock they steered very well on track but you've dialled in more trail which will make it feel heavy. We'll see.
  16. GregT
    Symptoms point to low spark voltage. I'd check the coil and ignition generating coils are within spec. Plug cap correct resistance. Pull all the wiring harness plugs and spray contact cleaner around. Fire it up in the dark and look for any spark leakage. Not unknown for the flywheel to lose magnetism too.
  17. GregT
    Even on polished sidecovers the clear changes colour over time - and with heat. If, as is possible, the raw castings out of the dies were clear coated, and it's oxidised to the colour you see now, I don't see a way of getting the casting surface back to original. Possibly a chemical soak might do it. Any abrasive - even walnut shells or plastic media - will leave a texture rather than a dead smooth surface.
  18. GregT
    I'm still convinced the cases are aluminium as I've never seen anything else used by Suzuki. I suspect you're seeing a stain rather than a factory finish. I know that Laverdas have a problem repeating the OE finish on castings as as they were chromate treated - with a now illegal NATO chromate. Which is a unique colour... I'd try painting the lower case and see how it comes out. Painted silver is as close to OE finish as you're going to get.
  19. GregT
    Everything there is aluminium. Colour differences are pressure die casting alloy mix vs gravity die casting. Nothing they left as cast would have been clear coated originally - normal Suzuki finish of the era was silver paint. Two pot epoxy silver is the common replacement now. Some pieces like the side covers would have been polished then clear coated. A look at brochures or road test pics on line will tell you what to polish. Edit - the best paint to use I'm told is Durapox. I've seen several sets of cases done in it and it's a good finish. Zinc based I've only ever found used on components in contact with fuel. Some carb bodies and float chambers and the occasional tap.
  20. GregT
    Is there an Autolign branch up your way ? I've found them way better than Repco.
  21. GregT
    Very true. Quite possible an original ironhead in tidy nick would be worth more than post cafe work. HD nuts go for originality. And HD are not a traditional base for cafe racers. I get pretty disappointed at the taste shown by some modern cafe builders - particularly when they then try and sell their crap on trademe. This one is well done though. I do like it.
  22. GregT
    Me too sorry. Next time.
  23. GregT
    i'd go with ATF and acetone. Pull the head and fill the bores to the top. Refresh as needed until either it's free or you can afford someone else to do it.
  24. GregT
    Same size or fractionally smaller m/cyl will work. As example, twin 2 pot Brembos - the old 08 size caliper - stock use 15mm m/c, Race use 14mm is superb. More feel & power.
  25. GregT
    Try Robin Gibbens Engineering. In house TIG, turning and general machining. Known him for years, does a lot of fabrication and machining for the local speedway boys. Just google the name for contact details.
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