peteretep

On 07/04/2022 at 22:54, governorsam said:

been offered this for $895.

lapsed reg, still on carjam.

but in Dunedin.

can you plz buy it, reg it as a 50 and ride it to auckland, then ill buy it off you

got way too much stuff going on at the moment. selling house, moving house, building new house, moving to france for few months soon. etc etc etc

unless someone wants to go pick that one up for me and hold on to it for a few months  

45 minutes ago, tortron said:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/antiques-collectables/automotive-transport/motorbikes/listing/3504366962

man so keen. Think i'll get one at some point

Found the limit of the street magic on this wonderful adventure, still made it to the end of the trip though, but shit me those roads/goat tracks were steep

https://en.impex-jp.com/parts/new/search.html?partNo=45351-MBV-003

Yeah keen for me Dave and cam too

What’s the objection to powder coating? It’s really robust and looks great IMO

23 hours ago, anglia4 said:

Pete, I think the guy that commented on facebook might have been on the money about the ring turning and the gap aligning with the exhaust port.

Hey how about that, you’re right. Here is where the pin is and where the ring was sitting. I wonder 1. How did it happen? And 2. How long it might have been like that. Will do some research

Seems reasonable, so you think it was from running out of gas, or being too lean at WOT?

Any ideas on what has happened here to end up with a busted piston? Was doing lots of WOT for at least 15 mins, max cyl head temp was 186C. In its old setup with a different pipe and carb, I would regularly get to 210C on long periods of WOT, so I wasnt too concerned with the temps. I did run out of gas twice during the day, but I didnt think such short periods of low fuel would cause it to fail

5 hours ago, cletus said:

Man motorbike wofs are a pain in the rectum

Usual bike wof place shut

Botany honda dont do Saturdays

another 2 workshops too busy till mid next week

2 local testing stations shut

Another testing station had no motorbike guy 

 

Found another testing station and waited in the queue for 10 min but didn't know if they had a motorbike guy and the queue wasn't moving so gave up and left

 

 

 

FINE WELL I WONT GET A WOF THEN   

http://dkautomotive.co.nz/ is  my go to guy

18 hours ago, kicker said:

Anyone got a good source for carb jets? I want some Keihin ones, n424-21 #42 and 357 #155, but online sources say out of stock. Will give the bike shop a call in the morning too.

I get mine from amazon generally, in kit form, having a good selection is so much better for tuning

Hey guys, Im looking for a decent auto sparky to wire up a 300zx twin turbo with a link G4. Its for a client of my partner who has some terminal illness so wants it done ASAP paying standard rates etc. Anyone know of someone? Its got some mods to it, but nothing too wild by the looks, and all components appear to be there to wire up

How do you tell an SR version of the seller doesn’t know?

Any particular model you would recommend? I see some have headlights and others don’t, was that just an option when you bought it, but otherwise the same?

yeah not going to lie, I'm also looking at getting a 2 stroke dirt bike onto the road, KDX is a pretty sweet option and looks reasonably streetable compared to most dirt bikes

6 minutes ago, Raizer said:

From memory they are close, but don't fit.

Also most contra springs aren't on bearings, some don't even have the guides Suzuki and Honda have.

A good clean and a tiny bit of molybdenum paste does the trick a lot of the time, also have you ever fully stripped the pulley? They can gum up and give the symptoms your describing.

Oh and check the ramp slots in there too, if they've got notches worn in it'll jam up at times too.

 

If you do add a bearing make sure the spring doesn't bind up with it in.

True, I have a bit of play in my torque driver pins. I cant get the spring set off my torque driver. Maybe i will try buy a new suzuki one. Also interesting I have a SJ50 torqur driver currently, and the suzuki manual gives a me free spirng length of 110mm and this spring is like 70mm. 

Anyone know if a minarelli torque driver will fit a street magic? Seems very similar

Tuning on scooter is continuing. For some reason on a street magic, the contra spring has no bearings/sleeves to allow the spring to move without binding/jumping, unlike many other scooters. I am pretty sure I am getting some binding or spring jumping that is causing me to get funny results. When I do a top speed run, some times I can get 80kph at 10,000rpm, then after a while at top speed I can do 84kph at 9400 rpm. So next on my list is some doodads to make the spring move easier. I have seen ball bearing spring bases which look lush, but they do scare me a bit with the ball race not being sealed

CVT or under 70cc only now guys, its too easy for big engine bikes, we want to see what you can build

You guys know of a Dyno in Auckland that would deal with 2 stroke scooters? Kind of keen to do a couple of Dyno runs with different exhausts/jets etc

Also, who knew the new africa twin 1100 was auto

51 minutes ago, jessemk2 said:

This bike got a aftermarket alloy bash plate which amplifies the engine clutch noise when I remove bash plate it sounds way quieter.

Is there a product I can put between engine and and bash plate to absorb it?

Found a plastic factory one but $270 euro + shipping from Latvia not keen

I put rubberized paint on the inside of mine, as well as rubber pads around mounting. Made it a bunch quieter

that madlad is pretty much ghost rider at his peak