governorsam

nbc110

Xr125

keeway 152 cafe racer

Ktm390 duke

crmoto clx700

Bonneville 790

Aprilia tuono 1000 

buell xb12ss

guzzi California 1400

All run, a few of them are even legal.

might be time to cull a few so I can fix the Capri…

Got all the bikes out of the shed today, needed to do bike tetris to get them all back in.

photos to big to fit on mobile.

Much more room in the shed now though.

Apologies for not making it today, wife’s car (vw golf) did the European thing and shit the power steering.

so I spent the day fixing broken motorcycles.

On 12/12/2023 at 09:15, Indiana_Jones said:

What could go wrong? https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/cruiser/triumph/listing/4360495323

Have never ridden a 790 Bonnie, but have owned a 865cc carb'd Scrambler and that was fine (though was brand new). 

@governorsam you have a 790 don't you? general thoughts on them? (internet seems to think they're pretty solid).

Buy it. 790s have better cams.

have been thrashing the shit out of mine for about 10 years.

On 07/12/2023 at 19:18, GregT said:

Thought the SoT conflicted with something.

Enquiries have told me the answers to Triumph power boost all involve money and kits produced for that engine. Not really my thing, I prefer original thought and budget alternatives.

Think a 2-1 exhaust and jetting are next on the list.

have done all the other mods for a “stage 2 tune/jetting”except that.

got an arrow muffler that should work.

no idea what size headers to make, or short / long primary pipes.

any thoughts?

cheers.

Have also heard the acetone and atf mix works well.

some old Barry told me, or I heard about it here.

same thing really…

Triumph is back in road trim again, in till the sound of thunder in February.

Keen on one of those, but have to sell the Guzzi first.

Did a 157.4 today at ruapuna ,happy with that so far.

but definitely room for improvement.

me and the bike.

Carb 790.

2001, one or the early ones.

ex jap import, but made in Hinckley.

done a few mods over the years, had it for about 10.

cheers

19 minutes ago, GregT said:

Planning on doing any performance improvements on that ?

Borrow it for a weekend, ( in road trim) and tell me what you think.

it’s about 200kg factory.

good road bike, but not a fire breathing monster.

19” front wheel, but predictable.

Dynojet kit might help?

Thruxton rear shocks first, raise the pegs a bit.

open to any suggestions to anything else.

also the tyres are a bit used.

metzler on the back, (factory recommended/oe) bt46 Bridgestone on the front.

Guzzi rob wanted to borrow the aprilia tuono.

left his bike with me.

rode it to work and back.

nice.

barks up a bit, locally made exhaust by davinci steel works,

I think 

much fun.

Stationary load test.

then when it’s running, put the front wheel against the shed and load up the clutch.

another stationary load test.

if it dose a skid, all is well.

Slightly Bevel the end of the brushes that contact the commutator.

Helps bedding in.

did my apprenticeship on old British stuff, later on worked at allparts motorcycles in chch.

done heaps of these.

also make shure the brush moves freely in the holder.

everthing you are doing look fine.

another trick is to run the starter on jumper leads after you assemble it, and push the splined end into a piece of wood to load it up.

Most sparkie shops I worked at had big chunks ground out of the broom handle from this.

cheers.

https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/31366-brennans-54-chevy-kustom/page/4/

drunk sam just brought another motorcycle for $1550.

Chinese thing i think.

cf motor 700 alphabet soup.

how bad can it be?....

fok.

32 degrees, salt water pool.

It’s mint.

perfect pool weather.

its deep, but has seats on the side in the water.

also good for manus.

Have you thought about booking the pool? 
32 degrees at the moment 

In other bike spam news, have put the Leo Vince pipes on the aprilia.

crikey, that woke it up.

and my ears don’t ring for days after riding it.

much better.