Rookie Posted October 16, 2013 Author Share Posted October 16, 2013 JUST SAW THIS, I THINK I MIGHT TRY AND FIND SOME MOUSTACHE BARS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trej Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I still think the seat could do with a touch up. Have you got a boat/car upholsterers nearby? For $30/box of waikato they would do the whole stitched leather look (albeit vinyl) and it would be the cherry on top of this sweet sweet cake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 heck yeah agree, mo bars will suit the shit out of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted October 16, 2013 Author Share Posted October 16, 2013 Can you make me some, I will pay you half the price a set of ebay will run me/$100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I've got a set of stache bars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted October 16, 2013 Author Share Posted October 16, 2013 Can I haz them for a fee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 a sexy fee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 They are off push bike but I smashed around on them on the Xl with no problems . Yours for free just postage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 So things went wrong last night. I was riding home from Tom's and I pulled up to an intersection and it suddenly got a huge top end knock. I pulled over, pulled the lash covers off and it hadn't dropped a valve, so I got Maria to tow me home. I then pulled the rockers off and it all looked fine. The cam was fine, as was the chain tensioners, I was at a loss at this point and took the head off. and I found.... So make sure you check you butterfly screws boes! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Ghey. This happened to the old mans outboard once, closed the plug gap on its way out n all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Ghey Will it require any machining or did you get away with a couple dents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 I'm rough so I will put it back together hahaha 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guypie Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Is compression ok on the cyl with the dent? I saw a scooter piston that had dropped the valve seat into the bore once and the dents on top of the piston had closed the ring groove and pinched the ring so it wasnt floating any more. Even with a new head it would not have had good compression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 I dunno, I will test it when I get it back together, it was running fine albeit with a hearty knock when it had the screw in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 the screw is small enough and (brass?) so it probably wont do nearly as much damage as a dropped valve. id be doing the same lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 Put this back together last night, runs good but I drilled the jets as it seemed to be running a bit lean, and now it has a mid range miss, so I think it is too rich now, I will pull the baffles out tonight and see if it gets any better, otherwise I will put the stock jets back in. It is a bit weird but it looks like the right bank is running leaner than the left, so I think I might have an air leak, more investigation is necessary. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Gah! the saga continues! So last night while I was trying to get it going I ran it out of gas without knowing, after lots of swearing and much trying to breath life into it I decided to check some stuff, first up was the carbs, everything checked out ok, so I reset the idle mixtures and then moved onto ignition. This is where things got interesting, the points are 90° apart on the cam and as such 180° apart on the crank, the crank is conveniently marked with tdc and static spark timing for each cylinder. So I timed it up on the left cylinder and the spun the crank over 180° and the timing on the right cylinder was about 20° more advanced than it was supposed to be?!?! I guess that would explain why the cylinders look like this:So I dug round in my parts box and found some other points that looked in much better condition, and I chucked them on and it timed up good on both cylinders, which was a relief. So then I carried on figured out it had no gas, put some of that in and it fired right up, infact it had never sounded better. So I took the baffles out of the exhaust and went for a ride to test it out. This is where it went south... it pulled great down low but it had a high rpm miss, which lets be honest, is no good for drag racing hahaha. So tonight I will put the stock 100 main jets back in and see if that makes a difference, if it does sweet, if not then I have some new points coming, as I have a suspicion that they are bouncing.... Wish me luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 LUCK! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Good luck spud! Better get that clutch working perfect too!! I wanna see some hard launches at the drags !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 I'm more keen for burnouts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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