chris r Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I thought you were hacking the tank apart with garden loppers for a second 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Haha. A selection of aviation tin snips is one of the best things ya can have in the toolbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickrock Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 27 minutes ago, flyingbrick said: Haha. A selection of aviation tin snips is one of the best things ya can have in the toolbox Only if they are old school ones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Wiss are bloody good but $$ and i never seem to see them for sale when needed. Youd lose them before ya wear them out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I have spent hour after hour trying different combinations over and over. The internet wasnt really a huge help either as theres so many slight variations of the same thing. Eventually pulled the stator cover off and found a loose wire where it had broken at the solder and crimp Then looked in there and found what wire colors were going to be doing what Took the huge wear out of the points using my dremel and diamond wheel (fuck that things great) and reset it to like .5mm all the way open (i have no idea what its supposed to be) Put it all together and still no joy. By now i have FOUR coils here- each one slightly different feom the next. My brand new coil was doing nothing, next newest coil doing nothing.. every test says the stator is doing what it should..then in desperation i try one of the really old coils in the box. WTF it worked? Its got a larger body than the others- the steel laminations extend out and around the body of the coil AND it says something about 6v on the side. Now we all know this is a 6v bike but i had absolutely no clue that these coils came in 6 or 12 volt!!! Then spent more time learning how important short wiring and clean earth connections are on these things- pretty sure that side of stuff is now ready to go!! Next was the starter lever. It was a funny one to diagnose and not as obvious as you'd think- however the large semi circular gear is now off and the shaft out. I need to press the gear flat again, re machine the circlip grooves, buy some thicker circlips and a few washers to use as shims and thrust washers. Hopefully in a few afternoons i can cruise around with no brakes (Officially back to where tom was when he purchased the thing, lol) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nickrock Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 On 28/01/2018 at 16:11, flyingbrick said: Wiss are bloody good but $$ and i never seem to see them for sale when needed. Youd lose them before ya wear them out I have set of footprint brand brought them in mid 70s and still cut nicely thin slivers of panel steel no folding on the edge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64valiant Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 whats the update on this @flyingbrick hows it looking now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Hey man. I need to bring my seat in for foam and covering. Heres a vid. I covered the seat with epoxy and then pushed scrunched up tinfoil into the surface.. whenthe resin had cured i sanded back the high spots and xovered with more resin.. then sanded and repeated. Its pretty much like glass to touch- a few ripples but nothing that makes me want to do any more sanding. You can see a few spots where larger areas were taken away by sanding. Not what i intended but its all character and i do not care. The finished result is quite awesome and would have been really badass had my base color been either black or red. I have also done much sanding on the frame and wheels to get rust out... Primed with zinc and will paint properly later. I made my own handle bars out of straight tube (machined the cwnter to fit my clamps, pressed in a tube to reinforce where its been machined and knurled the ends where the grips go) No waiting on headlight, front fairing, exhaust, foot pedals and fuel line to arrive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Thanks grassman lawncare scooterparts! Also super cool extra stuff in the tach box! Btw.. the whole tach is far higher quality than expected! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Centre mount and clocked to deadline @ 12 oclock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Oh i do like that tacho...more information please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 hour ago, tortron said: Centre mount and clocked to deadline @ 12 oclock Cant rotate this one in the mount..and way too hard coz its already bolted down there (just bent bracket and bolted to fork stud thing. 4 minutes ago, Kimjon said: Oh i do like that tacho...more information please? Have a chat to @Raizer about it. Its sturdy with a metal body- far nicer than the chrome plastic i was expecting. I have to wait for tubes now.. dammit! Should have ordered them earlier. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Tubes? Should be able to run tubeless with your rims 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 i did consider that... then bought tubes anyway. pros and cons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Cons- potential hot spots when going speeds this thing will never see $19 extra for something you don't strictly need Pros - air em down for off road Possibly easier to seat the beads but bike rims are usually pretty easy unless the tyre is damaged 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 thanks. in that case i'll keep the tubes for a special occasion and give tubeless a hoon. Are bike valves pretty standard shit? (can i cut them out of old tubes and glue them in or do i have to buy special ones? Did anyone else here watch MAFS last night? wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threeonthetree Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Mass Air Flow Sensors? /Digging the faring on this scoot tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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