M.H. Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 22 minutes ago, TimShadboltfan27 said: Can someone whos not a spoon like me embed it haha 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimShadboltfan27 Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 Little bit of progress on this thing, has been a bit of a one step forward two steps back type operation. Have taken this for a few test rides so far. Can confirm it goes hard for what it is. should try track down a go pro for some gnarly helmet cam footage and wind noise. Two problems have arisen since riding this thing; One, it is wayyyyy too rich. It is flooding the bike and wont start. I have adjusted the needle and running std main jet size, so the mid range and WOT feels okay, but it will not idle. The pilot jet is sadly mashed in there and seized, not even an ezy out could extract it. going to have to drill it out and tap the thread again, so need to track down a tap for the appropriate thread pitch. Then will smash std size pilot in and start tuning from scratch. Two, the clutch slips. Well, not really slips, but the disengage is very delayed, you change gear and about 5 seconds later the clutch releases and finds the intended gear. ugh, cases have to come apart again. So last night i pulled motor apart and the clutch plates looked okay, hard to tell if worn but they were pretty thin at 2.5mm. No worries i thought, i'll just swap the plates out from my low kms replacement motor. yeeeeea im probably gonna go ahead and not use those.... So this is where i am. now waiting for a clutch birthday parcel - springs and friction plates from Yambits. Bout a week turnaround for shipping. But i have made progress where it counts, with the installation of the world's most vital and MUST-HAVE ADV accessory - the Aliexpress dart pouch, the PPSC weapon of choice for securing your Winny Blues on long rides. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Check your clutch cable too, gummy ones can cause slow engagement. I had to do my restricted test with a sticky cable, made it interesting 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Clutch springs should help a lot. I upgraded the FS1 to use MX100 springs and the slip has finally gone away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimShadboltfan27 Posted September 12, 2019 Author Share Posted September 12, 2019 21 hours ago, kicker said: Check your clutch cable too, gummy ones can cause slow engagement. I had to do my restricted test with a sticky cable, made it interesting yea brand spanking clutch cable which ive made plenty of adjustments to. What ive noticed is with the bars being very low, my cables like to kink up behind the headlight and along the frame. need to swap out for some higher rise ones which may help as well. 11 minutes ago, Truenotch said: Clutch springs should help a lot. I upgraded the FS1 to use MX100 springs and the slip has finally gone away. yep though i may as well replace em, may smash a couple washers in there as well for max tightness. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimShadboltfan27 Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 More joyous progress on this thing. I got me new clutch pads and springs. The new springs were considerably tighter than the existing ones, they definitely helped a lot. There's a lot of conflicting home-mechanic information on the internet about installing clutch pads, and how long you should soak them in oil for. Some suggest an hour, some a day, and a few "ex-GP" mechanics recommend months. I am impatient and soaked them for an hour. It feels great now, best clutch i've ever felt on a bike so i call that a win. The first couple of mangs it did slip a small amount, but once motor got some heat into it the clutch has felt fine and no further issues. Will be interesting to see how long it lasts. Carb now has standard size pilot jet in it and idles nicely. Still a little rich, but ok for now. Just need to get some miles on it. A lot of faffing around has gone into making it run nicely, i had to make a frankenstein throttle cable out of four, then had a local bike mechanic shorten the upper cable as it was too shlong. With a smooth throttle cable, new front brake and new clutch it feels like i just bought this thing off the show room floor! I just need a mirror and to get both brake switches to work and i am ready to pay a visit to the re-vin man. Much excitement. also spotted this wild as fuck RX125 at the DGR in Wellington - sounds just as wild as it looks. Some inspiration for further down the track... 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimShadboltfan27 Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 Aaaaand she’s legal as a drug sniffing beagle! i described my revin process in the revin thread, but today I got this thing back on the road. Stoked as fuck. even get to keep the original plate! 68 Gag em since last update I decided I thought I’d bang some off road-ish tyres on it considering my main premise for this bike is light off road duties. I managed to track down a PPSC control tyre Shinko SR241 in 2.75 x 18 for the front and a Shinko SR244 in 3.00 x 18 for the rear. The front needed a bit of a massage and some self clearancing to fit, but the rear fits comfortably. well what now!?!! I need to get the seat recovered and paint those side covers in original silver. Decided I’m gonna keep the OG silver tank and it’s patina, and get some decals done. then perhaps make some tasteful scrambler mods.... Bring on the Te Urewera Undertaking!!! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TimShadboltfan27 Posted December 11, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2019 Post Te Urewera ride update. Bike went great. I was incredibly impressed at how it handled a very hard 540+ kms of poorly maintained, and overly maintained roads. Things i noticed compared to similar bikes; this bike is definitely lacking in the top end department. My speedo was showing an optimistic 110+ kms downhill and dicing with other small 2 strokes, only to find out it was more like a GPS verified 85-90. womp womp. It does go very hard for what it is up hills though, i think it was geared too tall for gravel and slow climbing, in the tight stuff i could barely get out of third, but second gear pulls very well up hills and was able to maintain good pace on climbs. The ride wasn't without its setbacks; first stop at Matahina Dam i noticed i had lost the nut for the swingarm and exhaust, i must thank @Duke Blackwood and @anglia4's old man for bringing his mobile workshop, and was able to tap out an m10 nut to an m12 with his handheld vice and tap kit on the roadside. That was probably one of my favourite memories from the trip. The battery also exploded, lol. Heard a massive boom under my legs. thought the bike was backfiring. I lost all electrics which i assumed was just the gravel vibrating all of the earths loose. Friday night i pulled off the side cover and found the battery had done itself a mischief and there was lead acid goo everywhere! perhaps stator is throwing out too much juice at max rpms. Here are some snaps of the bike in action. I am definitely keen to go on more motocamping missions. Camping was legit and now knowing that a $6 warehouse tent will not suffice even in tropical conditions i am on the hunt for a decent one man tent. I also painted the side covered silver to match the tank. It was an off the shelf rustoleum silver gloss which looked suuuuuper sparkly when applied, but dried to a very nice finish. Almost identical, stoked. The next part of this project is now focused on power. The motor that's in it showed good compression when i checked it but i definitely feel it should go a bit faster. So i've ripped the barrel and head off a spare motor and will get it bored out for a 1mm oversized piston. Might even look at the porting while im there... but thats another story. 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Man for ease of motocamping id recommend an aliexpress parachute hammock and a fly sheet for minimal space and enough comfort. My fly sheet hammock and sleeping bag packs down to half the size of a 2 person tent and is 100% more comfortable than sleeping on the ground 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Need trees to tie to? Our campsites only had us ppsc dudes massive boners for small bike camping to tie shit to tbh. Which would have been fine to swing a hammock from but then there’s nobody to go in the hammock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 That is the only letdown of a hammock/flysetup but theres always a couple of trees somewhere on the side of the road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Yeah probs not often you need to camp at an actual camping ground. Plenty of dece stuff that goes on the ground too. I do enjoy a good hard ground sleep those three nights of Urewera trip were some of my best restful sleeps I’ve had in ages haha 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimShadboltfan27 Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share Posted December 14, 2019 Yea I think I’ll cop one of those hammocks and test it out, but yea as cam said a lot of camp spots don’t have enough trees to provide for such a set up. kathmandu have a pretty killer one man tent that can be had for under 200 clams on sale and packs small and reasonably light I would probably go for that option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Yeah you might be able to smash one just after Christmas for cheap. Also they pop up on trademe and marketplace relatively frequently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Ive been rolling a Alixpress Hammock tent for last few years now and always rated it. But have found it getting a bit colder in the south here on the underside when sleeping. Just tested out my new setup last night on the welly campover. Nemo Hornet 1 person tent. With Nemo sleeping pad. And new sleeping bag from same shop. All the gear is super duper lightweight and packs down smaller than my hammock tent setup. The tent it self weighs less than two tshirts. Got hot last night despite being quite cold outside. Would recomend. Gonna take on Bike mission in the new year id say 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 11 hours ago, Dolan said: Need trees to tie to? Our campsites only had us ppsc dudes massive boners for small bike camping to tie shit to tbh. Which would have been fine to swing a hammock from but then there’s nobody to go in the hammock Met a cyclist in South America. He just had a hammock. He would tie one end to a fence or whatever and use it like a bivy when no trees anywhere http://aroundontwowheels.blogspot.com/?m=1 My current sleeping mat is one of these https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/camping/stretchers-mattresses/other/listing-2442948898.htm?rsqid=a96afee8ab3c441c832f0b11f25bf442-004 Folded to the desires thickness and the extra cut off. Majorly warm with what is effectively a survival blanket on it. Which is ideal for me because I use those old macpac down sleeping bags that have nothing on the underside, but compact down to the size of a 440ml Waikato. Might change to a quilt one day. I started using one as a bathtub type floor in n old no longer waterproof tent and found I preferred it over my admittedly worn out and full of holes thermorest, foam doesn't deflate at least. I will probably take a painters plastic sheet as a tarp next time too tho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimShadboltfan27 Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 After getting my cushy posterior punished on Te Ureweras, i decided to look further into the suspension department. the rear has like 0 travel in those old shocks, might as well be hard tailed jim. So when a mudbug came up for wrecking on trademe, all i could think of was how cool this would look with those quintessential yellow springs on the rear. Took a punt and wanged them on. they are in average condition but what mudbug isnt? popped the standard suspension mount bushings out and swapped them into the mudbug shocks and was direct bolt on m9 country calendar theme plays 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimShadboltfan27 Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 Lockdown gave me some motivation to do some quintessential 2 stroke maintenance. Everyone's favourite job - crank seals! This thing hasnt shown any signs of having fucked crank seals, but the motor was in unknown condition when i got it, and did show signs of hard starting and other giveaways. I had ordered a set in one of my previous yambits order cos i knew theyd need doing at some point. what better time than now ? Removal of old seals Pretty straight forward. Disassemble bike to get to engine side covers. remove side covers the right side required removal of the clutch and a few worm gears that operated the oil pump. this seal was easily accessible and you could remove it with a small pick. send new seal home with appropriately sized socket and job tidy. Left side bit easier to get to, you can see the old one was doing a bit of wees which indicated he was pretty tired. Replacement requires the removal of flywheel. then the points and magento behind it. This one required a trick out of Great Uncle Kenny's engineering handbook, by screwing a tecky into the old seal then pulling it out with a pair of pliers. New seal pressed in with a flat punch. This job then revealed more issues i need to remedy before i can put her back together; the kickstart oil seal is chooched. was doing mega wees on Te Ureweras (was hoping itd self-seal with a bit of Motu gravel tbh) and then pulling the clutch cover off truly reemed it. The points also look average and duller than a British weekend. so i will whack a new set in and hopefully unleash some more electrical horse power???? probably not This thing has a never ending to do list but at least the bits are available and easy to obtain. Will whack a yambits order in, along with a piston kit and away we go. Hoo Roo 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Trew Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Hey man, have you got an email or social media account? I just bought this bike and am going to do a full restoration, just wondering if you'll help me out with some tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi808 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 @TimShadboltfan27 is a major pest on Social Media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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