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The spacer was 2.75mm, mostly. I trimmed it down to 2mm. Not yet had chance to have a spin out though.

I used a bit of straight bar, 5mm x 25 mm ish. Laser seems worth a spin though to check. The bike rides straight enough, and chains can run quute a bit out of line.

6.75 mm clearance between chain and tyre. Need another 3mm clearance then ideally to get a 180 on. I was fancying a set of the pilot road tyres as a good all round road tyre. Is anyone using the latest ones?

Had one once. That's enough.

I may have to go 520 eventually then. Guess I can stick at 170 for now.

Hi Jonboy I've got a flat 530 front sprocket. It's spaced out to the maximum, to still be able to use the locking tab as std. I foolishly bought a 5/8 offset one, and it was way too far over. A slight offset maybe 2 mm wpuld let me turn the rear sprocket, then I think I would have enough room for a 180 rear tyre.

I dont have much space between the chain and tyre, what do you think is a reasonable minimum?

Maybe a summer meet up would be er, interesting ?

Well to be fair it might not be the actual grass, but there will be tasks.

Back home for the weekend, will be borrowing a timing light as soon as ive cut the grass.

Thanks jonboy for the pointer about the dyna website. I now have instructions.

Thanks for the timing info. Will have to get a new degree wheel. Bike looks a bit scruffier in the flesh than in the pics, but i like it. Nice to see theres a few about too.

Good spot with the dyna s by the way. Not much to give it away in the pic.

Hi, Ive not yet checked the timing. The mark looks to be on a piece of tin plate behind the adjustable back plate. Depending where its sat you could certainly alter it a few degrees. Is this normal for this model? I must find a manual.

Did you get any ideas for the jetting? Im on k&n oval filters, 125 mains, and lifted the needles a touch. Ive not done enough miles to know if im close.

Next step is to rewire the starter, and kill switch to allow it to crank while off, unless anyone has an other ideas? Mike

Having read about the advance and retard fix I thought I would try that first, as I thought the theory good. Taking the heel off the arm allows it to retard a little further, but keeps the timing correct as it revs up. Unfortunately it didn't seem to make any difference.

I found that the needles in the cv carbs only have one groove, so I files the little plastic spacer down to 2mm from a varied 2.5 - 2.75mm. Spend 30minutes searching on the beige carpet for one of them, but my luck was in. Seemed to run a bit sweeter, so pulled it out front, and we both got togged up. Hit the button to light the fire, and it tried but hit compression in that way they do, and then the starter gently whirred in an expensive manner. Kit off again to my good ladies disgust. Back in the shed, and the rotor has spun on the taper. The nut being loose of course. The cover had been off before, and lagged up with black gunk, so I should have been suspicious I guess. So as a temporary thing, I cleaned up the crank, and loctited the rotor on. A long bar, and a pin spanner. Hmmmm 100ftlb that is then. No gasket, but I had to test it, it was still kicking back, which meant my repair wasn't going to last.

Yesterday was the big day then, a first ride in the pouring ride isnt my idea of fun, but it had to be done. Surprisingly, the handling feels very sweet, no twitches on white lines, or banding. Easy turning. The motor was fluffing a bit once the throttle was opened. Feels lean at part throttle. Pulls well once it clears the flat spot. Good enough to get to the garage. Mot went very smoothly with an advisory for the exhaust noise. As it should be really. Bit of a zip up to 90 and all seems well. Let the boss know all is well. Into the shed to lift the needles, and then a spin out after.

The front end is a mix of bandit yokes, the rubber mounts really take the vibes out which is a big plus, and 1100k forks, wheel, and I think discs. The calipers sold as early hayabusa, but appear to be gsxr600 ones.

I've been busy in the shed, getting the old girl up and running, with the hope of getting some miles in this summer, before a strip this winter to tidy up. The 5.5" back wheel off a k just squeezed in with some minor spacing issues, which included shortening the sprocket bolts which had an odd thread size of 10 x 1.25. Luckily I managed to get some help from a friend at work. The front sprocket is spaced as far out as possible on the shaft, and best as I can measure is 1mm out of line, with the rear one. I should have measured the original set up to see how close that was. Reversing the rear sprocket has gained some, so shouldn't be far off.

M10 x 260mm Mike