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Back in the frame....
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Still lots to do, but good progress today
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Had to grind the top alternator mount to get the carb's to fit comfortably.....
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Cleaned up afterward...
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A bit of work today... the 'head was originally worked on by Roger Upperton using the standard 36mm carb' rubbers.. I have had to use 40mm carb' rubbers to fit the new carburettors... so some work with the Dremel to match rubbers to port & vice-versa....
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Yoshi engine covers painted today - me mate Spike at www.raggededgeracing.com did the deed, as my shaky hands don’t have the precision anymore...
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Well I'm going to need a new carpet once it's finished, that's for sure!!
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The photo’s don’t do it justice.... still a few scars from being ridden on the road tho, so not a 100% perfect show-bike, bottom line is it’s 30+ years old... but I’m happy with that cos’ it means I can ride the thing & not worry...
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The guy who did the polishing recommended Autoglym Super Resin Wax...
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Frame just back from being polished..
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Feels like I’m making progress... starting to button-up the engine.... suddenly there are fewer bits & pieces on the dining room table, and more tools back in the tool box.... hope to get the frame & swing-arm back from being polished in the coming week
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Interesting... I followed the destructions in the ‘Streetfighters’ articles for cam-timing.... which are spot-on... Just to say that the Yoshimura paperwork cam-timing figures are for timing their cam’s with the tappet clearances set at 0.15mm, which differs from on-line advice.... Spent hours working with zero tappet-clearance trying to get the cam timing right ... then set the clearances to 0.15mm & the timing/lobe-centre figures were spot-on...
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I believe that Terry Rymer ordered one, maybe that’s his in the Harris catalogue??
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The oldest known photo of my F1 is this... which is how it looked when I got it. The registration document lists it as being white, which I'm guessing was its original colour when first registered(?)
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Yeah, fascinating talking to Mark... he explained that the ‘bike the shock was originally designed for (and is evidenced in the paperwork that I got with the Harris) was probably heavier than the Harris.... at some point a lighter spring was fitted, but not an Öhlins item - so didn’t actually fit properly. Mark sourced an Öhlins spring that matched the lighter rate of the non-standard replacement... Fascinating taking on on project & unraveling how/what/why it was built the way it was...