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7 minutes ago, Wee Man said:
nothing wrong with that, just nice if folks hang around and contribute, share pics, build threads etc. Hence the 50 post minimum.
Hardly anyone does anyway sadly.
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1 hour ago, Serafumi said:
Kinda what I was expecting. Let’s hope I don’t need to much . Do people use fowlers for new spares or robbinsons
Robinsons offered a small discount if you mention OSS.
Both are helpful I'm my experience.
Suzuki quite often have special offers on gaskets and the like, offering parts at half price or less.
Both dealers mentioned pass this on to customers.
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3 hours ago, Wee Man said:
Hi Tony, sorry to hear about your dad.
Like Swiss T said, minimum of 50 posts before you can access For sale/Wanted section of the forum. Stop OSS getting inundated with people only here to sell stuff.
What wrong with that?
Damn those people selling rare and interesting parts to like minded individuals.
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Hi Tony, sorry to hear about your dad, he had some cool bikes.
He was a member on here, didnt post much. He was mostly trying to sell off trick bits he had. I think quite a few got scattered around the biking world.
As has been said you need 50 posts to see the classified section. Its one of many stupid rules zealously applied on here.
Some of the facebook groups may be a better place to start.
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8 hours ago, fab said:
has anyone installed or tried a healtech quick shifter.
they look quite different to the solenoid type, so not sure if they are worth it or not?
A mate was a dealer, worked better on some bike than others. Most people seem happy with them.
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4 hours ago, 1340banditpaul said:
Thanks for the replies, I'm gonna rinse it out with detergent then run my van exhaust through it for abit just to make sure before I weld it.
It's got me thinking though how long does petrol stay flammable even if its sealed in a container? I always though once it gets that sweet smell of off fuel it was no longer flammable.
I bought a ducati monster tank a few years back, they have a big removable access plate on top that filler neck screws into. That plate had been removed and it had been sat for months like this, barely trace of fuel smell.
Gave it to friend to pull the dentis out of the side and paint. He used one of those slide hammers that spot weld pins to the metal to pull on.
He was welding a third pin on when it went woof. Took his fringe and put a groove up the middle of his curly locks. Only other injuries were a few chuckle muscle were pulled by his colleagues.
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43 minutes ago, Kamikaze said:
Yeah he tried to exchange the guy Martin frame kit to a mate of mine for his Yoshi SP build that was featured in PS mag a few months back, my mate agreed and said let me know wen urve finished the frame and ill drop it off......a few weeks later Mark rang him and said can u drop off the bike and ill get the frame kit to you in a few weeks, my mate told him to Fuck off, he aint stupid, ur getting nothing without the frame in his hands.
My mate was going to sell me the kit cause he is not well and not building bikes anymore. It was a good deal everyone was happy. After it al fell through Mark contacted me and asked if i still wanted the frame kit....HAHAHAHA, i was like NO, i was only helping my mate out cause he wanted the cash and not the frame kit
2 weeks later Adam from Iconic motorcycles in California contacted my mate and he bought it straight up. now its on its way to the US.
Its a dam shame, he has the most high tech workshop in the UK, with CAD designs, 5axis machines, Hydraulic press moulds for tanks and 3D printing but cant run a business if hes life depended on it. The shop could be soo much more productive if he had a proper manager to run it.
Il'l never use him no matter how good he is.
I have all the suppliers i need, regardless how good he is
Saw the SP had gone to Iconic. Sorry to here Jake isn't well.
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Far, far, longer than you would think.
Flush it out thoroughly with a hose and some detergent.
Do it a few times to be sure.
Welded lots of tanks, had a few go up because I couldn't be arsed/ didn't have time to flush them out.
Make sure the filler neck is open and pointing away from you or anything flammable.
Dont try the second method.
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13.5 pistons and dot head are bad Idea. You'll have a sky high CR, and no valve to piston clearance as the dot valves are longer and sit closer to the deck. Base gaskets and head gasket might make thing work, but you'll bugger up you squish height. This is bad. the dot cams are worth using if you are starting with a Bandit lump.
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Another thumbs up for Maxton here. I've got hybrid gsxr1100k/rf900 forks with maxton internals in my Harris build. Great company to deal with. Not cheap but good value.
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40 minutes ago, kingofvenus said:
81.5 mm 13.5 with dot head combo. How much Octane will i need?
Have you measured your compression ratio? Or areyoujust quoting part specs?
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Throw the screens away. Fit proper bell mouths and either run them open or proper filters.
Cold starting, give the throttle 3 or for sharp full twists, so the accelerator pumps wet the inlet ports. Spin it over with no throttle then crack it open stightly as soon as it catches. might take a couple of attempts if it's really cold.
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7 hours ago, Gixer1460 said:
There is nothing in MOT guidance that precludes use of alloy fittings on a road bike. There is guidance regarding leakage and corrosion - for ANY flexible brake line, so none are immune. But like anything, if you show up for an MOT with clearly corroded and / or split, leaking or otherwise deficient brakes, then you deserve to have the book thrown at you. Also note, that some of these faults are noted as 'Dangerous', meaning the vehicle has to be fixed before it can be used again - even to take home to repair!
I'm not preaching as I have and do use alloy brake fittings on road bikes but they don't get salty or wet! My usual preference is Stainless for 24/7/365 type use!
There was a bulletin years ago about it, but it's true that doesn't capture anything, boyond the week it's published.
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12 hours ago, Jonny said:
Those red and blue ends are alloy rather than steel. They stopped making brake lines like that years ago because they would corrode and split. I’m guessing that might be what’s happened here.
You can still buy alloy -3 stuff for brake lines etc. They are supposed to be an mot failure though for that very reason. I certainly wouldn't use alloy fittings on a road vehicle.
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The leaky fitting in the OP is a swivel type, which has an o-ring inside the swivel part. they do perish an fail. Not servicable really.
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22 minutes ago, Gehr said:
So thanks for your input. Thanks for telling me I am an idiot for doing what I am trying to do without any background information. Nice. Great to see links to threads that have nothing to do with the bike I have from members who want to tell me what an idiot I am for not looking through this website's archives. Thanks to that Isle of Man person but no pictures of what you are claiming are truly worthless. I subbed to websites like these 20+ years ago to try to figure out issues with just released Suzuki's. But some things never change. Too many dim bulbs who do not want to work on their bikes but like to tell people what they should do. So what do you endeavor to do? I like the banking at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. If you ride motorcycles on racetracks this is a great view of what the preferred line is going into the T1 / T2 chicane. My home track, done thousands of laps there. Thanks for the non help
No need to get the arse because you can't work out what others have managed to figure for themselves.
Forums are free info, treat them like you would anything else that is free.
They are also about give and take. If you give a little, you may get little more back.
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What do you pressurise it with? A foot pump?
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Early r6 throttle tube will work in gsxr housing if you want to keep the switch gear. Cost less than £15 from Yamaha dealer.
I run a £30 pit bike qa on my slabbie race bike.
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2 hours ago, Dezza said:
Crighton stuff now at GIA. I saw it all there a couple of weeks back. Martek's name now mud for various reasons, especially many punters who have coughed up large amounts of cash up front and received fuck-all in return
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Oh dear. I know someone with a project there. Been there 2years and not started, but now they're building bikes they haven't sold...I see they are making WP tanks themselves now.
They've got some skills and kit there, but some people just arent business or customer orientated.
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1 hour ago, Jaydee said:
Thought all the yam models with 4 pots were 100mm spacing?
Could well be right.
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Japanese market fj1200 had Brembos with that spacing iirc.
But those arent Brembos on the bus.
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First thing to do is assemble the linkage on your current set -up correctly. It's a faf, the Slabbie 750 and 1100 stuff looks the same, and bolts togelther, but they're all subtly different so not all combinations work, People have run 750 arms on 1100 and made it work extremely well, Manx gp bikes type well. I've only ran an 1100 arm on a 750 frame, and I wasn't really happy with it.
See if some one has an 1100 arm would be my advice.
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1/2 throttle ?
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I run pit bike throttle. There about £15 for a billet assembly on Eblag. Work out at 3rd turn.