clairetoo

Just found some cheap Hyabusa Titanium valves on Eblag - and wondering what , if any , guides I can buy to fit them into an EFE head ? Would busa / GSXE gudes fit - or am I gonna be looking for something `special' (as in expensive....) I know they will need shortening , and the inlets turning down a bit - but neither of those is a problem

in that case , I might be persuaded to bring the stocker (and its starter....)

I had a set of these higher ratio gears made by Chris Hannon (yes , he did make some a good few years ago)........had a small quality issue with them , so decided to get my own made !

I want to be there - but I cant drive (doctors orders , not allowed to use my arm so soon after surgery) Anyone passing Leicester , going for a day out ?

my thoughts are - when I see a 6 second turbo funnybike with a bandit motor , I'll believe they are a stronger engine..... Welded crank and straightcuts - both essentials , but chuck in a heavy duty backplate for insurance a full set of top and bottom end heavy duty studs will hold it all together as far as I know , there are no stronger rods available - katana rods are said to be the best , but finding a new set today could be a struggle over-revving is what kills cranks - so a shift light / rev limiter is a good idea , as well as a thorough inspection of the whole gearbox and shift mechanism also - sort the oil pickup so it takes its oil from the rear of the engine - stock only works well when slowing down.... acual power level will then depend on capacity and boost - but north of 250 should be easy and reliable

I have been looking into getting new ones made - there seems to be a world-wide demand ! Tricky part is going to be the retaining plates - moulded in on the originals (and not very well at that) but I have ideas......

my method to check position is to bend a piece of 2.4mm ally filler rod to the same radius as the disc , tape it to the disc - and put the calliper in place , making sure it is sitting on the welding rod at both ends - then rotate it till it is near the fork leg , and see where it wants to sit

hate to be `that guy' but it doesn't look to me that the calliper is sitting correctly on the disc - since that calliper is for a much larger disc , its more than a bit unlikely that one of the mounting bolts will line up with the mounts on your forks - I have made more than a few calliper adapter plates , and they have never lined up like that..... I bet the `front' of the disc pad is hanging off the edge of the disc.......

Melbourne went better than expected , with another good performance - low ET , top MPH , number 1 qualifier , and win ! I seen to have got my act together this year , trick seems to be go as quick as I need to , and dont waste effort trying to go quicker all the time. Finished the year at Santa Pod last weekend , and was on for another win - until crew shortage and an organisational cockup left me using a borrowed starter for the semi final.....and it failed.....so ddint get to progress to the final (had a good few tenths in hand for that race...) But , despite the failure , I only went and won the Old School Stockers championship for a third time - I got the Straightliners championship as well ! YAY....go me ? Also had a good day out at Stafford classic bike show with the OSS crew

check for shims between the clutch center and basket - sounds like tightening the clutch hub nut it is pressing the inner and outer cutch baskets together - had this on my GSX when I accidentally put the wrong clutch bearing inner spacer in , not realizing I had 2 different ones , wrong one being .5mm too thin......

I realy should pay attention when reading threads......yep , mine is an EFE.......I'll go stand in the corner right now

I run a 170 on a 600 SRAD wheel in the stock arm - with a 170 tyre......its piggin' close with a new chain , but OK once its done a few hundred miles

More to add......took a trip up to Melbourne Raceway at the weekend , to see what I could do on an un-prepped track - and there was some sideways wiggly fun to be sure . Managed to find a reasonable setup , and ran down to a 5.9 best , with a couple of 6.0's - then won the old school stockers eliminations , so more trophies to dust Thanks have to go to Bow Trowel for helping with crew duties - next time out is Santa Pod for the last race of the year in October - better dig out them thermals and my umbrella !