gsxwill
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If it's been sat a while, could have some plates sticking, so as others have said check plates, can do it without dropping the oil if you lean it over
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Fits straight in
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7 minutes ago, imago said:
For starters I wouldn't fancy it straight through the frame tubes like that, too much leverage on the stubs.
You can get inserts to replace the originals, and in the original position they're as good as you'll get. Basically they're just a stepped solid bar for each side which you weld in. The shock eye slips over the smaller dia on the stub and there's a threaded hole which you put a bolt into.
What he said
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He's changing the geometry on the rear end, you can see in the photos where they used to be, unless he is slugging and bracing that tube to withstand up ward forces,,
Not fancying the way he's doing it,,
But I'm sure a more knowledgeable grown up will come along and explain better!!
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Now that was a productive couple of hours at work watching that
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Welcome nice bike
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Maybe try getting advice from members from northern Ireland who would have had more dealings buying stuff in the Roi before writing off the deal completely
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3 hours ago, johnr said:
i suppose i should add that ive run sidecar outfits for over 30 years, our family transport for years were sidecars and we took our kids all over europe in various sidecars so getting another is more a bit of nostalgia for me rather than a leap into the unknown....
You have my respect, riding a combo is an art that not everyone can manage
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As everyone has said walk away,
You would just be buying someone else's rubbish
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10 hours ago, davecara said:
Thats so fkn hideous its almost cool
No!
No it's not
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On 10/29/2023 at 9:45 PM, johnr said:
1100 is 8 valves heavier......
Think the difference for a lot of us on here is in are teens and twenties we just picked them up
In are thirties and forties we would think better be careful lifting this and in are fifties and later it's, I'm not fucking lifting that
Though a good way of tricking yourself into lifting them, is try lifting the shafty engines first, make the chain drive ones feel light
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If you have spark then it's a carb issue most likely
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4 hours ago, IceKat said:
Only the epoxy
If its running well, and you don't want a rebuild, go with your original plan, paint it and use it
it all comes down to can you ignore it or not 
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Can you actually see damage or is it just the resin you can see?
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Thanks @zedheadfor putting up your race reports it's been fun reading about your adventures, best of luck for next season
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On 10/4/2023 at 3:02 AM, Dezza said:
What is your chassis spec? About all you can do externally with the engine to reduce weight is change the sprocket cover to something more rudimentary and fit a 4 into 1 exhaust. With chassis mods there's a lot more you can do weight reduction wise; brakes, wheels, suspension, 530 chain conversion and so on, with the added bonus of ending up with a bike that doesn't want to kill you when you ride over an uneven road surface at speed
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It's not that it wants to kill you @Dezzait's just making sure you know who's in charge
Though granted the whole bike twitching just by touching white lines does make me rethink my life choices sometimes
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Would be taking the cam cover off check that it's not dry sludge up top if that's clear, give the cams some oily love, change oil and filter run it up to temp and change oil again if you aren't going to do a refresh
Happy fettling
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On 8/22/2023 at 6:31 PM, wraith said:
Mostly if a coil is not working it won't work on ever lead (there can always be a one off
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My first checks would be,
Remove spark plugs,
Check each plug in ht leads and see if you're getting a spark on all plugs on all leads.
Could be as simple as one plug is fu*ked with it being flooded. Had this myself with new plugs but I'm finding there are a lot of bad plugs out there these days (NGK)
As @wraithsay there are a lot of bad plugs out there at the moment , picked up 12 last week 2 were bad
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As everybody has said if its running on PRi and not on rest then it is missing it's vacum pipe pic makes it look like pipe goes to a bracket, but that is part of the throttle assembly
Good news is it runs and sounds like fuel tap is good
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6 hours ago, Nick_C_Hotrods said:
This scatch building malarkey ain't easy
It's still moving on nick
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13 hours ago, imago said:
I can (Birmingham), @davecaramay be able to fit it in (Birkenhead) or Rupe's Rewires in Peterborough. There will no doubt be others, but those are the three I know do a good job.
Edited to add that there's a guide price page for looms on Rupe's Rewires that's very good in terms of likely cost and what's involved. I would suggest it's pretty much accurate for whoever would do the work unless you have a mate and get it at mate's rates.
Beware of anyone that is too cheap, because you really do get what you pay for
Made that mistake once
Every days a learning day
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1 hour ago, ccroaker said:
just picked up a 78 gs 1000.. needs tidying up.. but happy enough..
That's a quality find
what's the plan
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As been said keep soaking them and give it a little time, if you rush it, you will definitely fuck Um up
Good luck feel your pain
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Anti-dive Blockoff Plates
in Air Cooled
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Nice bit of kit @Bubba1135