[1100et petcock options]

I think the hole spacing was 38mm so if they are the same as a blandit then a 5EB R6 tap will work as I run one on my blandit race bike, the fuel outlet is much larger than a Suzuki so you need the R6 pipe and filter with the tap.

I reduced mine down by then connecting the R6 in-line filter to the original Suzuki fuel hose that feeds the carb

[Stafford Classic Bike Show 9/10 October]

I can ride over on the Killa K, RGV or Slabbie, as always depends on if I have to travel back to Denmark Sunday or Monday so may only be on for Saturday if I can't do both.

If someone else can do both days and hasn't had the chance before I can live with not being on the list , would probably come over for a visit to talk bollocks anyway....

[Stafford Classic Bike Show 9/10 October]

I’m up for it depending on work /travel 

[Racing Skoal Blandit]

My short seasons over on the Blandit,only managed 2 rounds,got up to 5th in the Seniors championship, think I was on for a best of 4th if I hadn’t of missed Cadwell and Oulton Park due to illness and the runts now up for sale ready for a class change next season.

So this story ends here for now with the blandit being replaced by slabbie power once I pay and collect it 

[wrong speedo]

Slabby speedos look like this 

[Rgv VJ21]

Mot passed a couple of weeks ago,spent a few hours today sweating in the sunshine.

30 year old coils,ht leads and caps replaced, short plugs fitted to ease removal due to the straight plug heads.Fitted some titanium calliper mounting bolts and a carbon oil pump cover after I lost my original last year when the screws came loose.Quick blast round the block in my shorts and T-shirt before refitting the fairing, all working fine.

Pricing up a cougar red clutch and new radial master cylinder to see which body parts I need to sell .

[1100N Suspension settings]

No problem, there is a GSXR1100 89-92 (K,L,M,N) service manual on the list.

[1100N Suspension settings]

You’ll find a downloadable manual here https://www.carlsalter.com/suzuki-service-manuals.asp

[Rgv VJ21]

Mot booked so thought I best drag the smoker out and give her the once over,fired up ok but died straight away when warmed up as soon as I tried to test the electrics.Guess the battery is knackered so need a new one before next weekend.

The annual track outing is looming so knocked a few jobs off the list before the thunder and rain stopped play.

1/4 turn throttle tube fitted,new grips and the now compulsory brake lever guard.

[Slabbies and why we need them....]

Back from a 50 mile blast,mot and taxed no advisories 

[Slabbies and why we need them....]

Back home for a few weeks so it’s Mot day first time for 2 years so fingers crossed 

[Indicator relay 750F]

If it’s just the relay I got one from wemoto for around a tenner a couple of years ago,I imagine they still sell them 

[Racing Skoal Blandit]

A few action pics from Donington and Castle Combe

[OSS trackdays.]

8 minutes ago, Rncv said:

I’ve got no idea how a bandit 600 can make 1:41 though
 

Ideally I’d like a 1:48 or less next time I’m there…

He hardly brakes, jumps the mountain,is super fast..and a top bloke who won the Bandit challenge a few times 

[Slabbies and why we need them....]

First chance in a while to do anything with the old bus,brakes bled up and wired the fart blade brake light switch.All tested and working ok,probably need to give the brakes another bleed to get the last bit of air out but had to abandon the outside shed when it started to rain.Stuck a cable tie on the brake lever after giving them a good pump will check tomorrow to see if the last bit of air has gone.

[Brian]

Or Moto Brain......

[Slabbies and why we need them....]

On 4/11/2017 at 3:51 PM, Simbec1863 said:

So why did I need one...we all have our stories wanted one as a kid etc,etc.

I was lucky enough to be old enough to buy one 2nd hand but not run in back in 1987.Picked up from Cusworths on a sunny day and even stopped by the feds on the way back to Nottingham because they wanted to look at it.

I bought it to race but never got that far as after 5 weeks an old bloke pulled out in front of me in the wet and I went over his car,the bike didn't and ended up going through a fence then landed head first in a pond now drowning.

Fast forward a year and bike repaired on the cheap after insurance payout....steering head was now oval ish but a st damper cured it until once again an old guy with a caravan pulled in front of me on the old M1j 24 island I was heading towards north bound but never made it and hit him at least doing 70 the bike sparked round the island and went down the A453 and I flew through the air behind it.

Cuts and bruises only thanks to my sambas and paddock jacket jeans combo 

pic of the bike after 2nd repair and new frame with new gear thanks to compo pay out

Sat waiting for my flight to work this morning and a spooky moment on eblag when you see your original bike for sale, it is still alive and up for sale just down the road from me for over £6000, I might email them to tell them their lovely original condition barn find was well and truly crashed by me in 1988 and is on its 2nd frame with repaired and replaced bodywork and has only 1 key,I still have the spare hanging in the shed 

[Racing Skoal Blandit]

Back in hotel quarantine in Denmark so here’s a race report from this weekend’s Blandit Challenge at Castle Combe.

Dry and sunny Saturday so no tyre decisions to make,bike was running shit after Donny so treated the runt to fresh oil,plugs and a few more bits and bobs.Practice went ok but my times were slow,TQ came round and managed to gather some speed went faster than the races last year but still qualified 21st. Race 1 soon arrived, sat on the grid in 21st with a plan,start fast,don’t lose any places and try to get in amongst the front boys by the 1st corner….lights out and go it’s worked I’m up to 16th in the 10 lapper.I hit my markers and grab another place, just keep plugging away until the flag,I head back to the pits and my lad says I’ve done my fastest ever lap and came 13th overall and 4th in the Seniors class  a mate came to congratulate me and said you were brutal on your overtakes and I couldn’t stick with you that’s a compliment I’ll gladly take.

A few beers to celebrate Saturday night then off to bed only to be greeted by mist and rain Sunday morning, I try to be calm and resist the need to change tyres until last minute as the weather is sunny,then it’s pissing it down….eventually I go to wets with only 5 minutes to my race start the ff..ing suns out and I roll up to the grid in 13th the only person on wets,the tracks drying rapidly so I think I’ll just ride as hard as I can until the tyres are destroyed and I probably crash  I manage to get to the end in 18th place chasing my mate who looks at my tyres at the end of the race as if to say how did you chase me all race on wets .The last race arrives and another decent finish with more points in the bag,I’m up to 6th in the Seniors cup with my favourite track Cadwell up next so fingers crossed for a decent weekend.

Only 2 rounds left for me on the blandit before the runt goes up for sale as I’m confirmed running slabby power in FP3 next season big thanks to @Markz9for agreeing a fair deal on his spare bike 

[Racing Skoal Blandit]

10 hours ago, Dezza said:

Glad to hear your son is not badly hurt. Just imagine what would have happened if during the race that started dry when you had wet tyres on it then suddenly started pissing down. A sort of reverse re-run of the 1992 Hungarian 500 GP, in your imagination that is.....

I dream of that sometimes but it hasn’t happened yet probably my only chance of glory 

[Racing Skoal Blandit]

Well I’m back travelling to Denmark with work after 5 months at home writing this in hotel quarantine as other than going to work can’t leave my hotel.

Just about recovered from the weekend which was a tough one due to minute by minute weather changes and a shitty one across most of the paddock due to crashes and bike failures,at one point the race schedule was paused for an hour as they had run out of ambulances.

I was 4th fastest in class during free practice then came TQ,left the wets in due to a damp track and knew I could do max 2 or 3 laps if the track started to dry,it did but didn’t matter as on my 2nd lap the bike died on the straight so that was that.Ended up 24th on the grid which wasn’t in my plan.Back to the pits to try to fix the problem,while working on it my lad goes out on his new skool suzuki for TQ I hear other bikes come back but there’s no sign of him.Off to race control to find out if he’s ok,he is but has had a big off at 100+mph, the bikes in a bad way so after sending him off to the med centre I start working on both bikes,mines running again after borrowing a CDI off a mate.

Now focussing on his bike I lose track of time and hear my race called, I look at the bike to realise I’ve forgot to put my drys in.....and the track is now dry...to race or not...I just go out and form up on my wets looking around at everyone else on nice dry tyres 

Lights out and a great start I’m up to 17th in a 7 lapper after 4 laps my wets are running me wide firing me out the seat but I manage to finish losing places every lap as I go slower and slower....oh well .

Plan for Sunday is dry tyres in unless it’s standing water, lads bike is bodged and passes technical.

My 20th place finish Saturday gets me a better grid position and another flying start in a 8 lapper and I’m in the points with 2 laps to go,I miss a gear coming out of the old hairpin and the freight train comes steaming past,end up 20th again but have done my best ever lap a low 1.28 of Donny 10 seconds faster than 2019 when we last raced here so still happy.Every year we get more ex racers returning to do cheap blandit racing and these boys are proper fast so I have to be happy with going faster each time and maybe getting a point or 2 now and then.

Last race of the day and I’m knackered but still want some points,good start all going well and I’m up to 15th with 2 laps to go then the runt blandit drops onto 3 then 2 cylinders,my mate nearly crashes into the back of me when it cuts out then refires again,I get it over the line running on 3 having lost places and finish 20th yet again, in both races I was only .12 of a mph away from getting a signature for my national licence so you have to take the positives.
Only a couple of weeks to Castle Combe and I’m not home in the week so hope to sort the bike ready to race in time.This was definitely one of those I’m packing up racing weekends those that have done it will know what I mean, my son was battered and bruised and a good mate of mine did his collarbone and broke some ribs.

 

 

[Racing Skoal Blandit]

Race day tomorrow and all ok so far  the runt survived the test day at Donny it’s beer o’clock now 

[ET FRAME differences]

3 minutes ago, TonyGee said:

has someone welded a brace on your frame at some point ? looking at mine it doesn't have one but i was just thinking its possible to make one that bolts to the front engine mounts. 

They could have done way back in the past it’s hard to tell now as it’s been painted and powder coated for so long that you can’t tell if its factory welded or fabricated by a previous owner

[ET FRAME differences]

8 minutes ago, buff said:

No brace across front frame cradle on 750 also

That’s what I thought but my 75X frame has the brace although I’ve seen them without to 

[ET FRAME differences]

My ET is a 750 frame with an 1100 engine in changed back in the 80s and the only real difference is the bottom engine mount,can’t confirm the swingarm as I have killer K front and rear ends in it.If you need a solid frame I would buy whatever you can find and imagine 750 frames are less of a premium and maybe easier to find?

[New dilemma]

Blandit Mk 1 wheels have curved spokes and Mk2 wheels are straight spoked which may give you an easy option.See pic of 600 Mk2 wheel, readily available on the well known auction site for about 30 quid