Harris Magnum 2 build

[Dezza]

How well did the acetone work in removing the tank liner? Was it definitely POR15 in there?

[clivegto]

Getting close man 

[caferacerdan]

6 hours ago, Dezza said:

How well did the acetone work in removing the tank liner? Was it definitely POR15 in there?

cant say 100% if it was POR15 in there. I just know it was some form of liner.

However, any lacquer thinner or solvent is some percentage of acetone so easier and cheaper to just buy neat acetone and use that...the liner that was in there i had removed the excess by hand however the liner removed in the picture was what was still 'stuck' to the tank...2 days with the acetone in and id say 90% of it came out...hopefully that answers your question!

for 15 quid for 5 litres its worth a go...if you have a fancy paintjob though make sure you dont get any acetone on it or it will be gone

[caferacerdan]

3 hours ago, clivegto said:

Getting close man 

cant wait! this time next week it should hopefully move under its own power if all goes to plan!

[caferacerdan]

Sticker fitted

 

Test run up and down road tomorrow

[caferacerdan]

test run was a success! tank doesnt leak, brakes are SHARP and the clutch is very heavy...and the throttle is stiff...

but it managed a solid 200m run haha

[caferacerdan]

She now has a daytime MOT (no advisories)

Time to get this motor bedded in and test the fuelling!

God that candy paint looks good in the sun

[fatblokeonbandit]

Bugger me that’s shiny

[clivegto]

So what did you do with the fuel lines in the end ? 

[caferacerdan]

11 hours ago, fatblokeonbandit said:

Bugger me that’s shiny

will be shinier when i finally wash the garage dust off of it

[caferacerdan]

10 hours ago, clivegto said:

So what did you do with the fuel lines in the end ? 

will grab a pic later

[johnr]

On 4/25/2022 at 11:02 PM, caferacerdan said:

cant say 100% if it was POR15 in there. I just know it was some form of liner.

However, any lacquer thinner or solvent is some percentage of acetone so easier and cheaper to just buy neat acetone and use that...the liner that was in there i had removed the excess by hand however the liner removed in the picture was what was still 'stuck' to the tank...2 days with the acetone in and id say 90% of it came out...hopefully that answers your question!

for 15 quid for 5 litres its worth a go...if you have a fancy paintjob though make sure you dont get any acetone on it or it will be gone

por15 is silver and resistant to acetone, if acetone removes it and the flakes coming out are a browny yellow opaque colour, its almost certainly petseal, ive had to remove petseal liners that had been in decades but were destroyed by ethanol in petrol, i replaced them all with por15 and never had it fail yet.

[TonyGee]

por15 is good stuff, but you really need to do the prep work first before you put it in. 

[caferacerdan]

Well it's now dyno'd and set up and I took it to JnS bike meet near me tonight...its a weird old thing to ride. Heavy clutch, heavy throttle, hard suspension, sharp brakes and it sounds like an old F1 car has been possessed... I love it...

[R1guy]

On 5/18/2022 at 8:05 PM, caferacerdan said:

Well it's now dyno'd and set up and I took it to JnS bike meet near me tonight...its a weird old thing to ride. Heavy clutch, heavy throttle, hard suspension, sharp brakes and it sounds like an old F1 car has been possessed... I love it...

Love this.

Is it just the angle of the photo , or does the rear caliper not bite the disc?

[caferacerdan]

On 5/19/2022 at 9:14 PM, R1guy said:

Love this.

Is it just the angle of the photo , or does the rear caliper not bite the disc?

The mounting on the calliper does look a bit wacky but it does grab the disc

Not a great photo but you can see disc sits between the pads

[caferacerdan]

To run in Ultimate Streetbike you have to have lights fitted...that meant only 1 thing

I then drilled one of the headlight brackets to use it as a steering damper bracket so I could run a damper too!

 

and purely to show scale...the front wheels are pretty much in line here...look how physically short it is compared to a fightered k3

[caferacerdan]

Needed taillights for USB too and the stock light box didn't fit...called in a favour and a 3D printed LED holder was sorted using stock lens

[caferacerdan]

Made it to USB and it ran great (start switch died at end of Sunday though)

So how does it do at drag racing? Exactly as you'd expect...and I love it 

Was also good to see Clive, Bow, Paul Morris, Sam Baker and the OSS gang and chat shit on the Saturday evening 

Bike will hopefully have a small post about it in Practical Sports bikes Magazine too as they were doing an article on the return of USB 

[clivegto]

Was nice to see you Dan.  

[caferacerdan]

Harris currently stripped back down...waiting on an uprated EFE starter and gear to put in and potentially 24v start...13.5:1 comp on stock starter aint healthy for it

[gsxwill]

Any updates love this build