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6 minutes ago, downtheshed said:

Great progress in a short time.

Well I’m a bit stuck at the moment with the engine....

The idea was to have this bike ready for a event at Tenerife in October which isn’t impossible, But having in mind that I will be out on a 3 week family journey in August don't make things easier exactly..

But I will do my best to finish in time

Posted (edited)

Loving the build, very impressive....the bike you started with looks like you rode through a British winter and then just stored it in a leaky shed! 

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On 7/19/2019 at 9:55 AM, Racer-X said:

Loving the build, very impressive....the bike you started with looks like you rode through a British winter and then just stored it in a leaky shed! 

Ya the bike wasn’t very fancy when I brought it home...

The reason why the piston was broke is due to that the piston pin went out of oil,

I did notice when I pulled in the new piston that it was going in ruff compare tu the other three ons.

So I was up to have a look at this yesterda,  but my back had other plans!

 I was just to lift up the engine to the working bench and my back said crack!

I went to the medical for a couple of injections and now her I am in horizontal in my sofa...

Very annoying I have to say!

At least I had time to spray some base coat on the oem wheels

 

 

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On 6/5/2019 at 4:32 PM, ElVikingoTropical said:

All discovers isn’t so bad in this bike, I just found out that it’s equipped with a Öhlins at rear

 

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Õhlins is a must on those bikes

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Good looking build this, out of interest what year are the forks and wheels, it’s something I might look at for mine in the future 

Cheers Desmo 

Posted
8 hours ago, DesmoS4 said:

Good looking build this, out of interest what year are the forks and wheels, it’s something I might look at for mine in the future 

Cheers Desmo 

Hi Desmo

They comes from a Kawa Zx6r 636 2006.

Saludos

Jan

 

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Back from holidays in my garage this afternoon.

i bought the cheapest piston compressors from China and they worked well once I cut the compressor rings at half as they was to wide for a short stroke bike engine.

I made also a couple of wood plates to block the pistons to move during the installation 

 

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This afternoon had some time for my little ratbike so I welded the together the shocker support from the OEM 86 say what now!? to the later and wider swingarm.
I have opted for this more modern unit as I like the look and as it’s take much wider rims.
I still need make some minor works at it as the the axel diameter of the wheels and chassis not the same as in the swingarm.
After that I will send it for powder coating in black.

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Good morning 

Do any of you gentlemen’s know where I can find a new, nice & not to expensive oil radiator?

 I want to have the bike ready before one month for a bike meeting and I feel a bit stressed......

Engine is now in place but without the cylinder head, I have ordered exhaust valves new and one intake unit.

A local work shop is putting in new valve seats in it at the moment 

Posted

The radiator itself isnt generally the dearest part.  It's the extra fittings you need to connect your new cooler 

If you still have the original hoses, a copy might help you.  Aaron Radiators ltd helped me out. Mine was on stock,  including delivery around 200 gbp.

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