GSx1100 Dresda Solitaire (I may have had a Clivecident).

[Duckndive]

8 hours ago, Dezza said:

There's an interesting Bakker GS1000 project on eb@y at the moment but it's a bit spendy.

https://www.Eblag.co.uk/itm/285574337457?hash=item427d8e93b1:g:lMQAAOSwZTllYI7-

 

that's very spendy IMO 

[imago]

7 minutes ago, Duckndive said:

that's very spendy IMO 

All you need is one or two people looking for a Bakker, Harris etc and they go for silly money. On the other hand, if those one or two people aren't looking they seem to either hang about for ages or sell for half what they started at.

I've noticed that there doesn't seem to be as much money between 'boxes of bits' project bikes and ready to ride or show bikes as you'd expect. 

[imago]

More meddling about with 'make work' and digging out the unobtainium this morning. Cleaning out threads on the frame, measuring up for brackets and the like.

Basically trying to get ahead a bit before stuff starts coming back next week.

[imago]

Another small but important step forward, the V5 arrived in today's post, straight online and declared SORN. 

The next little hurdle with the DVLA will be to send it back to them with a colour change and get the cc upped from 1000 to 1100. 

[imago]

I got to pick up some race engine parts for this yesterday. A bunch of stuff from a race engine builder who didn't need them as air cooled engines just aren't used for endurance anymore. With these parts and the spec of the rest of the engine we're on for a comfortable and reliable 150 - 160 hp at the wheel. So my aim/hope for a 43 year old nromally aspirated air cooled bike at the same weight and power within a gnat's cock of matching a K1 GSXR1000 is on.

He's going to set it up on the dyno for me when it's built. This is on for being a very special bike. 

[imago]

The Saxon wheel centres are back from the coaters, just the rims and swing arm to go and the build can start.

[clivegto]

I know those wheels look cool but I would be a bit dubious about using them. 

Well the way I ride anyway. 

Edited December 8, 2023 by clivegto

[imago]

24 minutes ago, clivegto said:

I know those wheels look cool but I would be a bit dubious about using them. 

Well the way I ride anyway. 

They'll get thoroughly tested, the results will either be awesome, or brief.  

[imago]

1 hour ago, clivegto said:

I know those wheels look cool but I would be a bit dubious about using them. 

Well the way I ride anyway. 

Out of curiosity, why would you be dubious? They're no more likely to failure than used Astralites, Marchesini, Dymags etc. Less so if those haven't been crack tested as these were.

The way you ride doesn't have much to do with it unless you're blasting down unpaved roads.

[clivegto]

Don't look that strong to me. Wouldn't use old mag Marchesini or Dymag either, Astralight I would, they were still making new ones until a couple of years ago. 

 

[R1guy]

3 hours ago, imago said:

 

The way you ride doesn't have much to do with it unless you're blasting down unpaved roads.

Or dropping the front wheel after a wheelie on every straight!

You need to remember Clive exclusively rides turbo bikes.

[imago]

10 hours ago, clivegto said:

Don't look that strong to me. Wouldn't use old mag Marchesini or Dymag either, Astralight I would, they were still making new ones until a couple of years ago. 

 

Old or new, magnesium or alloy, unless they've been crack tested you're always taking a chance with second hand wheels.

In terms of strength, then you have to consider the shape. A circle is very strong unless it's subject to a point impact on the circumference. Coming down from a wheelie or catching air is OK, clatter into a pot hole or kerb and it's fucked. The rims themselves are a similar thickness to Paul's spoked wheels for example, fitted to a turbo bike which is used enthusiastically on occasion.

The design is pretty clever too. The six bolts that hold the centres to the rims aren't taking any shear force. They pass through the rib on the rim into a plate and the torque applied to them is transferred into clamping force between the centre and the plate which holds the rim rib.

[clivegto]

Even the 3 spock gsxr LO wheels I used on the Harris are known to have week front wheels, just try find a good second hand one. Hopefully your saxon wheels will be wright. 

[imago]

One good thing about thin rims is that you can't hide any abuse/damage as unless they go back into the press they're formed on any deformities will be visible. So unlike that bodged arm a visual on the rims and crack test the centres gives you the best chance of all being well.

There are no guarantees obviously but we can only do what we can, and lets face it you're rolling the dice every time you go out. So it's about minimising rather than eliminating risk. 

[imago]

Funnily enough this just popped up on FaceAche . 

[clivegto]

Ever watched that vid of Robert Dunlops back wheel collapsing at the TT. Some people say not to use carbon fibre wheels on the road but I do as do others on this very site 

[imago]

10 minutes ago, clivegto said:

Ever watched that vid of Robert Dunlops back wheel collapsing at the TT. Some people say not to use carbon fibre wheels on the road but I do as do others on this very site 

Yeah, it was dramatic to say the least. The problem with carbon is the same as magnesium really, if they get a sharp knock they crack but it's not always visible. I wouldn't have a problem using carbon wheels as long as I had them from new, I don't think I'd fancy a used set for the same reason I wouldn't want a used helmet.

[GeorgeEI7KO]

On 12/9/2023 at 9:23 AM, imago said:

Funnily enough this just popped up on FaceAche . 

oh fuck! soiled undergarments there for sure!!!

[imago]

1 hour ago, GeorgeEI7KO said:

oh fuck! soiled undergarments there for sure!!!

That photo's at the exact moment where "Something feels off?" transitions into "Oh fuck!" 

[imago]

The gathering of stuff continues, soon be time to start building up the Dresda.

[imago]

Just seen this. 

[DAZ]

John Pertwee ? (aka Dr Who for our younger readers... Well it looks like him but I don't have my glasses with me )? Aboard a T500 Dresda.....

[TonyGee]

50 minutes ago, imago said:

Just seen this. 

did he park that in the tardis 

[Wee Man]

Made out of recycled daleks 

[imago]

The polisher is cracking on well with the rims.