Clive's Moto Martin

[Jdeac]

5 minutes ago, imago said:

Ah that's good of you. 

Maybe lol. He got a good motor. And I got some eggs

[clivegto]

2 hours ago, imago said:

That was some trip for you then Clive!

Did suggest meeting up at your opening day but man wanted to be on. 

[imago]

8 hours ago, clivegto said:

Did suggest meeting up at your opening day but man wanted to be on. 

Talking of which, I've unearthed those rather special pistons. So FFS remind me when you're here. 

[clivegto]

Will do 

[clivegto]

Fitted the turbo motor  Gary wasn't kidding when he said a 1200 motor was tight in this frame. Be able to do chain alignment now.    

[caferacerdan]

That's definitely snug!

[DAZ]

Jeez , even the rizlas are going to have to breathe in 

[fatblokeonbandit]

There should be some blood on the frame rail, form where it squashed my finger getting the engine OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Duckndive]

A magnesium cover would give a little more room 

[clivegto]

1 hour ago, Duckndive said:

A magnesium cover would give a little more room 

Yes have though about this and I have one, will have to fit a chain run in the top for the cam chain as this lump is based on a mk1 b12. 

[clivegto]

Fitted some turbo headers I had laying around and a little turbo that came from Banzie for a upgrade for the Turbo Scratcher, but I just turned the boost up on that . Removed the locating pin to spin the cold side round. Turbo is tight to the motor, was planning on using an external waist gait anyway. Would like to use an intercooler on this, and would you belive I have one of those kicking about of wheelie kids old slingshot. Just on as mockup this evening.          

[caferacerdan]

That intercooler looks at home on that setup, as it angles nicely away from the forks! Love it!

[davecara]

If that's the cooler I think it is, it was originally on a drag turbo bandit called 'Spin Cycle' It wasnt on Kevs but It did briefly appear on the Slingy turbo drag bike that Ben @Torqueseekerbuilt

[clivegto]

2 hours ago, caferacerdan said:

That intercooler looks at home on that setup, as it angles nicely away from the forks! Love it!

Am really liking the looks as I progress with this 

2 hours ago, davecara said:

If that's the cooler I think it is, it was originally on a drag turbo bandit called 'Spin Cycle' It wasnt on Kevs but It did briefly appear on the Slingy turbo drag bike that Ben @Torqueseekerbuilt

It is indeed the one that was on Kevs bike at one point . 

Knife edge motor didn't come with a clutch so I removed one from Hotel engine shed where @Dezmeisterslept last weekend . Fitted it to the Martin's knife edge along with a b12 lockup clutch from another project that Gsxrsam made. Had a MTC spacer plate hanging on the wall and a two breather clutch cover in my box of stuff. Also bought some Big CC cases of @Jdeacrecently that look good on this I think.      

[Jdeac]

Can't wait to see how that motor performs in this setup 

[clivegto]

24 minutes ago, Jdeac said:

Can't wait to see how that motor performs in this setup 

I'd like it to be about 280hp and it'll be interesting how it spins up with the knife edge crank and a small turbo. It's about how it gets there not how powerful it is for me, which will be awesome with this light weight frame but I'm very aware of the weight I'm adding to the project as well. 

Edited August 21 by clivegto

[clivegto]

Experimenting with a intercooler bracket this evening.  

[clivegto]

So this is what I've come up with to mount the intercooler, it appears to be really secure but I'll probably get some mounting points welded onto the bottom to stop it vibrating and cracking the top mounts. Drilled and taped the lock stops on the bottom yoke then fitted some bolts to stop the forks hitting the intercooler.        

Edited August 23 by clivegto

[clivegto]

Wheeled outside coz we like pics 

[imago]

7 hours ago, clivegto said:

Wheeled outside coz we like pics 

That intercooler has a real optical illusion thing going on.  From some angles it looks too big, from others it looks too high, then you see it from another and it looks spot on and in proportion. The overall line of the bike looks really good. 

[clivegto]

Bit like Chris's turbo B12. 

[clivegto]

Ordered some stainless allen head bolts for the engine cases. Made my own set up only had to cut 3 length then polished them up a bit with the drill and grinder finished off with some fine glass paper. I'd also ordered gaskets for the cases which I greased up before fitting. Had to make some little dowels up for the cases as there were a few missing. Engine should be oil tight now.         

[clivegto]

Well from having no 34mm carbs for this I now have 2 sets one from an 1100f and the other from a 1052. There isn't a lot of room between the frame rails for carbs that's why I wanted to use 34's and they have steel tops the won't blow to bitz when boosted.    

[Dezza]

Looks like you get a little more space with the slabby carbs seeing as they have those strange top bracket thingies rather than the usual rail. I get now why you wanted some BST34s .

Edited September 5 by Dezza

[clivegto]

11 minutes ago, Dezza said:

Looks like you get a little more space with the slabby carbs seeing as they have those strange top bracket thingies rather than the usual rail. I get now why you wanted some BST34s now .

The F carbs have the brackets the R one don't.